Researchers at
Ohio State University studying gay men infected with HIV
report in the April issue of the journal AIDS
Education and Prevention that they discovered very
few HIV-positive gay men regret having revealed their
infection to others, including friends, family
members, and coworkers, United Press International
reports. The study is one of the first of its kind to
address stigma among gay HIV-positive men and to
examine the impact of disclosure.
"I was
very surprised at how little regret we found, because you
see the angst in HIV-positive men who deliberate very
carefully on whether or not to tell people,"
Julianne Serovich, lead author of the study and
chairwoman of Human Development and Family Science at Ohio
State's College of Human Ecology, told the news
service. "The results offer hope for people who
are working in this field. We can tell HIV-positive men
that others in their position rarely regret the fact that
other people know their status." (The
Advocate)