Modern family, the L word

In the article Modern family, the L word and telling our stories by Rudolph, D., it talks about the struggles of HIV positive people in the gay community. It also discusses the difference between living life as an HIV negative person vs. HIV positive. He is an HIV positive person. It touches on the stereotypes and correlation people face with the HIV positive people mostly in the gay community. In 1983 Denver Principles was written. It discussed the leadership roles and rights of HIV positive people. He also puts in his sassy opinion that he doesn't understand why they are looked at as any differently. He believes they should not be categorized. One of my favorite parts was when he mentioned the fear of blood tests. He talks about the bias in the workplace and in dating. It should not be a competition of HIV positive people with HIV negative people. He also mentions what society believes HIV positive people would do and how to handle it. Even though they have no idea. I wish he could have elaborated more on his brother and his brothers loss of his partner due to AIDS. In facts I wish he could have given a specific example of when he felt the most discriminated against. It would have made the article more personal, maybe more people would have really understood. While reading the article I could not stop thinking about the fear people have of this disease. While yes it can be uncomfortable to live with and talk about, but if it is so uncomfortable to live with why aren't people more cautious? I understand his article was about the opposite and he did not appreciate when people said this, but I feel like people can be more cautious, unless they choose otherwise. I understand if your partner has it and you do not mind, but why is there such a fear of being the recipient of this disease? Especially because only one form of HIV is seriously life threatening.