Why it’s important to challenge beauty companies if you are HIV+

[@UnicornGirl-n4f]

Question may have been insensitive as a result of poor wording but the status needs to be declared nonetheless. Staff have the right to know your status despite your claims of being “undetectable” if that’s what you’re suggesting.

[@iamthat]

@@UnicornGirl-n4f was are you questioning the fact that I am undetectable? Do you see me asking why you call yourself a unicorn? You know they don’t exist right? Which of us is in touch with reality?

[@UnicornGirl-n4f]

@@iamthatthe staff have the right to know and that’s why you must declare it on this form. That’s it, you won’t change that

[@iamthat]

@@UnicornGirl-n4f please explain why you believe staff have a right to know? Legally they don’t, and that’s why it shouldn’t be on the form. It’s a privacy violation.

[@UnicornGirl-n4f]

@@iamthat If you want to get yourself pampered at such places where I assume they do other procedures which may draw blood they 100% have the right to ask that question. You medication may make you undetectable however this takes time so potentially someone using there services with the virus could still be detectable giving them the right to ask for there own safety it’s very narrow minded of you to think otherwise. Unfortunately some people may not want to work with someone who is carrying the virus undetected or not and that is something you need to respect.

[@iamthat]

@@UnicornGirl-n4f I’m impressed. You’re starting to show some further understanding and knowledge. And you are correct, antiretroviral drugs take time to begin working, in most cases now it’s less than one month. But the problem was I wasn’t asked whether I was taking antiretroviral drugs or undetectable. Also. Please don’t call me narrow minded when you’re clearly not seeing it from my perspective either. You are right, that some people might not want to perform cosmetic treatments on someone with HIV. But this is a prejudice. And where you might diminish cosmetic surgeries as “pampering”, the point I was making as an activist living with HIV who believes everyone deserves the basic human right to be treated equally and fairly, is that access to beauty treatments is everyone’s right. Beauty treatments can make you feel good about yourself. But being asked your HIV status when they don’t need to know, can be prejudice and stigmatising, and can leave you feeling victimised. Have you even watched my interview with Sam Marshall where we discuss this in depth. I suggest you should it might open your mind. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4fXaZx6rpqekLssi=1lRV1arDY9qgD9Ky