The Common Thread
Living with HIV & AIDS in Alaska
 In Anchorage, all of us with HIV have the scarlet letter “A” on our chests. I hear, “stay away from that person, he has HIV.” But it’s not the victims people need to fear -- it’s their own lack of knowledge. By placing the stigma on victims, people think they can protect themselves– but only self-control and safe sex can do that.
Paul moved to Anchorage two years ago from Boston, where he was a radiology technician for over 25 years. He has been HIV-positive for 20 years. “When I left Boston,” he says, “I had 37 people on my list of friends who died from AIDS.”
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