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# New campaign asks government to end decades of HIV stigma by telling the public that U=U: Undetectable = Untransmittable. 
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/new-campaign-asks-government-to-end-decades-of-hiv-stigma-by-telling-the-public-that-uu-undetectable-untransmittable/
- Published: 2023-07-24T09:17:52.000Z
- Updated: 2023-07-24T09:17:52.000Z
- Description: William Hampson, a London-based gay man in his forties living with HIV since March 2020, has launched a new campaign asking the government to end decades of HIV stigma by telling the public that U=U: Undetectable = Untransmittable.
- Author: Graham Robson
- Tags: HIV, U=U

**William Hampson**, a London-based gay man in his forties living with HIV since March 2020, has launched a new campaign asking the government to end decades of HIV stigma by telling the public that **U=U**: **Undetectable = Untransmittable**.

William says: “Since the UK government’s ‘AIDS tombstone’ and ‘Iceberg campaigns’ of 1987, there has been absolutely no update with a similar campaign on the advances in HIV science and HIV medication. Thirty-six years of absolute silence, leaving those living with HIV today subject to the HIV stigma and the weaponisation of their HIV status.

“People living with HIV \[PLWHIV\] on effective treatment who become U=U cannot pass on the virus. HIV is no longer a death sentence; HIV today is manageable with an HIV-positive individual living a normal life expectancy. The irony is it is now widely accepted the only ‘danger’ around HIV is **not** knowing your HIV status.

“It is now time for the UK government to facilitate an end to decades of HIV stigma and the weaponisation of a person’s HIV status. Inform the public so they no longer second guess HIV and U=U and instead advocate and impart their knowledge that PLWHIV are no longer a danger. Surely this will aid the UK government’s pledge to end all HIV transmissions to zero by 2030, which is only seven years away.”

**To sign the petition, [CLICK HERE](https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/640336?ref=scenemag.co.uk)**

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