Living with HIV-Positive: The Struggles and Triumphs of Rainer Mehlmann

2023-09-17 10:00:00

Rainer Mehlmann is HIV-positive “When I told the doctor, he first took three steps back”

September 17, 2023 12:00 p.m. Share

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Rainer Mehlmann lives in a nursing home. As a gay man who is HIV positive, he often experiences discrimination from other residents. © Annika Faust

Rainer Mehlmann repeatedly encounters prejudice because he is HIV-positive. He says: Many people wouldn’t even shake his hand if they knew regarding his infection.

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2023-09-17 12:00:00

Discriminated once morest by the doctor

He feels out of place

Tolerance and rejection

Bleeding heart

Don’t be afraid of death

Hope in Berlin

Regular visit

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