It takes strength to be interviewed by the likes of Oprah or Barbara. And when it happens, stars seem to reveal some very private matters. This definitely was the case this past Saturday during Danny Pintauro's interview with Miss Winfrey.
Pintauro was diagnosed with the virus in 2003 but has waited until now to go public with the news.
"I wanted to tell you this a long time ago, but I wasn't ready — I'm ready now — that I'm HIV positive, and I have been for 12 years," Pintauro, 39, told Winfrey. "It's just a big deal. It's not something that people are talking about right now really."
"I missed the opportunity to be a beacon of light for gay kids who were going through what I was going through because I was outed — it wasn't by choice," he said. – www.aol.com
Thanks for your honesty Danny! Watching your eyes when you shared the news with us, we felt the moment with you.
Pintauro's interview raises the question … which is harder, to come out as gay or to come out as having HIV?
What are your thoughts, Instincters?
I admire him because is not
I admire him because is not easy leaving with it, bravo for him to have the courage to say in public, living with HIV is equal to descrimination for those who doesn't know respect others, I ask for more respect and support I admire him because is not easy leaving with it, bravo for him to have the courage to say in public, living with HIV is equal to descrimination for those who doesn't know respect others, I ask for more respect and support
I admire him because is not easy leaving with it, bravo for him to have the courage to say in public, living with HIV is equal to descrimination for those who doesn't know respect others, I ask for more respect and support
I agree with the word courage
I agree with the word courage. Since he's not sleeping with all but one of us, it's none of our business in the first place. Health matters are private, so if he wants to share, great. If it is helpful, all the better.
Courage..how many years did
Courage..how many years did it take for him to admit he was hiv+? just because he finally said it doesnot show courage.
Perhaps not courage in a way
Perhaps not courage in a way you relate to but courage nonetheless. It's sad that gay men can't come together to support each other. Bravo Danny for your courage!
Amen.
Amen.
Well said Lorin!
Well said Lorin!
I would certainly say it is
I would certainly say it is harder to come out as positive; although I cannot speak from direct experience, I do know that my first husband was completely shut down by a couple we met who, not knowing his status, made a casual, off-hand remark about "avoiding befriending positives, because we just take take any more losses." Or when our next-door neighbors stopped allowing their children to come anywhere near us after finding out about his status. Now, both of these instances happened more than 20 years ago, so hopefully things have changed SOMEWHAT in ther intervening years, but my overall sense is no, they haven't much.
What a cutie. Hope the
What a cutie. Hope the interview helps demystify HIV and helps people understand the lives of poz people. I didn’t see the whole interview. I hope they at least mentioned preventive sex practices and prophylactic meds.