I'm HIV positive, do you dare to touch me?

Finnish guy Janne Antin wanted to show what it is like to live with HIV-related stigma and at the same time raise awareness of HIV. Would you have touched?

Login to rate this video.

You can place this video on your website by inserting the (X)HTML code below:

Options:
pixels
pixels
Embed code:
<iframe src="https://www.snotr.com/embed/16484" width="400" height="330" frameborder="0"></iframe>

You can email this video to your friends by entering their addresses below:

Your information:
Recipients:

add Add another recipient

Human verification:

People who liked this video also liked

AtmosFear freefall tower at Liseberg Gothenburg in Sweden
I Can't Taste Anything
1087 Days in Just 15 Minutes - Growing Plant Time Lapse COMPILATION
Colored balls elevator. Particle fluid. Music. Molecular Script. Video 4K
2019 Tasmanian Tiger Photo
Budgie Balancing Trick

Comments

13 comments posted so far. Login to add a comment.

Expand all comments

Picture of Rathor33 achievements

+4 1. Rathor commented 8 years ago

Ooooh, man :'( That is a great weight.
Picture of Geekster80 achievements

+3 2. Geekster (admin) commented 8 years ago

Kitos :D :D
Picture of kaleemyork38 achievements

0 3. kaleemyork commented 8 years ago

heart touch video . . . GOD bless you . . .
Picture of Judge-Jake53 achievements

+5 4. Judge-Jake commented 8 years ago

That made me cry. What a lovely guy. The answer to the question is absolutely <3
Picture of snotraddict45 achievements

+2 5. snotraddict commented 8 years ago

Sure, pulls a bit on your heart strings but really, it's just another solution looking for a problem. I'd no sooner hug him than any other random guy on the street, however I wouldn't think twice about hugging my father, son or close friend whether they had HIV or not. Stop it already.
Picture of thundersnow58 achievements

0 6. thundersnow commented 8 years ago

Of course I would hug this nice man...powerful video...I guess many people don't know that it takes exchange of body fluids to contract HIV.
Picture of dopkop29 achievements

+3 7. dopkop commented 8 years ago

#5 - We are not generally afraid or distanced from the average person that we would hug or touch. However, in general (not all) we are when it comes to HIV positive people. By making a display in a very gentle way, the barrier is broken and minds are changed to reduce the problem.

In any case, with the weight and suffering he has to carry, regardless of how or why, doesn't he deserve a few extra hugs and spreading of empathy and compassion?

I think so... :)
Picture of dunnagh18 achievements

+2 8. dunnagh commented 8 years ago

I´d probably not hug him, but not because he´s positive (I got a friend who is) but because I generally avoid touching People in the public.
Picture of samxgx54 achievements

+1 9. samxgx commented 8 years ago

I really want to see this same idea with out the HIV side mentioned anywhere. and then count how many people would touch and how many would say: avoid the psyco.
if some other random guy would just have a sign saying "Touch me" with no mention of HIV, i guess there would be much less interaction and much more weird looks.

Wanna see a real difference in behavior, have a girl do it the same way.
Picture of Sizzlik64 achievements

+1 10. Sizzlik (admin) commented 8 years ago

Picture of samxgx54 achievements

-1 11. samxgx commented 8 years ago

#10 i've seen those videos too. but there is a creep factor when your sign says: touch me

I cant even have that phrase in my mind without imagining someone asking me that creepy looking with a low pitched throaty voice looking like this: http://static.fjcdn.com/gifs/Creep_9c435d_2479189.gif

Hug me would be much less creepy and maybe only a little sad. Free Hugs just sounds harmless and friendly. Touch me sounds like something buffalo bill would say:
It puts the lotion on it's skin.... now touch me!
Picture of Sizzlik64 achievements

+2 12. Sizzlik (admin) commented 8 years ago

#11 Touch me...i got candy >:)
Picture of LaoMa28 achievements

+1 13. LaoMa commented 8 years ago

That was a lot of hugs <3

Normally we Finns don't feel comfortable being near to strangers. Just check this pic of a bus stop:

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/e8/73/a1/e873a1c4066174dd1a241e0955b917cd.jpg