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statement made by Reverend Jerry Falwell in the 1980s, in which he was quoted as saying: "AIDS is not just Gods punishment for homosexuals; it is Gods punishment for
the society that tolerates homosexuals" (Positive Atheism, 2002). John, a Christian and a homosexual, had contracted AIDS from an older male with whom he had unprotected consensual sex, and
said he found himself struggling more with the religious and social stigmatization of his disease than the problems associated with HIV infection in general. John also talked at length about
his experiences in the health and mental health fields, suggesting that people demonstrated a bias against homosexuals even before he discovered he had contracted HIV. One school counselor, John
mentioned, had talked to him about separating himself in the locker room after gym class, in an effort to "protect" him from ostracization by hetereosexual male students. John stated
that he was not openly gay at that time and that the guidance counselor appeared to be speaking to her own concerns for his behaviors in the locker room (voyeurism,
for example) rather than to the appropriateness of responses to Johns unannounced homosexuality. Johns concern for the response of this counselor, then, was a pervasive element in his struggle
to seek additional mental health support following his diagnosis of HIV infection. There are two different sociocultural components to providing support for Johns mental health needs following his
diagnosis with HIV infection. First, John has some very distinct concerns that are directly related to his homosexuality and to the response of others to his homosexual status.
If John had been a 17 year old boy who had contracted HIV through heterosexual sexual contact, or if he had been exposed to tainted blood through a blood transfusion,
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