HIV Positive Beauty Contest

HIV Positive Beauty Contest

Did I really see this? Yes, I'm afraid I did. Botswana, where more than a third of the population is infected with AIDS, cooked up the idea of holding a beauty contest for HIV-positive contestants. The motive was to combat the "AIDS stigma."
This is a breathtakingly stupid idea. If they were combating a cancer stigma, or a diabetes stigma, then this might make sense. But dipping your wick into one of these beauties could get you killed.
Sometimes, there's a very good reason for stigmas.