hiv educator at nonprofit acria which has partnered with gmhc and said hes seen distinct changes people are far less afraid of people with hiv than they were in the 80s and 90s he said but noted that it varies in different parts of the country that said he feels theres now tremendous stigma among gay men which he said comes in complete contrast to earlier decades milano said hes found recently that within the gay community those who are hiv negative dont want to have anything to do with you thats really sad that we have lost the solidarity that the gay community had in the 80s he said more trump administration dismisses remaining members of hivaids council bruckno runs the terry brenneis hub for longterm survivors at gmhc and said there has to be more attention paid to the emotional toll that older survivors face theres a lot of isolation theres a lot of depression he said noting that he understands the fears of those in the community because he sometimes faces similar ones im 48 im single i was married to a man we broke up so im alone i live alone there are moments that i feel that i dont want to die alone he said so much has changed in 30 years but theres a lot of work left its nice to know that weve come this far but theres a new thing on the horizon longterm survivors and people aging he said