U=U. Maybe you’ve seen this posted on someone’s dating profile but weren’t sure what it meant. Well you’ve landed in the right spot because we’re excited to share what U=U means and hope you’ll share the good news with your friends! When someone says or writes U=U it means undetectable=untransmittable. Cool, now let’s break that down further with the science.
The science is clear. When a person living with HIV is effectively on treatment and has an undetectable viral load, there is zero risk of HIV being transmitted through sex. Times have changed. And this is great news! The Gay Men’s Sexual Health Alliance presents a cute and campy glimpse into how advances in treatments for HIV are changing how we have the sex we want.
This video portrays the message of U=U, or undetectable equals untransmittable, and how it is transforming the relationship gay and bisexual men have to HIV, and to each other. The message of U=U, developed by the Prevention Access Campaign, gives an opportunity for gay and bisexual men to embrace a new era in the HIV epidemic.
U=U provides the gay community with the opportunity to reflect upon, and celebrate the successes in, the fight to end HIV, and to focus on the tools we have available to end this epidemic. Key to ending the epidemic is ending HIV stigma. An important way to address stigma is to be informed about the current realities of HIV and HIV related science.
And the science is clear, when a person living with HIV is effectively on treatment and has an undetectable viral load, there is zero risk of HIV being transmitted through sex.
Actor Addie Batson enjoys his bubble bath while talking on the phone. https://youtu.be/-1EQH5t9t-U
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See how the U=U Bathtub video was created with interviews from cast and crew.
This video series for Gay Men’s Sexual Health was written, directed and produced by Charlie David and Nico Stagias of Border2Border Entertainment. https://Border2Border.ca
Actors Addie Batson and Prasanna Mondal share a laugh in the GMSH U=U video.
Actors Addie Batson and Prasanna Mondal share a laugh in the GMSH U=U video.
Actors Addie Batson and Prasanna Mondal share a bubble bath in the GMSH U=U video.
Behind the scenes in the studio of the GMSH U=U video.
Actor Prasanna Mondal in the GMSH video.
Actor Prasanna Mondal in the GMSH video.
Behind the scenes on the bathtub video produced by Border2Border Entertainment.
Behind the scenes on the bathtub video produced by Border2Border Entertainment.
The script for the bathtub French video.
Actor Addie Batson in the bathtub video.
Come behind the scenes to see some of the making of the U=U Bathtub video for GMSH by the Border2Border Entertainment team.