HIV : individuals denounce the virus of discrimination

Camille Genton (Screenshot France Info)

Published the 29.09.2017 at 15h42

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“Today, thanks to antiretroviral treatment, our viral load is undetectable, we can no longer transmit the virus, and our life expectancy is the same as that of the average French “. Camille Genton, a French entrepreneur at the head of nine restaurants in Paris, recalled in a petition published on the website Youscribe these arguments to denounce discrimination related to hiv status.

It notes that, despite the exceptional progress these past few years, the eyes of the society on the HIV carriers is always the same. “We refuse to be ashamed of what we are “, claims he.

An entrepreneur without funding

Because the sérophobie does not result only in social relations, but also in the choice of life, or the daily. The contractor 32 years old, hiv-positive since the age of 7, can no longer stand having to lie to insurance companies and banks, and do not have access to certain training courses or occupations closed to people with hiv. Make public his hiv-positive status at work is also a brake on promotions.

Camille Genton has particularly suffered from the refusal of funding. “We don’t tell you not because you have HIV, it is more insidious, he says in Le Parisien. We are trying to discourage you, the time limits for a response are getting longer. I have done a test with nine banks. However, if I want to make a case, I have to be reactive. So I lied to get my loans. “It recognizes cheat with the law, but opposes its right to undertake.

“We need to choose our destinations according to the countries that deign to accept us on their soil,” growls he also in the petition, referring to the quarantine of countries, including Australia, which prohibit the access to HIV-infected persons.