The campaign was meet with resistance, as it all came down to expanding the understanding which there is a huge lack of. Lack of education is just ignorance, and ignorance leads to stigma and there’s a lot of stigma around it.

We need to talk about the fact that the medical advancements have come so far but the education has not kept up with the process. People don’t understand that when you are HIV positive, you can lead a long, normal, healthy life with current medications.

In fact, in 2019, it was announced the second person in the world was now cured of HIV with the helps of stem cell transfers.

We all recognised the need to support our communities by seriously tackling the stigma that those living with HIV experience each and every day. The donors they already have admitted are people living with HIV who have a consistently undetectable viral load, which means they cannot transmit the virus to others.

Since the launch went live, 13 donors have come forward, and 9 women, women without HIV, have applied to receive the donations.

The best result of this new Sperm Bank is the spotlight it takes away from the LGBTQA community, who have bared the brunt of HIV stigma. The new sperm banks mean the female aspect comes into it as well.

It’s a bold yet necessary move, yet the goal to alter how HIV Positive people were perceived by society and governments needed a new, more hopeful conversation.