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Writer's pictureRabiya Sharieff

Phase 1, Post 3: Medical Discrimination in Pop Culture

How to Get Away with Murder Shonda Rhimes’s How to Get Away with Murder had many advocates rejoicing in its portrayal of what it’s like to live with HIV in today's day and age. The HIV-positive character of Oliver and his boyfriend Connor navigate his diagnosis and how it affects their relationship in a way that feels both nuanced and realistic. At he beginning of the AIDS epidemic, HIV was historically viewed as a "gay" disease, and it is interesting to see that Rhimes's chose to perpetuate this controversial notion with the two gay characters in the show.


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