Sexual Orientation The inner feeling of whoa person is attracted to emotionally and/or physically, in relation to their own gender identity Some people may identify as asexual bisexual gay lesbian “pansexual,” queer straight and many more (GLSEN) Sexually Transmitted Disease or Infection (STD or STI): Any disease or infection that is transmitted primarily through sexual contact (NYC DOHMH) Stigma: Stigma occurs when a person or a group of people are devalued because they are associated with a certain disease, behavior or practice (ICRW) T-cells: A class of immune system cells that play a major role in carrying out the activities of the immune system Some T-cells are called Helper T-cells (or CD cells) (NYC DOHMH) Terminal:predicted to lead to death, especially slowly incurable (Google) Undetectable: When there is so little virus in an a person who is living with HIV’s blood that it cannot be measured by viral load tests An undetectable viral load is associated with better long-term health The person is still HIV positive, but the risk of infection is lower and the chances of passing the virus to a partner is greatly reduced (NYSDOH) Viral load A measure of HIV in the blood Nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) tests for viral load, not for the presence of HIV antibodies NYC DOHMH)
