10 Sitcoms That Helped Remove Stigma From HIV And AIDS
Philadelphia
So this is a movie. But it’s vitally important, so it gets a pass. Plus, it’s on tv all the time now. This powerful film showed the discrimination people, specifically homosexuals, faced not only for their sexuality but also when people learned that they were living or battling the disease. In the movie, we watch as Denzel learns about his own prejudices and the audience learns, again, that HIV/AIDS is not a “bad person’s” disease.