My conversation with a married closeted gay man
So today, I was on Grindr as usual seeking to interact with gay men in my local area to share about safe sex with them and encourage them to get tested and I received a really good news from someone I have been chatting with for two weeks now. So this guy let's just call him John is an Indian gay man married to a woman. He shared with me the image of his test results for HIV test. He purchased the self-test kit from Lazada and got tested safely in the privacy of his home. This makes me very happy and that is not because I managed to secure him as a client and add him as part of my Key Performance Indicator (KPI). It is because after having two weeks worth of conversation with him, I influenced him to get tested for HIV. You see as an Outreach Worker, my goal is to encourage this man to come and get tested in our Centre in Sentul. Only then he would be considered as an addition to my KPI. I gain no recognition in getting him self-tested. In this case, I am clearly aware that ...