Jasmine Cannon LITR218 10/12/2022 Queer People and HIV and AIDS The society has passed through a period of lack of understanding when it comes to the AIDS pandemic. The two articles Rent and 1,112 and Counting are a representation of the myths that existed about AIDS and how the knowledge of this disease resulted to marginalization of the people due to lack of cure. However, the people living with the disease were accommodating to each other and could fall in love. These two articles analyze the disease that was associated with a particular group of people and caused lack of understanding even in the medical team. However, they help to demystify the myths that surrounded the people and increase knowledge sharing. The analysis will compare and contrast the themes of stigmatization and support for people living with AIDS. AIDS was a disease that caused massive deaths in different places. However, in 1,112 and Counting the highest levels of discrimination were on the gay people. The disease was shown to be killing this group more and spreading faster. It is due to the spread of the disease that the hospitals saw a decline in efficient care for the patients. There was also lack of understanding of how the disease was spread. The gay people were thought to have been greatly affected due to their sexual behaviors as the straight people were shown to be less affected. Due to this statistic, the interventions on research were limited and many gay people continued to face a threat to extinction with little interventions (Larry 15). In Rent, there was indefinite discrimination with some people preferring to commit suicide when they were diagnosed with AIDS. However, amongst the major characters, there was an effective living with knowledge of the disease. Roger and Mimi know that they have AIDS but they choose to fall in love with each other. With the knowledge of the disease, Roger decides that it is best to avoid the relationship with Mimi in order to prevent burdening her with his baggage (BroadwayInHD). Thus, in Rent, there is reduced stigmatization of the people living with HIV and AIDS compared to 1,122 and Counting. Supporting people living with AIDS is one way of making them believe in a just society. The 1,122 and Counting shows a situation where the society is not supporting in actions of enhancing the understanding of the disease and how it can be prevented since it was affecting the gay people negatively. Kramer explained that since majority of the people who were affected by AIDS were gay, there was limited response from the government. The Mayor of New York was also silent as the disease was increasingly killing the gay people (Larry 18). The exception however, would have been made in the case of the straight people having been affected. However, in the case of Rent, the support the people get from around them is massive even after learning they are HIV positive. The char.