I notice that if I don't work out, then my head starts spinning I go to some pretty crazy places. That's just a part of my health and well-being. I look at working out and doing something physically active every day as being as important as taking my meds. I think HIV has helped motivate me mentally and physically. When I look around at my contemporaries, I'd say I'm probably in better shape than most of them. But he has persevered and continues to be an inspiration as an athlete and a man. It doesn’t mean it has been easy, as he told ESPN this summer. Louganis is proof-positive that being HIV-positive is not the death sentence it was for most people who contracted the virus in the early days of the epidemic. The four-time Olympic gold medal diver tested HIV-positive in 1988, but is now thriving thanks to advances in treating HIV. There have been more than 20 prominent athletes - gay, straight and bi - who have contracted HIV/AIDS and I wanted to highlight five who have a special resonance for me and other LGBT people in sports. The disease has especially hit hard gay and bisexual men, and athletes have not been immune. Today is World AIDS Day, a day to remember the 35 million worldwide who have died from the disease and the 36.7 million still living with HIV.
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