What It Means To Be HIV-Positive And Undetectable - Courtney Act
Courtney Act, the Australian drag queen who finished second in Season 6 of RuPaul’s Drag Race, in his latest video explained what it means to be HIV undetectable.
He explains in the video that persons on gay social apps will sometimes mention that they’re undetectable or use different abbreviations to denote their undetectability like UVL, undetectable viral load; [+u], positive undetectable; and U=U, undetectable equals untransmittable.
“Undetectable means someone is living with HIV, they’re on treatment and they’ve suppressed the amount of HIV in their blood to very low levels. If an undetectable viral load can be maintained for six months, HIV is not transmitted to sexual partners, even if condoms aren’t being used,” Act explains.