Having a PositiveSingles membership takes away the awkwardness of having to disclose to someone on a first or second date that you have an STD, because all their members are struggling with their own STD. With “the ease of Tinder-style use,” as the press release boasts, the app is aimed toward the community of singles living with STDs, especially those with HIV, Herpes, and HPV. Just because someone has an STD it doesn’t mean they should be written off as a potential love interest, and no one believes that more than the dating app PositiveSingles.
In other words, STDs are far from uncommon, but unfortunately, there’s still a stigma attached to those who have an STD, especially those that are incurable. In addition to that, there’s an estimated 20 million new infections every year and more than half of the sexually active people out there will become infected with an STD at some point in their life.
According to the Center for Disease Control, roughly 110 million people in the U.S.