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" Seventeen: How did the opportunity come about for you to produce I&amp;#039;m Positive? Lo Bosworth: After being on Laguna Beach and The Hills, I knew I wanted to work on the business side of entertainment. I got a job at an entertainment agency and it became my job to create TV shows. One weekend, I was hanging out with my friend and his boyfriend, who told me he was HIV-positive. I was totally shocked, but not in a negative way! I realized I needed to educate myself about what living with HIV meant and it made me realize there are so many important stories that need to be told. The documentary is a way to humanize living with HIV. 17: Who does the documentary follow? LB: It follows three people who have HIV: Otis, who has a boyfriend who is HIV-negative, Kelly, who goes through a breakup with her boyfriend who is HIV-negative, and Stephanie, who goes through the journey with her mother. I wanted to show that these three individuals are just like you and me. Kelly is a beautiful young woman who just graduated college and is trying to figure out what to do with her life. She talks with her friends about guys and sex just like we do. They face the same struggles we face, but have the additional struggle of having HIV on top of that. 17: Do you have any advice for people who are scared to date someone with HIV? LB: Absolutely. This advice is actually from Kelly, Otis, and Stephanie and it&amp;#039;s to be supportive, whether you date that person or not because that person is dealing with something that you can&amp;#039;t even fathom. Educate yourself so you can have a conversation about it. HIV is no longer a death sentence. You can be HIV-positive and still live to be in your 70s and have children who are HIV-negative. It&amp;#039;s about maintaining your health, using protection when you have sex, and being open and honest about your illness. 17: It&amp;#039;s Positive premieres on December 1, which is World AIDS Day. Can you tell us about World AIDS Day and why it&amp;#039;s important? LB: World AIDS Day is an opportunity for people around the world to unite in the fight against HIV, whether it&amp;#039;s by wearing a T-shirt to raise awareness, donating to the cause, or just talking about it with your friends. We still have no cure for HIV and AIDS. I&amp;#039;m Positive premieres on MTV December 1, 2012 at 7 p.m. ET/PT. Click here For more information on HIV/AIDS. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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