ROBERT: I first found out I was HIV positive June 8, 2010.
That day changed my life.
At that moment, I didn´t know what I was going to do.
But eventually, I accepted it, I grew with it.
I enrolled in college.
That was my real reason for coming to Atlanta.
And just the whole ordeal of knowing that I was positive
and the stigmatisms that came with it
was very, very hard.
Dwight was actually the first person
outside of doctors, therapists that I confided in,
and I felt that Dwight was compassionate,
and just meeting him, I felt loved.
And since then, I´ve felt nothing but love.
He reminded me to love, and it was okay to feel.
I had lost my feelings.
When you experience something like this
at such a young age as I am, in college,
it´s a life-changing thing.
And just to be in Dwight´s presence
and to have seen him and just his mannerisms
really made me feel comfortable.
And once I told him, he was right there,
and he´s been there with me and for me ever since.
DWIGHT: We just hit it off.
And he came by the office, and we have been friends
and communicating on and off ever since.
ROBERT: My experience with disclosing my status
has been great.
I´ve been embraced open-armed,
but I had to learn how to disclose my status.
I had to learn how to talk about who I am
and what´s going on with me,
and regardless of what situations I´m put in,
or what obstacles I have to overcome,
my family is my rock, and they´re my foundation.
I´m just really fortunate to have that.
A lot of young people don´t have that support system.
They don´t know what love is, and it´s just very unfortunate.
DWIGHT: You know, I give him his space,
and I realize that sometimes you don´t want to be bothered.
And I just continue to be there when he wants to talk --
not so much of being that voice,
but just most important to be that ear,
to listen and to understand or try to understand
what he´s going through and give him his space.
Well, I think the most important thing
to combat the stigma in our community
in reference to HIV and AIDS is to communicate,
to talk about it.
There´s a disconnect.
There´s a disconnect with his generation and my generation.
And his generation is fearless, and they step out.
You know, I have friends that I´ve had for 20 or 30 years
that we still have not had conversation like he and I have,
and we´ve been friends for years.
ROBERT: I want to support this campaign
to show people like me that it´s okay to live.
Since my diagnosis, I have learned
the real definition and true meaning of a best friend.
Understanding what I´m going through,
to confide in Dwight, and Dwight confides into me.
He´s taught me how to be a best friend.
He´s taught me how to trust.
He´s taught me how to love.
And all of those embody a best friend.
You´re my best friend.
[ Laughs ]
DWIGHT: I´m so proud of you.
ROBERT: Oh.
You are not alone.
Let´s stop HIV together.
Get the facts.
DWIGHT: Get tested.
TOGETHER: Get involved.