HIV-Positive Actor

I’m grateful to be acknowledged for my work in “A Mother’s Prayer” (“ ‘Prayer’: An AIDS Drama With Impact,” Calendar, Aug. 2), but I feel compelled to clarify my health status: I remain HIV-positive, having not yet been given an official AIDS diagnosis. While the idea of separating myself from people who have been diagnosed is not something I regularly practice, as someone who continues to make a portion of my living as an actor in Hollywood, I must. Being an openly gay, publicly HIV-positive AIDS activist-artist is enough of a deterrent to my employability.

MICHAEL KEARNS

Los Angeles