Man cherged with knowingly infecting girlfriend with HIV

As an AIDS/HIV awareness advocate, I want to take this moment to encourage everyone to get tested and make sure you know your status. Now that there are HIV tests that you can take in the privacy of your own home, there really isn't an excuse for not knowing your status. Trust me you don't want to end up like either of these two. News One reports:

Johanson Little (pictured), a Chicago man who failed to inform his ex-girlfriend of his HIV-positive condition, could face felony charges, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

According to Assistant State Attorney Dan Griffin, Little and the unnamed woman dated between June 2012 and 2013. In February, she tested positive for the virus as well, Griffin added.

The woman says she wasn’t intimate with anyone else during her relationship with Little. She eventually found out from his family that his former wife died of AIDS.

Little admitted to hiding his status after his ex confronted him, Griffin said. The Chicago man has lived with the disease since 2003. Judge James Brown held Little on $750,000 bail. He is charged with criminal transmission of HIV, which is a Class two felony.