Sturdevant knows the hands-on experience of being a homosexual black man in the South and was able to catch HIV, leading to his present actions. He drives around, providing medicine for HIV to those who need it and especially for those who are ashamed of having this disease. He himself knows how it felt when he found out he had this disease. By having the same mutual feelings, he was able to help those around him who are going through what he did. This transportation of medicine is important as most people develop having AIDS before even finding out that they even had HIV in the first place. This led to a worldwide epidemic as most black men cannot even afford PrEP, the medicine needed to prevent contracting the virus. The author was able to take a stance of being informational and not biased at all. She stayed neutral about sexuality, race, gender, etc. and focused more or spreading information about this HIV epidemic instead. Her targeted audience is most likely those who may be in the closet or insecure about their sexuality, race, etc. since they may be more vulnerable, especially if you have either HIV or AIDS as well. The genre of this article is most likely an informative report as it is to explain an epidemic to teach the audience something new or something that they are not aware of, rather than persuading.