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Saturday, August 20, 2005
BBC World Service - Edwin Cameron Interview

Just as I was getting up today I listened to a World Service program called the Interview, where people are interviewed for a topical program. I had to share this with you the reader, because I found it so good, really uplifting to hear someone else talk about what it's like living with HIV. After the previous few days of having to upset people it really has made my day :)

BBC - World Service
The Interview- Edwin Cameron - Webpage

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In this week's edition of The Interview, Carrie Gracie talks to Edwin Cameron. He is a pillar of the South African establishment a Supreme Court judge and he is one of the only public figures in the country to have declared that he is living with AIDS.

Nelson Mandela has called him one of South Africas new heroes.

Edwin Cameron tells Carrie Gracie why he decided to go public in 1999 and why he believes that AIDS is an epidemic of silence. He talks about his survivors guilt at being one of the lucky minority who's been kept alive by drugs and why he believes it's important for other public figures with AIDS to step forward.

He talks about the difficulty of coming out as a homosexual after having been married and how the deprivation of his childhood has enabled him to cope not only with living with AIDS, but with becoming a vocal campaigner and policy maker.

BBC - World Service - 20.08.05

I think this is a really positive program, & has really changed my attitude to the mass use of retroviral drugs in Africa. It's good to have a positive view on what it's like living with HIV. I hope I can take heart from this & myself keep an equally, positive attitude into the future.....

Charlie

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