There are now more new cases of HIV infection among heterosexuals each year than among homosexual men, and most of the 10,000 HIV-positive heterosexuals in Britain are women. In this moving documentary, three infected women talk openly about their experience of, and ways of living with, the virus.
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Positive Women 9.00pm BBC2
Although Aids and HIV have been with us for many years, there is still a great deal of ignorance on the subject and so a documentary like this can only do good. It gives three women who are HIV positive the opportunity to tell their story and gives the rest of us an insight into what it is like to live with the virus.
Nicki, Sarah and Emma are ordinary, healthy-looking women. You would not know that they had HIV unless they told you. They were not particularly promiscuous, nor were they drug users, but they caught the virus. Sarah was just 17 when she found out. "It was something that didn't happen to people like us," says her mum tearfully. "Except it did." Twenty years ago HIV was largely confined to the male gay community. Today, there are more new cases of HIV infection among heterosexuals than among homosexuals. In Britain 10,000 people have contracted HIV through heterosexual sex and the majority are women. There is still a terrible stigma attached to the virus. Todd Austin's film is a dignified, straightforward and calm portrayal of these women's experiences and deserves a wide audience. (JR)