To mark World AIDS Day, actor Stephen Hart writes about his HIV journey. Content warning: This story includes topics that could make some readers feel uncomfortable and/or upset.
WORDS BY STEPHEN HART In 2006 after getting my drink spiked in a bar and being raped, I tested positive for HIV.
At that moment my world fell apart, dealing with the rape was hard enough, but to then be told I had HIV made me want to give up on life.
I had grown up in the 1980s during Section 28 and saw the way the media showed what HIV looked like and it scared me half to death.