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Erasures Andy Bell "I always wanted to be HIV...
positive"
Source:
http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/39071.htm
If you can't be arsed to read through that, here's the quote from The Sun.
POP star Andy Bell says he always WANTED to be HIV positive.
The gay Erasure singer, 40, revealed he is HIV positive last month — six years after diagnosis.
And in a new interview he says: “You are going to think this strange, but I wanted to be HIV positive. I thought HIV was a touchstone of being gay.
“But I’m a fighter. They will have to take me from this world kicking and screaming.”
Bandmate Vince Clarke, 44, insisted Bell’s diagnosis did not change anything. He said: “I had no fear this was the end.
“I have other friends in similar situations, and with the development of maintenance drugs, it wasn’t a death sentence.”
Announcing he was HIV positive, Bell said: “My life expectancy should be the same as anyone else, so there is no need to panic.”
Erasure, who topped the charts in the ’80s and ’90s, recently reached No4 with single Breathe.
Source:
http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/39071.htm
If you can't be arsed to read through that, here's the quote from The Sun.
POP star Andy Bell says he always WANTED to be HIV positive.
The gay Erasure singer, 40, revealed he is HIV positive last month — six years after diagnosis.
And in a new interview he says: “You are going to think this strange, but I wanted to be HIV positive. I thought HIV was a touchstone of being gay.
“But I’m a fighter. They will have to take me from this world kicking and screaming.”
Bandmate Vince Clarke, 44, insisted Bell’s diagnosis did not change anything. He said: “I had no fear this was the end.
“I have other friends in similar situations, and with the development of maintenance drugs, it wasn’t a death sentence.”
Announcing he was HIV positive, Bell said: “My life expectancy should be the same as anyone else, so there is no need to panic.”
Erasure, who topped the charts in the ’80s and ’90s, recently reached No4 with single Breathe.