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South Africa's HIV Positive Judge

Justice Edwin Cameron - South Africa's top judge who is openly gay and HIV positive.

Justice Edwin Cameron is a senior judge in the highest court in South Africa - the Constitutional Court. As a young lawyer he was known for taking on the toughest cases. He is also a prominent LGBT rights and HIV/AIDS campaigner - issues which still carry stigma in South African society. The prejudice was even stronger back in 1999 when he publicly revealed he was HIV positive - becoming the first public official in the country to do so.

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(Picture: Justice Edwin Cameron. Credit Andrew Aitchison.)

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