| Additional info: In 1989, she was diagnosed HIV positive as the result of either a blood transfusion during an
abortion or from the unsafe sex that brought about that abortion in her home town.
Rebekka went public with her disease in 1994.
Rebekka has been an active spokesperson at the POZ Life Expos, which have been taking place in cities across the country since 1994. A drama documentary about her remarkable life is being be made by Antonia Bird, who directed such films as; "Safe", "The Priest", "Face", "Mad Love" and "Ravenous". |
