Kenn Basham has been living with HIV for the past 28 years. Photo: Jay Cronan
When Kenn Basham was diagnosed with HIV in 1986, a diagnosis was almost a death sentence.
Back then, the average time from diagnosis to death was just two years. But almost three decades on, the 55-year-old is living proof of how far the fight against HIV has come.
In his younger years, Mr Basham was politically active in the gay community and he has become a voice for HIV-positive people in the ACT and has dedicated much of his life to raising awareness of and education about the illness.
Mr Basham said while there had been much progress when it came to treatment and awareness of HIV, the fight against the incurable virus was far from over.