Sue Hunter is Extraordinary!

Katie Piper's Extraordinary People

Sony Music

Health & Fitness, Arts, Society & Culture

4.8 • 657 Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In 2006, Sue Hunter’s life changed forever when she was diagnosed with HIV at the age of 47. At the time, her daughter was only 8 years old as she was urged to get a test after being alerted by her ex-partner that she may now carry this virus. The man died two weeks later, and Sue was not only grieving someone close to her, but thought her life might end too in the very near future. After processing her diagnosis, Sue decided she wanted to make a change to dispel the stigma and false truths about living with HIV, not only for herself, but for future generations to come. Sue now leads the Positive Voices programme at the Terrence Higgins Trust, the UK’s leading HIV and sexual health charity, where herself and a team of volunteers are educating young adults about the truth of HIV from their own lived experience. Sue and Katie delve into the misconceptions, and fake news around HIV for women, how Sue’s experience has left her feeling empowered and Katie nominates Sue for world leader! This is a Somethin’ Else Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:44.1	Hello and welcome to Casey Piper's Extraordinary People, the podcast where I sit down with an extraordinary person and share their story. They might have overcome something incredible,
0:49.3	or they might still be on their journey, but with stories that will make you laugh, cry and
0:53.8	hopefully feel a little bit
0:55.3	inspired. I'm joined today by a woman who is using a challenge she faces in her life to educate
1:02.0	future generations so they don't experience the same thing as her. Sue Hunter was diagnosed of HIV
1:08.6	in 2006 after being infected by an ex-partner.
1:13.5	Sue had no idea what the future would hold and immediately started her research on not only
1:18.8	what this diagnosis meant for her, but what it meant for others too. She closed the door on a
1:24.6	25-year career in retail management and started to volunteer for the Terence Higgins Trust, the UK's leading HIV and sexual health charity.
1:34.3	When Sue was diagnosed, her daughter was only eight years old, and when she was 14, Sue told her all about the virus that she'd been living with.
1:43.3	Sue is now a campaigner for better sex
1:45.7	education and early testing and with the Terrence Higgins Trust creates awareness and understanding
1:51.7	about HIV by talking about lived experiences. It is a complete honour to have her here, we're almost
1:59.1	here, on Zoom today. Hello, Sue. Hello, Katie. Love
2:03.6	you to be here in this digital world we've been all thrown into. We've already moaned about
2:08.8	technology together, haven't we? I know, I know. But do you know what, if it wasn't for technology,
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