HIV & Blackmail - Andy Bell - a podcast by TVPS

This week we focus on Andy Bell, from the band Erasure, and how he was harassed by some of the British media about HIV, even though he was HIV negative at the time.

Sources

Revisiting Erasure's Andy Bell: The Classic HIV Plus Interview (hivplusmag.com)

Erasure’s Andy Bell recalls fan support after sharing HIV+ status (yahoo.com)

Andy Bell: 'I'd had enough of being bullied' | Music | The Guardian

‘It’s the songs that count’: Erasure’s Andy Bell on being out in the 80s, living with HIV and falling from fashion | Erasure | The Guardian

Tabloid newspapers threatened to expose gay singers as HIV-positive (pinknews.co.uk)

Further info

Erasure - Sometimes (Official HD Video) - YouTube

'One of the most joyous things ever to happen on the tube' - YouTube

Welcome | The Sunday Boys | Manchester's LGBTQ+ low voice choir

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