Irish AIDS Day: '20% of new Irish HIV diagnoses are women'

Lady Veda says 'The idea that this stigma doesn’t exist is actually really wrong because we don’t hear from those women'

Ahead of Irish AIDS Day today, Veda talked about breaking down the stigma around HIV. Picture: iStock

Some viewers of last night’s Six O’Clock Show were shocked to hear that over 20% of the HIV cases diagnosed in Ireland every year were among females.

The information was revealed during an interview with podcaster and drag performer Enda McGrattan, who is better known as Lady Veda, ahead of Irish AIDS Day today.