Margate man speaks out about living with HIV, following success of It s A Sin on Channel 4
Published: 06:00, 19 February 2021
Luke Sloane was about to go for lunch with a friend when he found out he was HIV positive.
He admits now, three years on, in what might be considered somewhat of an understatement, that it totally ruined his day .
Luke Sloane, from Margate, has been living with HIV for three years
Of course, the crushing reality for the Margate gardener was far more than that, as life as he knew it came crashing down around him.
He knew, due to modern treatments, that having HIV was no longer a death sentence, but he admits it still felt like the end of the world.