Hydeia broadbent biography books

Activist

At a Glance…

Diagnosed with HIV

Sought Treatment at NIH

Became AIDS Activist

Sources

Hydeia Broadbent became known as a teenage AIDS activist.

She contracted HIV at birth from her drug addicted biological mother and has battled the disease ever since with the help of her adopted parents, Patricia and Loren Broadbent. She began speaking publicly about the disease while assisting her mother’s activism, but eventually she overshadowed her own mother with her effective speaking style.

Hydeia Broadbent traveled the country educating people of all ages about the dangers of AIDS and how to protect themselves from contracting it.

Hydeia Broadbent was born June 14, 1984 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Her biological mother was a drug addict who abandoned her at the hospital just after she was born.

Broadbent was then taken to a county-run temporary children’s facility called Child Haven until she could be placed in a foster home and even