Dolzura Cortez

Ma. Dolzura Cortez (died 1992) is the first Filipino AIDS victim who came out in the open to tell about her life and how she acquired the AIDS virus.

Her life story was made into the 1993 Filipino film Dahil Mahal Kita (English "Because I Love You: The Dolzura Cortez Story"), directed by Laurice Guillen, screenplay by Ricardo Lee, starring Vilma Santos, Christopher de Leon, Charito Solis, Maila Gumila, Mikee Villanueva and Jackie Aquino.

External links

• IMDB listing for Dahil Mahal Kita
• United Nations Development Programme review of Dahil Mahal Kita

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Name	Cortez, Dolzura
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Date of death	1992
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