Belinda Ann Mason (July 2, 1958 – September 9, 1991) was an American AIDS activist, policy advisor, and writer based in rural Kentucky.
[3] Over the following seven years, she worked as a reporter for two newspapers, the Ohio County Times-News in Hartford and the Appalachian News-Express in Pikeville, and began writing fiction.
[4] On January 17, 1987, Mason required a blood transfusion while giving birth to her second child, Clayton, at Regional Medical Center of Hopkins County.
[6] Mason and her husband, Steve Carden, sued Regional Medical Center of Hopkins County and won an out-of-court settlement.
[14] Western Kentucky University annually awards the Ron Jerrell and Belinda Mason Scholarship to a journalism student affected by HIV.