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Take Action. Lace Up. This year’s World AIDS Day RED RUN to take place Saturday, November 23

Graham Robson October 29, 2024

Since 2009, East London HIV charity Positive East has organised the World AIDS Day RED RUN on the last weekend of November – just before World AIDS Day on December 1. What began with a small gathering of 50 people is now one of the UK’s biggest annual HIV community events, raising over £1.1 million […]

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HIV organisations “delighted” to see the removal of “unjust, homophobic and unscientific” barrier

Graham Robson October 23, 2024

After a delay caused by the General Election and change of Government, National AIDS Trust, the British HIV Association (BHIVA) and the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) are happy to see the removal of the “unjust, homophobic and unscientific” barrier that prevented both people living with HIV who are LGBTQ+, and anyone seeking […]

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Exhibitions

Autograph gallery in London to present a new photography exhibition exploring the work of late artist Rotimi Fani-Kayode

Graham Robson October 17, 2024

This autumn, Autograph gallery in London presents a new photography exhibition exploring a radical vision of culture, intimacy, desire and pain. Featuring never-before-seen works from artist Rotimi Fani-Kayode’s wider practice, Rotimi Fani-Kayode: The Studio – Staging Desire will be on show at Autograph’s gallery in East London from 31 October 2024 – 22 March 2025. […]

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New HIV Action Plan will be published by summer 2025, Andrew Gwynne MP, Minister for Public Health and Prevention, has announced

Graham Robson October 9, 2024

A new HIV Action Plan will be published by summer 2025, Andrew Gwynne MP, Minister for Public Health and Prevention, has announced. According to sexual health charity, Terrence Higgins Trust, an updated plan is “vital if we are to achieve the goal of ending new cases of HIV in England by 2030”. The Minister made […]

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Terrence Higgins Memorial Quilt Unveiled at National Museum of the Royal Navy, two years after ban on HIV+ personnel serving in Royal Navy was lifted

Graham Robson October 4, 2024

A special exhibition of the Terrence Higgins Memorial Quilt has been unveiled at the National Museum of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. This poignant and powerful memorial quilt is dedicated to Terrence Higgins, who served in the Royal Navy from 1963 – 1968 and was the first named person to die of an […]

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Terrence Higgins Trust launches survey with Marie Curie to explore experiences of palliative care support for people living with HIV

Graham Robson October 4, 2024

Terrence Higgins Trust, Marie Curie, the Mary Stevens Hospice and University College London have launched a research study, approved by the UCL research ethics committee, to understand barriers and experiences of people living with HIV around planning for and receiving palliative and end of life care. The survey will ask about your experiences of accessing […]

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National AIDS Trust reacts to latest HIV surveillance data, published by the UK Health Security Agency

Graham Robson October 3, 2024

The latest HIV surveillance data for 2023, published by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) on October 1, shows that the number of heterosexual men and women newly diagnosed in England with HIV has increased by more than 30% since 2022. Diagnoses among heterosexual men rose by 36% (445 in 2022 to 605 in 2023) […]

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Terrence Higgins Trust responds to GP’s “false claims” on Tik Tok that HIV is transmissible through toilet roll

Graham Robson September 16, 2024

Dr Sermed Mezher, a London GP, has posted a video on Tik Tok with misinformation that you can contract HIV and hepatitis from blood stained toilet roll, which has had over one million views. According to HIV charity Terrence Higgins Trust, this is “extremely worrying as no-one has ever contracted HIV from toilet roll”. The […]

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Community News

Legends’ Erica Hann to run Lake Windemere for the Sussex Beacon before taking on the London Marathon in 2025

Graham Robson September 12, 2024

Erica Hann from Legends, one of Brighton’s premier LGBTQ+ venues, will have her running shoes on this weekend, as she does The Lap around the stunning Lake Windemere, all 47 miles of it! This run is part of her fundraising on behalf of local HIV charity, the Sussex Beacon, which will culminate in Erica running […]

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HIV charity Terrence Higgins Trust appoints leading UK Public Health expert, Professor Thomas Waite OBE, to board of trustees

Graham Robson August 30, 2024

HIV charity Terrence Higgins Trust has appointed Professor Thomas Waite OBE, currently Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England and a proud gay man, to their board of trustees. The appointment comes at a crucial time as there’s less than six years left to achieve the life-changing goal of ending new cases of HIV in the […]

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