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# 14 HIV activists strip down to shatter stigma
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/14-hiv-activists-strip-down-to-shatter-stigma/
- Published: 2025-07-25T11:29:19.000Z
- Updated: 2025-07-25T11:29:19.000Z
- Author: Graham Robson
- Tags: Culture, Community Corner

**HIV The Naked Truth** is to present **Nude Exhibit**, a two-day gallery event spotlighting HIV activism, visibility, and the power of art to challenge stigma, ahead of **World AIDS Day** in November. 

HIV The Naked Truth - a collective of “likeminded people with a mission to end HIV stigma through the arts” - will present a nude photography exhibit in support of **Positive East**, East London’s leading HIV charity. The exhibit features 14 LGBTQ+ HIV activists beautifully captured by photographer **Rodwey Olukoya**, each using their body and story to shatter stigma and empower individuals living with HIV.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/2025/07/_J4A3945.JPG)

The showcase includes: actor **Peter McPherson**, currently in the award-winning *Smoggie Queens*; drag performer and activist **Daisy Puller**; unapologetic HIV activist and mother **LeaSuwanna Griffith**; Brazilian sexual health doctor and advocate **Eduardo Peres**; HIV-positive peer mentor and **Fast Track Cities** ambassador **Greg Arthur**; Egyptian-Italian advocate **Antonyos Farag**; Manchester-based activist and author **Tresca Lou**; educator and activist **Andrew Liam Oakes**; and **HIV Hour** radio host and Brighton-based activist, **David Fray**. 

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/2025/07/_J4A2728.JPG)

Also featured are queer trans man and **Positively UK** team member **Eli Fitzgerald**; Filipino transgender campaigner **Roa Anya**; Irish trailblazer **Rebecca Tallon De Havilland**; artist and activist **Sun**; and **Joshua Royal**, founder of HIV The Naked Truth and organiser of this exhibit.

The event takes place at **The Coningsby Gallery**, 30 Tottenham Street, London W1T 4RJ, across two days: **Friday, 28 November** from **11am - 7pm**; **Saturday, 29 November** from **10am - 6pm**. 

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/2025/07/_J4A3388.JPG)

Nude Exhibit takes place in the lead-up to **HIV The Naked Truth Gala 2025** on **2 December** – an intimate evening of art, performance and testimony in honour of World AIDS Day. The gala will raise funds for Positive East through ticket sales and a silent auction, hosted at **Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church**.

All proceeds and donations from the exhibition will go to Positive East, supporting their ongoing work in testing, prevention and community support.