Michelle Visage lends her voice to National AIDS Trust campaign ahead of World AIDS Day

This World AIDS Day, HIV rights charity National AIDS Trust is calling on people across the country to help end new HIV cases by 2030.

Joining the call are Michelle Visage, Layton Williams, Charity Kase and Dr Ronx, who are urging everyone to show their support by raising awareness, fundraising, or donating and become part of this historic movement to end HIV transmission for good. 

Since its first observance in 1988, World AIDS Day (1 December) has united communities around the world in the fight against HIV and AIDS. It’s a day to stand together against stigma, support those living with HIV, and remember the millions of lives lost.

Get your red ribbon and join me in standing with people living with HIV.

Today, more than 108,000 people in the UK are living with HIV. Globally, an estimated 38 million people live with the virus, and more than 35 million have died of HIV- or AIDS-related illnesses over the past 40 years - making it one of the most devastating pandemics in history.

A release from National AIDS Trust reads: "Thanks to major medical advances, people living with HIV can now live long, healthy lives, and we have the tools to end new transmissions entirely. Yet HIV remains highly stigmatised and misunderstood - and the fight is far from over."

Michelle Visage, from RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, is lending her voice to the campaign: “Please donate or fundraise for World AIDS Day. Get your red ribbon and join me in standing with people living with HIV.”

You can show your support by buying your red ribbon or other campaign items through the National AIDS Trust shop. There is also a silent auction to bid on which includes some celebrity red ribbon artworks and original letters from the Charity’s former Patron, Diana, Princess of Wales.