HIV Welsh Rugby legend Gareth Thomas CBE and Tackle HIV’s show garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025 aims to educate the public about HIV and challenge stigma Welsh Rugby legend Gareth Thomas CBE and Tackle HIV‘s show garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025 aims to educate the public about HIV and challenge stigma. The Tackle HIV Challenging Stigma Garden is being exhibited at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Tackle HIV, which is funded and supported b By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Community News Team Beacon smashes Brighton Half Marathon, raising in excess of £70,000 for Brighton-based HIV charity, the Sussex Beacon Celebrities from Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins provided extra inspiration for hundreds of people running to raise funds for the Sussex Beacon at this year’s Brighton Half Marathon, which took place on Sunday, February 25. DS Chris Oliver, known for putting the likes of Zoe Lyons and James ‘Arg’ Arge By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Community News Thousands of runners take part in the Brighton Half Marathon – the main fundraising event for local HIV charity the Sussex Beacon Thousands of runners turned out for the Brighton Half Marathon this morning, in fresh conditions, running 13.1 miles around the city of Brighton. The event, the main fundraising event for local HIV charity the Sussex Beacon, marks the 34th anniversary of the Brighton Half Marathon. The event kicked By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Fundraising News Gay Welsh rugby legend Gareth Thomas CBE to start this year’s Brighton Half Marathon – the main fundraising event for local HIV charity, the Sussex Beacon This year’s Brighton Half Marathon, the main fundraising event for local HIV charity the Sussex Beacon, which takes place on Brighton seafront on Sunday, February 25, will be started by gay Welsh rugby legend Gareth Thomas CBE, one of the most iconic and respected figures in world rugby. In 2009, Ga By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Sport The biggest ever LGBTQ+ rugby tournament arrives in Birmingham The UK’s biggest LGBTQ+ rugby tournament, the IGR Union Cup 2023, sponsored by Specsavers, Birmingham City University and Birmingham City Council, will arrive in Birmingham at the end of this month with over 47 LGBTQ+ rugby teams and 1,400 players from more than 18 countries competing for the covete By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Community News Gareth Thomas awarded CBE for services to HIV & sport Sexual health/HIV charity Terrence Higgins Trust responds to announcement that newly appointed patron of the charity Gareth Thomas is to be awarded a CBE in the Queen’s birthday honours for services to health and sport. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Gareth Thomas and Viiv Healthcare launch Tackle HIV campaign Gareth Thomas and ViiV Healthcare launch the Tackle HIV campaign, an initiative aimed at improving levels of public understanding of HIV and breaking the stigma around it. By Contributor • 2 min read
In The South Scottish Rugby signs up to LGBT+ Sports Charter Scottish Rugby today signed up as the newest signatory to the Scottish LGBT+ Sports Charter at the home of rugby in Scotland, BT Murrayfield. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Gareth Thomas at The Old Market Gareth Thomas opens up about being the first professional sportsman to come out while still playing professionally. Gareth had it all. He was a national hero, a sporting icon, a leader of men, captain of Wales and the British Lions. To him, rugby was an expression of cultural identity, a sacred code By Besi • 2 min read
