LGBTQ+ activist Laurie McBride dead at 71
American LGBTQ+ activist Laurie McBride, best known for her work as the co-chair of the California based lobby group, Mobilisation Against AIDS, has been pronounced dead at 71 following a heart attack.
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Keith Haring auction to raise funds for NY LGBTQ+ centre
The Keith Haring Foundation is selling over 140 objects from Haring’s personal collection to raise money for New York’s LGBTQ+ community centre.
QUEER IN BRIGHTON: LGBTQ+ History Club with Simon Watney this Sunday
HIV/AIDS Activist Simon Watney is the guest speaker at the eighth edition of Brighton’s LGBTQ+ History Club on Sunday, June 25. Simon Watney has a long-established reputation in the field of HIV/AIDS as a writer, founder of numerous charities and not-for-profit companies, educator and service provid
HIV nurse historian undertakes new research project
Dr Tommy Dickinson, a nurse historian at King’s College London is currently working on a project that is exploring the nursing care of people with HIV/AIDS before antiviral medication was readily available.
Positive Walks – HIV and Healthy
Positive Walks is a Brighton based walking group for anyone affected by HIV/AIDS. They offer monthly meet ups for walks in the countryside, to get fit, keep fit, blow away the cobwebs, socialise, keep the mind active and clear, or just to interact and connect with nature.
The most deadly symptom of HIV is stigma!
Jason Lupi “came out” in public last year about his HIV status after living with the virus for 23 years. Here he talks out the treatments currently available and the importance of tackling the most deadly symptom of HIV, stigma.