Community News
To show support and solidarity with residents and communities affected by AIDS and HIV, on World AIDS Day (Sunday, December 1) city’s landmarks will be lighting up red and Brighton & Hove City Council will be flying the Red Ribbon flag from Brighton & Hove town halls. Held globally each year, World
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Queens Arms Brighton will be closed on World AIDS Day on Sunday, December 1, as it joins forces with Charles Street Tap to raise funds for THT South. In a statement on social media, Rupert Ellick, co-owner of Queens Arms, said: “Myself and Andy at the Queens Arms have decided to stand with Charles S
Community News
Brighton AIDS Memorial Project‘s powerful exhibition in the main windows of Jubilee Library, Brighton is running November 25 to December 9, commemorating lives lost to HIV/AIDS. AIDS Memorial Quilts are acts of protest and remembrance, highlighting the stigma and healthcare inequalities faced by mar
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Marking 40 years since the formation of the Sussex AIDS Helpline, to commemorate World AIDS Day on Sunday, December 1 the presenters of HIV Hour – David Fray and Josh Sharpe – will interview two writers – Mark Ward and Daren Kay – whose books tell the stories of people grappling with the challenges
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Artisan Cakery in Kemptown is raising funds for the Sussex Beacon in the run up to World AIDS Day on Sunday, December 1. During November, Stuart, owner of the cakery, will be donating 100% of funds made from sales of his delicious red velvet cake, priced at £4 a slice, to the local HIV charity. […]
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Get ready to celebrate the power of music and community as our LGBTQ+ choirs commemorate World AIDS Day with another spectacular concert at St Mary’s Church, Kemptown on December 1. The annual event – a night of unforgettable music, community, and celebration, which will honour those affected by HIV
Birmingham
Following a vigil held at Birmingham’s AIDS & HIV Memorial (Ribbons) on World AIDS Day, lanterns, candles, wreathes and flowers left as tributes were vandalised. The World AIDS Day remembrance ceremony was held on December 1 at Hippodrome Square where the city’s memorial – which was unveiled exactly
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The UK AIDS Memorial Quilt celebrates the lives of those tragically lost to the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s and ’90s. To mark World AIDS Day (1 December), the quilt is available online for the very first time as it launches on Google Arts & Culture to ensure those who died are never forgotten. The […
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Every year in the lead up to World AIDS Day, local HIV charity Lunch Positive provides a community lunch that is open to everyone. This Sunday, November 26, the Lunch Positive Community Lunch will take place at Dorset Gardens Methodist Church, Dorset Gardens, Brighton BN2 1SA. Everyone is invited to
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Superstar drag stars Drag With No Name and Portia are to host the annual World AIDS Day cabaret fundraiser which returns to Charles Street Tap, Brighton to raise funds for Terrence Higgins Trust South on Thursday, November 30 at 7.30pm. Charles Street Tap say: “Worlds AIDS Day is December 1 and we’r
HIV
Perhaps one of this city’s best, (or depending on your view, worst), kept secrets, is that we host the only radio programme dedicated to people living with HIV, and it is also for people affected by HIV. Doesn’t that mean everyone? Yes, we think so.
HIV
Birmingham-based artist and HIV activist Garry Jones is one of three faces leading National AIDS Trust’s (NAT) Rock the Ribbon campaign for World AIDS Day 2023. Jones was pivotal in conceptualising, campaigning for and fundraising for Birmingham’s HIV & AIDS Memorial alongside several other campaign