Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterOver the past decade there has been a major global photo-storytelling project by 130 people living with HIV and AIDS that successfully set out to de-stigmatize the disease. All of them have participated in workshops led by South African photographer Gideon Mendel, with photo educator Crispin Hughes, and David Gere, director of the Art & … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe UK Government’s Public Health England (PHE), has just released a new Report with some heartwarming good news. According to new data they have gathered HIV diagnoses in the UK have declined by by a whopping 73 per cent since 2014. In 2014, there were around 2,300 HIV diagnoses among gay and bisexual men, … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterTPAN was founded in 1987 as the Test Positive Aware Network during the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. It was a place for HIV-positive people to share vital information and find peer-support, in a time when fear, misinformation, and rampant discrimination in the healthcare system contributed to countless lives lost. To address a painful … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterWith such a plethora of online dating sites these days we thought it would have been safe to assume that there was a specialized one for every walk of life. But David Nambiar has discovered there is still not one specifically for people living with HIV. Nambiar, a gay South Asian-Canadian person who … Continue reading
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