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It’s A Sin is sparking many conversations about the AIDS crisis & its devastating impact.
While the HIV response is firmly in the spotlight, here’s a thread about what’s improved since the dark days of #ItsASin – as well as what urgently still needs to. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/jan/03/russell-t-davies-i-looked-away-for-years-finally-i-have-put-aids-at-the-centre-of-a-drama
While the HIV response is firmly in the spotlight, here’s a thread about what’s improved since the dark days of #ItsASin – as well as what urgently still needs to. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/jan/03/russell-t-davies-i-looked-away-for-years-finally-i-have-put-aids-at-the-centre-of-a-drama
It’s A Sin reflects the reality of what happened in the 1980s. The fear, hysteria and vilification of gay men.
'HIV was deemed the gay plague and those with it were treated like scum,’ says Jonathan Blake – one of the very first people to be diagnosed. https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-previews/in-80s-hiv-gay-plague-23330829
'HIV was deemed the gay plague and those with it were treated like scum,’ says Jonathan Blake – one of the very first people to be diagnosed. https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-previews/in-80s-hiv-gay-plague-23330829
Terry Higgins was one of the very first to die of an AIDS-related illness in July 1982. Our charity was set up in his name to stem the tide of lives lost.
‘It was starting to spread & none of us had any idea why’ explains @RupertWhitaker to @ThirdSector: https://www.thirdsector.co.uk/humanity-community-condoms-prisoners-early-hiv-epidemic-covid-19-lens/communications/article/1683534
‘It was starting to spread & none of us had any idea why’ explains @RupertWhitaker to @ThirdSector: https://www.thirdsector.co.uk/humanity-community-condoms-prisoners-early-hiv-epidemic-covid-19-lens/communications/article/1683534
In the 1980s and 90s, Princess Diana played a significant role in challenging the stigma, fear and misinformation surrounding HIV.
She hugged and held the hands of those with HIV to show there is no risk of transmission through day-to-day contact. https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/31/princess-diana-hiv-aids-crisis-anniversary-death-london-middlesex-hospital-mildmay/
She hugged and held the hands of those with HIV to show there is no risk of transmission through day-to-day contact. https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/31/princess-diana-hiv-aids-crisis-anniversary-death-london-middlesex-hospital-mildmay/
Don’t let the “AIDS” you see in #ItsASin inform your view of HIV in the UK today.
We’ve come along way in this fight — standing on the shoulders of those lost — from fear and death in the 1980s to where we are now.
We’ve come along way in this fight — standing on the shoulders of those lost — from fear and death in the 1980s to where we are now.
It’s important to know the difference between HIV & AIDS.
HIV is the virus. AIDS is a collection of illnesses resulting from a weakened immune system caused by untreated HIV.
That’s why we talk about people living with HIV and now — thankfully — rarely say AIDS in the UK.
HIV is the virus. AIDS is a collection of illnesses resulting from a weakened immune system caused by untreated HIV.
That’s why we talk about people living with HIV and now — thankfully — rarely say AIDS in the UK.
“I’m the living proof!”
The best way to change hearts and minds about HIV — and update out dated views about the virus — is to share the stories of those directly affected.
The beautiful Charity is the antithesis of the death and fear of #ItsASin.
The best way to change hearts and minds about HIV — and update out dated views about the virus — is to share the stories of those directly affected.
The beautiful Charity is the antithesis of the death and fear of #ItsASin.
When you watch #ItsASin and the hopelessness in 1980s London, please appreciate how far we've now come.
#PrEP is pill that prevents you from contracting HIV. Like with so much of the progress in this fight, access to it was achieved through activism. https://inews.co.uk/opinion/prep-hiv-preventing-drugs-nhs-england-victory-408783
#PrEP is pill that prevents you from contracting HIV. Like with so much of the progress in this fight, access to it was achieved through activism. https://inews.co.uk/opinion/prep-hiv-preventing-drugs-nhs-england-victory-408783
How much progress in the fight against HIV have we made since #ItsASin? *This* much 
We can now say with absolute confidence that someone living with HIV and on effective treatment #CantPassItOn to their partners.
Trust science, not stigma: http://www.tht.org.uk/cantpassiton
We can now say with absolute confidence that someone living with HIV and on effective treatment #CantPassItOn to their partners.
Trust science, not stigma: http://www.tht.org.uk/cantpassiton
Our patron @gareththomas14 spoke openly about living with HIV in 2019. Now he's on a mission to transform perceptions of the virus with @TackleHIV.
But the fact a newspaper tried to blackmail him over his HIV status shows how much stigma remains. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/jun/08/gareth-thomas-on-coming-out-as-hiv-positive-it-was-my-right-to-tell-my-family-not-somebody-elses
But the fact a newspaper tried to blackmail him over his HIV status shows how much stigma remains. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/jun/08/gareth-thomas-on-coming-out-as-hiv-positive-it-was-my-right-to-tell-my-family-not-somebody-elses
Following in his mother’s footsteps, Prince Harry is dedicated to changing perceptions of HIV.
‘Testing for HIV is something to be proud of,’ the Duke has said in support of National HIV Testing Week.
Order a free HIV test kit to do at home: http://www.startswithme.org.uk #ItsASin
‘Testing for HIV is something to be proud of,’ the Duke has said in support of National HIV Testing Week.
Order a free HIV test kit to do at home: http://www.startswithme.org.uk #ItsASin
“There are boys dying, all over the world, and no one knows anything.”
Whatever you do — please watch #ItsASin.
Study our history.
Mourn all lost too soon.
Learn about the hard fought progress.
Commit to playing your part in ending the stigma.
Whatever you do — please watch #ItsASin.
Study our history.
Mourn all lost too soon.
Learn about the hard fought progress.
Commit to playing your part in ending the stigma.
