As we know from painful experience, there were a number of inappropriate responses to HIV/AIDS in the 80s. Arguably, some of these can be explained away by the novelty and the ferocity of this new disease: in other words people … Continue reading →
Today is World AIDS Day – a good time to remember that it was our communities’ activism that was crucial in getting the AIDS crisis taken seriously in the first place. One example is ACT UP – the AIDS Coalition … Continue reading →
Remembering Harvey Milk, assassinated on this day in 1978 by ex-cop Dan White. “Hope Will Never Be Silent”
Continue reading →A couple of weeks ago I received an email from a school student in Sydney, Australia, seeking information on the experience of trans and gender fluid people in the 80s. I have to say I had very few resources to … Continue reading →
The first British case of AIDS was diagnosed at the end of 1981. Just over three years later, in March 1985, testing for HIV was introduced and 2,935 positive diagnoses were recorded within the first six months. Even at that … Continue reading →