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New project for black gay men seeks volunteers

10 Apr 2008- London, England- A grant from the Big Lottery Fun has allowed sexual health charity GMFA to launch a new three-year project targeting group that are disproportionately affected by HIV...more
 

The internet HIV risk?

26 Mar 2008- London, England - More 4 News will tonight explore the downside of internet social networking as part of its dot.com decade series of reports by showing how technology has normalised extreme forms of sexual behaviour...more

HIV disclosure rates higher for gay men than Africans in London

19 Mar 2008- London, England- The overwhelming majority of gay men and Africans with HIV in London have disclosed their HIV status to at least one other person...more

ANC contest dismays HIV/AIDS activists

14 Dec 2007- South Africa- The battle to lead South Africa's ruling party pits an Aids dissident against a rival who took a shower as a form of safe sex, in a country which has the world's highest rate of HIV infections...more
 

"Don't exclude seropositives"

03 Dec 2007- Belgium- Targeted action is now needed because more and more gay men in Belgium are becoming seropositive...more

Bi and gay Africans with HIV face double stigma says report

09 Nov 2007- The first study into the lives of gay and bisexual African men living with HIV in London describes the challenges they face in dealing with the complex and sometimes contradictory realities of life...more
 

Three UK gay porn actors infected with HIV

26 Oct 2007- UK- Three performers became infected with HIV last month during the production of a gay 'bareback' movie, according to UK gay magazine Boyz...more

JS “Tell me about your life”

William “I have been in England for three years now. I have a girlfriend, but I also have sex with men. I haven’t really had any relationships with a men, though I have had a few men that I’ve seen for few months or so. I’m HIV positive too. I don’t know how long I have had it before I found out last year, and I do not know whether I might have got it back home...more

I am an HIV positive doctor

06 Oct 2007- In 2002, when I was in my mid-20s, I went down with a severe cold and was in bed for a couple of days. I was feeling lousy, with a headache and stiff neck...more

State sponsored homophobia spreading Hiv in gay community experts say

15 May 2007- Johannesburg–  The legalisation of same-sex marriages in South Africa in 2006 was expected to speed up the liberation of gays and lesbians in neighbouring countries like Zimbabwe and Namibia, where homosexuality is still illegal...more

Gay men are happier with clap clinics

11 Apr 2007- UK- New research released shows that gay and bisexual men are more satisfied with sexual health services in England and Wales than they were in the late 1990s...more

Anti-gay discrimination fuels HIV/AIDS in Africa

02 Mar 2007 - African governments are denying access to HIV prevention, counseling, testing and treatment to gay, bisexuals and transgender people, according to a new report...more

London: 1 in 10 gay men now HIV positive    

20 Nov 2006- One in ten gay men in London is now infected with HIV, with one in 25 across the UK carrying the virus...more


HIV turned me into my own slave

01 Nov 2006- I’m a 32 year old boy and been in this country for almost 5 years living with my partner. I’m coming from a family that has completely rejected me for my sexuality. I never consider myself having a family except my partner...more

 
HIV Infetions among UK's gay teens could double within a year

14 Sept 2006- Gay website Puffta believes that more than twice as many gay teenagers may have contracted HIV this year than in 2005.

Now the teen site is repeating its annual Puffta Sexy Survey to discover the truth, and it’s asking gay 13-21-year-olds everywhere to log on to help make its results as complete as possible...more


HIV+ Anglican priest appointed in UK    

11 Sept 2006-  In an unprecedented move, a bishop has appointed an HIV-positive gay man as priest for a Church of England congregation in the UK. It is thought to be the first time a clergyman, known to have the HIV virus, has been appointed to lead a parish...more

 

South Africa Ordered To Provide HIV Care To Prisoners

28 August 2006-Durban-  A South African judge Monday ordered the government to start providing anti-AIDS medication immediately to sick prisoners at a Durban prison, throwing out an appeal by the health and prison ministries against an earlier ruling...more

HIV is gay couple's escape route

10 April 2006- New Delhi- Once condemned to silence and secrecy, India's homosexual and eunuch community is perhaps far more visible today than it ever was. Though this visibility has brought empowerment, it has also led to increased persecution, societal condemnation and abuse...more


How HIV drugs left me almost dead

13 Mar 2006- I’m 34 years old and was diagnosed of HIV in 2001, I must say that it’s not been easy for me having to cop with being HIV and being on treatment that’s actually made me even worse than I ever felt before starting my treatment...more


African gay men living with Hiv in UK speak out

04 Mar 2006- Living with hiv is something that most of African gay men have come to accept but its all about three things in one and that’s being gay, hiv and being in the closet...more

 

Botswana gay people won’t afford hiv/Aids drugs due to Government’s Corruption

Having had to gather for world Aids day this year, it must have contributed to the awareness of HIV/Aids around the world as well as recognising those that are living with Aids...more


HIV/Aids Campaigners and NGOs wont welcome gay people to contribute prevention towards HIV/Aids

23.11.2005-HIV/Aids has become a big issue in Zambia too. It’s so surprising how many parents are now talking their children about the deadly virus. This is a good progress as we all know that some years ago parents would not easily talk about a taboo thing...more

A mother forced to choose between her life or her children's

My name is Arginess and I’m 34 years old, my husband is 38 years old and we have 5 children 3 boys and 2 girls. This might sound like its fun to talk about it; out here we say the bearer only feels pain. I work as a nurse in a hospital and it’s not that easy for me neither to do all the work nor to stop because I’m the only one that works...more

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