To mark international HIV is Not a Crime Awareness Day (HINAC Day), Kat Smithson reflects on the many examples of the criminalisation of HIV that she has seen in the UK over the past decade, and the damage that this broken approach continues to do.
Annie Howard, our Policy and Research Manager, on how HIV stigma and discrimination remain major barriers to accessing services worldwide. Understanding and addressing stigma is critical to achieving zero discrimination and strategies to end HIV and AIDS by 2030.
Kat Smithson writes about how alongside Positively UK and NAM aidsmap, we’re partnering with Fast Track Cities London to create and deliver a new charter to break down prevailing misconceptions and stereotypes driving HIV stigma.
Kat Smithson on how forty years after the first cases of HIV-related illnesses and deaths, knowledge and understanding of HIV among the public is often patchy and confused and significant levels of stigma and discrimination remain.
Today the Government announced rule changes that will allow more gay and bisexual men to donate blood in the UK. Kat Smithson explains how these changes affect the assessment that donors complete when they give blood.
Channel 4’s ground-breaking drama “It’s a Sin” shone a harrowing light on the failings of public institutions in the early days HIV. The stark depictions of the police responses to HIV and AIDS, based on real experiences, are particularly pertinent.
Professor Jane Anderson, Chair of National AIDS Trust, on how the TV drama series "It's A Sin" reminds us of just how far we’ve come and that there still remains much to be done.
The reaction to Channel 4’s groundbreaking drama "It’s a Sin" has been fascinating. Finally HIV is on the agenda.
Guy Duncan on the TV drama, "It's a Sin," set in the 1980s, reminding us of a time when young gay men were turned into something to fear.
