For Black History Month we spoke with Reverend Jide Macaulay (he/him), Founder and CEO of House of Rainbow CIC, a gay British Nigerian, inspirational speaker, author, poet, pastor, preacher and HIV Positive activist.
Winnie Sseruma writes that the game-changing HIV prevention drug PrEP is a vital tool to end new HIV transmissions. But a 2022 report showed that many who might benefit from PrEP were not currently able to access it, including women and those from racially minoritised communities.
This Black History Month, National AIDS Trust wishes to celebrate and champion the value of black leadership and representation to create impactful community change and address health inequality.
Michelle, founder, Director of Holistic Wellbeing Services and training lead at CliniQ on why the barriers to PrEP access that are faced by trans people must be addressed.
Originally from Kenya, and a National AIDS Trust trustee, Angelina is experienced in providing one-to-one support, treatment advocacy, managing service delivery, and advocating for the involvement of women living with HIV in strategy and policy.
Marc Thompson is Director of The Love Tank; co-founder of PrEPster, and creator of the podcast We Were Always Here. He has been living with HIV since 1986.
A guest blog by Michelle Ross to mark Transgender Awareness Week, celebrating the role trans people play in HIV activism.
Rebecca Mbewe shares that as a black migrant woman from Africa, I would like to delve a little deeper into the conversations around sexual health and perhaps what this means to black women like me living in the UK, this Black History Month.
Deborah Gold on the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities' rejection of the existence and impacts of institutional and structural racism in the UK ignores evidence, real experiences, and defies logic.
