Views

Read op-eds and interviews from our staff, allies and partners.

What Pride means to us

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In this important month for the community, in a year that has seen increasing challenges and rollback of LGBT+ rights in the UK and around the world, we asked some colleagues, supporters and allies what Pride means to them in 2025. 

Black History Month and HIV

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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.

Why we must normalise HIV testing for all

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Dr Tristan Barber writes that when patients are asked if they’ve ever had an HIV test many respond their GP did blood tests and they’re sure HIV must’ve been checked then. Most often they are incorrect.

Home Office is failing people in Immigration Removal Centres

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People living with HIV that are held in immigration detention in the UK are entitled to the same level of healthcare and patient rights as those in wider society. Unfortunately, we know this does not always happen in practice.

2021: time for a fuller picture on HIV

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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.

How much longer can Government ignore drugs evidence?

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Last year we welcomed the publication of the first report of Dame Carole Black’s independent review of drugs. Part two of the review, looking at prevention, treatment and recovery, was published last week.

Better health and care services for people ageing with HIV

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As we approach a time when over half the UK population living with HIV will be over 50, the provision of care that responds to the needs of older people living with HIV will become an increasingly pressing issue.

Migrants: a key population in the UK’s HIV response

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People born abroad in the UK are disproportionally affected by HIV but up until now, there has been no shared understanding of the policies and interventions needed to combat HIV in the context of migration.