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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. 

HIV Commission: six months on

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It has now been six months since the landmark HIV Commission report on ending new cases of HIV in England by 2030 was published with support from Terrence Higgins Trust, National AIDS Trust, and Elton John AIDS Foundation.

Changes to blood donation rules explained

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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.

World Immunization Week and HIV

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Laura Waters on what's important for people living with, at risk of or affected by HIV, this World Immunization Week.

Institutional, structural, and systemic racism and HIV

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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.

Building trust: HIV and the police

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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.