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Celebrating October as Black History Month, Sue joins David via Zoom. Sue introduces a pre-recorded interview with Louise Vallace from www.auntyloushouse.com Louise gave a speech at the Zero HIV Stigma Day in Brighton and shared her perspectives on being a mother and living with HIV and her work as a Coach, Blogger and Yoda teacher Terrence Higgins Trust and Marie Curie have launched a new survey to explore barriers to and experiences of palliative and end-of-life care for people living with HIV. A link to the survey can be found at www.HIVHour.org.uk/survey and closes on 30th October

On the Show Sue and Josh have an heartfelt and inspiring chat to Alexia Davis about her personal journey with HIV. https://www.tht.org.uk Uk and World HIV News Follow us at http://hivhour.org.uk/. Contact us at info@hivhour.org.uk

Philip, Josh and David are in the studio with a collection of global, national and local news and opinion all about HIV. Magic Johnson opens up about living with HIV. Musician Holly Johnson talks about how he was cancelled by the music industry when he declared he was living with HIV. He has just opened an exhibition in Liverpool. www.GLAAD.org releases their 5th annual statement concerning HIV Stigma in the USA. Bristol council considers cutting HIV services. BBC Children in Need award a grant to Slough charity Thames Valley Positive Support to continue their vital work with young people.

On the show David and Josh chat to Simon Maddrell about his upcoming ' Words for Wellbeing - Living with HIV Workshops' at Lunch Positive. Follow the link below if you are interested in the Workshops https://lunchpositive.org/words-for-wellbeing-workshops-2024-living-with-hiv/ World and local HIV Community News  Great music too! webpage. http://hivhour.org.uk/

David talks to Joshua Royal about his Naked Truth initiative. Stephen tells us more about the tour of his one man show Shadowed Dreamer.  Sue reflects on Pride In the news, we tell listeners about the Creative Writing workshops that Lunch Positive will be running in September. We provide details of a research project recruiting Gay men about their experiences of PreP.

On the show Stephen, David and Josh talk all things Brighton Pride 24

On the Show David and Josh chat to Liz, a trans feminine person living with HIV. Also we talk about the upcoming events in Brighton. TransPrideBrighton24.  .https://transpridebrighton.org/ ZeroHIVStigmaDay24.  https://themartinfisherfoundation.org/zero-hiv-stigma-day/

On the show David and Josh chat to Graham, the Chair Bear of the upcoming fabulous Brighton Bear Weekend Follow the link below to find out more https://brightonbearweekend.com/ An heartfelt and in-depth interview with Rachel Brett, the new Chief Executive of the amazing Sussex Beacon. Follow the link below https://www.sussexbeacon.org.uk/

This show has the second part of the interview with Philip Dehany and Nathaniel J Hall about his documentary for Channel 4 about 'Bug Chasers'. Also, Sue and David interviewed Robert James who was infected with Hepatitis C and HTLV 3 (Later HIV) when he was given infected blood to treat his Haemophilia as a child in the 1980's.

ON THE SHOW Phillip chats to Nathaniel J Hall about his documentary' Bug Chasers' https://youtu.be/5cu03LOQS04?si=W33viV8wxOI-Ilma Stigmavir A Casey House innovation Latest video about HIV Stigma  https://youtu.be/E2IQ4ujYpGE David and Josh discuss world and local HIV stories and Community news

On the Show David chats to Alan Spink from The Sussex Beacon paying tribute to Miss Jason ( Jason Sutton), a Brighton Drag Legend. https://www.sussexbeacon.org.uk/ Josh and David talk to Christian Mercer-Hall, the founder of PositivePlusOne, the new social app for the HIV Community about the last 6 months since the launch and their future plans. https://www.positiveplusone.com/ Community News and Great music too! Local HIV Organisations https://lunchpositive.org/ https://www.tht.org.uk/get-help/local-services/brighton-and-hove https://brightonsexualhealth.com/venue/lawson-unit/

On the show Sue, Stephen and Josh introduce the show and chat about current HIV stories Philip talks to Sam Marshall (the skin guru) regarding the hair and beauty industry standards on HIV inclusion, equity and diversity. https://thebeautyguru.me/meet-the-gurus Tony continues his conversation with Gary Pargeter about the amazing Lunch Positive. https://lunchpositive.org/ Community News and great music too! Watch Stephens new trailer about his upcoming show 'Shadowed Dreamer 2024' https://youtu.be/YIlb8ZDQ2js?si=u3YxzupSgvy_14HS

With David learning the mixing desk, he and Josh interview author Daren Kay. Daren reads extracts from his new book ‘The Brightonians Under Siege’. This sequel to ‘The Brightonians’ takes place during COVID 19 lockdown and comparisons between the epidemic of HIV and COVID are made. All royalties from the book will be donated to The Sussex Beacon. More information about the book and Daren himself can be found on his website www.darenkay.com . Also in this episode Tony has his second episode of his interviews with Gary from Lunch Positive. Music is Chance of desire - Radiorama/ Block and Crown Rimini 81 edit, Feels like Im in Love - Kelly Marie, Dance alone - Sia/Kylie Offenbach Remix, Lost - Tinlicker/ Run Rivers

On the Show David and Josh chat to Abigail( The Empress) about her role at the Sussex Beacon and International Women's Day https://www.sussexbeacon.org.uk/ The boys talk to 'Flash' the shows new sponsor about his charity work and his HIV journey in South Africa and the UK.  https://jrt.tech/ Tony interviews the amazing Gary Pargeter from Lunch Positive, in the first part of a series dedicated to the award winning charity organisation. https://lunchpositive.org/

Two brilliant interviews in this episode. Sue interviews Craig who became HIV positive at the age of 18 after his first sexual encounter in the late 1980's. Philip interviews Ellie who started living with HIV just a few years ago. The differences in living with HIV from the 1980's to modern times is remarkable

On the Show Philip, David and Josh chat to Author and Manx Poet Simon Maddrell about the upcoming book " A finger in Derek Jarman's Mouth" released very soon. @simonmaddrell Facebook / Instagram / Threads / LinkedIn / SoundCloud / YouTube Twitter:  @QueerManxPoet Facebook Page: @SimonMaddrellPoetry Instabio: https://instabio.cc/simonmaddrell      Buy Books: https://simonmaddrell.sumupstore.com/ World and Local HIV News

On the Show, Sue, Stephen, David and Josh reflect on 2023 and look forward to 2024. All the team want to thank all our listeners and HIV charities and organisations who support the show. Have a fantastic, peaceful Christmas and beautiful 2024  XXX

On the show Sue chats to our new HIV Hour presenter Philip about his journey with HIV and his voluntary work for Terrence Higgins Trust. World and local news

Josh and David discuss their experiences of World AIDS Day 2023. Josh tells us news about PreP, and David talks about HIV Charities that have been created in memory of people. Together, Josh and David explain the many fantastic services that Lunch Positive offer to people living with HIV across both East and West Sussex. 

On the show Josh chats to Christian Mercer- Hall , about he launch of the new Social media App ' Positive Plus One' launching 17th November 2023 https://www.positiveplusone.com/ David and Josh chat about some of the latest HIV news  All the important event info leading up to World Aids Day in Brighton and Hove area. https://www.facebook.com/worldAIDSdayBH/