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On the Show Part 2 World Aids Day Specials Sue talks openly about her relationship with Christopher who sadly lost his life to the virus. Local World Aids Day Community news

Part 1 of our World Aids Day Specials On the Show Sue chats to Pank about his experiences living with HIV in Prison. How he adapted and turned his experience into a positive one by educating and informing other prisoners about HIV and from there becoming an amazing HIV advocate in the UK with Positive East and Positive Voices https://www.tht.org.uk/our-work/community-projects/positive-voices https://www.positiveeast.org.uk/ The team talk about the upcoming World Aids Day local events. https://www.facebook.com/worldAIDSdayBH

On the Show On the show David and Josh chat to Mindy Clark and Jonathan Roberts from the HIV Lawson Unit in Brighton about the new amazing HIV Injectables https://brightonsexualhealth.com/venue/lawson-unit/ Tony talks to the fantastic Cheddar Gorgeous, an dedicated advocate for people living with HIV from Ru Pauls Drag Race UK https://ght.org.uk/ Community News

On the Show Sue, Stephen, David and Josh talk about Terrence Higgins Trust policy on changing the barriers faced by the BME community in the UK due to stigma https://www.tht.org.uk/news/breaking-barriers-working-women-african-and-caribbean-heritage-break-hiv-stigma Stephen talks about gay Muslim men living with HIV in Senegal facing discrimination and persecution. Josh reports on Putin allegedly recruiting people living with HIV and Hep C to fight in the Ukraine war. Cheddar Gorgeous from Ru Pauls UK Drag Race talking about HIV and the impact of AIDS in the 80s/90s. Local Community news https://www.facebook.com/worldAIDSdayBH/

On the Show Stephen chats to Parminder about her work with NAZ, an HIV and Sexual Health Charity in London and 'Joyful noise ' a choir dedicated for people living with HIV. https://www.naz.org.uk/hiv https://www.madtrust.org.uk/project/naz/ David and Josh talk to Jay Colburn from the US about his book release 'A Normal Person Doing Normal Things' https://jaycolburn.com/ Community and World News

On the Show Sue talks about Oliver Sim's new album, formerly a member of The xx, which focuses on his experiences living with HIV from a young age. https://oliver-sim.com/  Sue, Stephen, David and Josh talk about HIV and Aging. They discuss Studies and Projects which help understand and support people who live with and affected by HIV. Interesting links on Aging with HIV below http://justri.org/coming-of-age https://hivworkingtogether.co.uk/ Community News https://lunchpositive.org/what-we-do/over-50s-supper-group/

On the show Josh chats to Mark Ward about his life living with Haemophilia and the effect the Blood Scandal of the 70s and 80s has had. https://haemophilia.org.uk/ World and Community News

On the show Sue chats to Christopher Klettermayer, a heterosexual man who has been living with HIV for nearly 10 years. Check out Christopher websites below https://www.positive-outlooks.com/ https://www.cklettermayer.com/ World news and Community news

On the show -Brighton Pride Special Sue, Stephen, David and Josh chat about the upcoming Pride weekend. Josh talks about his first experience taking the new HIV Injectables. World stories   -The new long lasting Hiv drug Cabotegravir which is being used for Prep in low to middle income countries.  -Montreal Aids Conference 2022  -The Barcelona patient who has maintained an undetectable viral load for 15 years after stopping antiviral medication.  -The first HIV Positive to Hiv Positive Heart Transplant in New York.  -Martine Somda, an activist committed to the fight against HIV in Burkina Faso. Community News https://lunchpositive.org/  https://www.changegrowlive.org/brighton-hove-recovery-service/info

On the Show Stephen chats to Anita Sullivan, a playwright who wrote a radio play about the HIV Virus from a unique perspective called 'End of Transmission' https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0018ws9 https://www.anitasullivan.co.uk/ The team talk about the Monkeypox update https://www.tht.org.uk/news/monkeypox-uk David Fray updates on the amazing 'More To Me Than HIV' Project that is going from strength to strength in the UK https://www.facebook.com/moretomethanHIV Community news

On the show We hear about the new PrEP Emerge App launched this week https://www.emergemhealth.com/prep/ Josh chats to Gillian Dean and Duncan Churchill about a new innovative animation film about HIV testing from The Martin Fisher Foundation https://themartinfisherfoundation.org/ Watch and Share the animation below https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1iJTvZBPOU Community news An interview with Graham the Chairbear of the BrightonBearWeekend. https://brightonbearweekend.com/ All money raised from the weekend goes to The Brighton Rainbow Fund for amazing LGBTQ+ and HIV projects in the city. https://www.rainbow-fund.org/

On The Show Stephen talks to Ese from Nigeria about his experiences living with HIV and his work with Positive Voices. https://www.tht.org.uk/our-work/community-projects/positive-voices Sue, Josh and Stephen chat about recent HIV stories and local Community News. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/monkeypox/

On The Show Josh chats to Gary Parjeter from https://lunchpositive.org/ about their amazing Queens Voluntary Award. Sue, Stephen, Tony and Josh chat about the latest Monkeypox developments. World and Community news Important links -https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/monkeypox/ https://www.tht.org.uk/our-services/support-services/tht-direct-helpline https://mindout.org.uk/ https://www.sussexbeacon.org.uk/

On the Show Sue, Stephen and Josh talk about a new viral infection 'Monkeypox' Follow the link below for more info. https://www.tht.org.uk/news/monkeypox-uk David Fray chats to Angus Stewart about the upcoming Photographic Exhibition 'More to me than HIV' in London http://moretomethanhiv.life/ World and Community News

On the Show A talk from Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester at the Annual BHIVA (British HIV Association)Conference in Manchester https://www.bhiva.org/ An interview with Bill Puddicombe from The Sussex Beacon, talking about 30 years of this amazing organisation. https://www.sussexbeacon.org.uk/ World News Roundup and Community News

On the show - Josh talks to participants from the Terrence Higgins Trust Ribbon walk in Brighton. Stories include; HIV stories from around the world and local Community News

On the show - Sue, Stephen and Josh chat about the new Moderna clinical trial of an HIV Vaccine. A Russian HIV Patient who was refused treatment by a Swiss Doctor and a new HIV Support Service in Runcorn (UK) Stephen talks to Dan Glass about his essential project collecting spare HIV and PrEP medication to send to Ukraine, Poland and Russia.  http://www.instagram.com/act_up_london Brighton Community News

On the show, Stephen chats to Mina, an heterosexual woman who is a young HIV advocate. Mina also talks about her experiences living with HIV. World and Community news

On the show - Sue speaks to Allan Rosewood, an heterosexual man who has lived with HIV for 12 years. Allan talks about living with HIV and how he wants to encourage other heterosexual people to test.

On the Show - Sue talks to Oli Brown, Royal Naval Officer about his experiences living with HIV. HIV Testing Week for Brighton discussed.