Posts in 'HIV' Category
Happy 60th Birthday Peter Tatchell
Happy 60th Birthday Peter Tatchell. To some, Peter Tatchell is the People’s Protester, to other’s he is an annoyance, for this author he is a hero. Citing his constant campaigns for human rights, highlighting environmental issues with his role as the Green Party’s Parliamentary candidate for Oxford East, and for being the one man brave [...]
HIV History Project by Brighton Lunch Positive Seek Your help for Information
With LGBT History Month almost upon us (February) and Zhoosh involved in helping to co-ordinate LGBT History month events taking place in Brighton & Hove, Gary Pargeter from Lunch Positive contacted us about an HIV project they are involved with to record a timeline and a local history of HIV & AIDS . “We started to [...]
HIV Support & Activity Groups in Brighton & Hove
Although HIV is rarely in the news these days, it is still a big issue, particularly in Brighton, a town that has the highest rate of HIV+ infection outside of London; this is reflected in the many HIV+ support groups on offer, these include: Lunch Positive, a group run by volunteers, offering a three course [...]
Outdoor Positive
Outdoor Positive. The idea for Outdoor Positive, a group for anybody affected by HIV first came about when David, one of the main organisers of the group, got talking to a nurse at the Sussex Beacon. “The conversation got round to the benefits of outdoor walks. I spoke about my time as a youth in [...]
Sussex Beacon Fundraising
Well, Pride gets you thinking about various things … giving back to the community … and looking good on the day! Well, I’ve probably left it a little late for the second part of that, given it’s a week (ish) away now, but the impetus to look good … or be healthier, is still there. [...]
Everything You Wanted To Know About S&M Gay Sex But Were Too Afraid To Ask
Red and Yellow and Black and Blue…. For those who know there hanky code, the list of coloured hankies may well prick up their ears (was the last word a typing error?) For the experienced, and novices alike when it comes to all things S&M, THT and CHAPS have re-launched the excellent Hardcell Hardcell (http://www.hardcell.org) is an extremely well informed [...]
A return to barbarism?
I’ve just read about a campaign by right-wing blogger Guido Fawkes to try to bring back the death penalty in the UK. I want to vomit. I’m not exaggerating. We cleansed ourselves of the hideous, inexcusable concept of state-sponsored murder in 1964 with the last executions in England (although some crimes on the statute books [...]
Fundraising @ THT
Fundraising at THT As part of their ongoing strategy to keep the message of safer sex and HIV in the public’s mind, the team at Terrence Higgins Trust have embarked on a range of fun fundraising activities. On the 15th May THT joined the event “Brighton’s Hero’s Run”, organised by the charity “Passing It On”, [...]
Brighton & Hove Green Party Launch LGBT Manifesto: National to Local Policy
Thursday night I attended the Green Party LGBT Manifesto launch at the Brighton Tavern. I was particularly interested with how their ‘cornerstone’ policies may have changed from 2010 which zhoosh covered last year. The main shift I can identify immediately is a change from supporting national campaigns such as the lifetime ban on gay men [...]
Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) HIV Groups
Before joining the team at THT, Peter Boorman worked as a health promotion coordinator for the THT branch Eastbourne. As part of the health promotion team, we visited the local gay venue, The Heart, as well as the local cruising areas on a regular bases, promoting safer sex through a range of literature. We also [...]
