Number of new cases of HIV in New South Wales drops dramatically
The number of new cases of HIV in New South Wales has continued to drop as the combination of regular testing strategies and PrEP treatment take effect. The latest data showing a continued decline in HIV transmission rates in NSW has been welcomed by the state’s leading HIV prevention and HIV support organisation, ACON. The […]
Respected HIV activist Jim Hyde remembered for his contributions
Victorian HIV organisation Thorne Harbour Health says its organisation has lost a tireless leader, community activist, and gay community advocate with the passing of Professor Jim Hyde. Professor Hyde’s death was announced on Monday and the organisation, which was previously known as the Victorian AIDS Council, highlighted his almost 30-year with the organisation. Remembered as an […]
Let’s Talk About PrEP, baby: New US campaign channels Salt-N-Pepa
Two LGBTIQ+ rappers have joined forces on a new version of a 90s classic to promote sexual health and HIV awareness. Transgender rapper KC Ortiz and Big Dipper have just released their spin on Salt-N-Pepa’s 1991 smash hit Let’s Talk About Sex – Let’s Talk About PrEP – in a new awareness campaign for the preventative treatment. […]
Man’s spitting assault charges upgraded because he said he has HIV
Advocates for people living with HIV and health experts have raised concern over Queensland police upgrading charges against a man charged with assault because he suggested he might have HIV. A man allegedly got in an altercation with a security guard at Fortitude Valley pub and is accused of spitting in the face of the […]
Anti-vax, AIDS-denying filmmaker Joan Shenton’s Aussie tour in doubt
A British filmmaker who previously work has claimed that there is no connection between HIV and AIDS has been unable to travel to Australia because a visa has not been approved. Joan Shenton was planning on attending a series of screening of her new film Sacrificial Virgins. The film argues that the sexually-transmitted Human papillomavirus (HPV) does […]
Researchers say scientific evidence does not support criminalisation of HIV
Twenty of the world’s leading HIV scientists have launched an evidence-based consensus that systematically refutes the rationale for laws that criminalise HIV transmission. The Expert Consensus Statement on the Science of HIV in the Context of Criminal Law and an accompanying editorial were published in the Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS). Speaking at the World AIDS Conference in […]
Elton John blasts Russia over their poor treatment of LGBTI people
Sir Elton John has spoken at the 2018 World AIDS Conference in Amsterdam blasting Russia for their poor treatment of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people saying their tough laws is having a direct effect on rising HIV transmissions. The musician, who has raised millions of dollars for HIV/AIDS research through his foundation, said the […]
Bibliophile | Tell Me I’m Okay: A Doctor’s Story
Tell Me I’m Okay (2018) is a memoir by Dr. David Bradford, a gay man who worked as the ‘chief venereologist’ of Victoria (Venereal disease is an old term for sexually transmitted infections) when the AIDS epidemic began in the 1980’s. Bradford worked as a doctor throughout the epidemic and continued to work as a […]
Rising anti-LGBT sentiment in Indonesia is affecting tackling HIV
Human Rights Watch have warned that rising discrimination against the LGBTI community in Indonesia is having a negative effect on the countries efforts to tackle HIV. “The Indonesian government should recognize that its role in abuses against LGBT people is seriously compromising the country’s response to HIV,” said Kyle Knight, LGBT rights researcher at Human […]
Professor David Cooper remembered for leadership in HIV/AIDS response
UNSW Scientia Professor David Cooper AC, a global leader in the response to HIV/AIDS, was remembered earlier today at a public memorial at Sydney Town Hall. More than 1000 people gathered to pay tribute to Professor Cooper, immunologist and director of the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney for 32 years, who had dedicated his life […]
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