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May 10, 2013
Australian HIV+ gay men wanted for online program

Positive Outlook offers online support for HIV positive gay men in Australia, pilot trial seeks participants

HIV positive gay men in Australia are being recruited for a study that will look at the value of an online program that offers them emotional and practical support.

The program, Positive Outlook, has been developed by Monash University's Human Research Ethics Committee in Melbourne. It is looking at how developing intimate online relationships with other people who are HIV positive can improve health.

February 8, 2013
Gays get organized in Brussels

GSN meets the team at Rainbow House in the capital of Belgium

The offices of Rainbow House in the center of Brussels had been burgled about a month ago. A window had been broken, the door had been forced, and all of the laptops and computers had been stolen. As a temporary measure the staff were all working on their personal laptops to keep everything operating.

January 16, 2013
Gay uncle of reality star Honey Boo Boo reveals that he is HIV positive

Lee Thompson, known as Uncle Poodle, was infected by boyfriend who 'had not bothered to tell me about it'

Lee Thompson has achieved reality show fame because he is the beloved uncle of his niece Alana Thompson who happens to be better known as Honey Boo Boo.

Thompson, whose popular nickname is Uncle Poodle, is also gay and recently shared the news that he was infected with the HIV virus by his ex-boyfriend who has been sent to prison because of it.

December 4, 2012
Hate and rejection are bigger enemies than HIV

World AIDS Day showed Bisi Alimi that fear of HIV is still a great threat, just as it was when he first encountered the virus 12 years ago in Lagos, Nigeria

I was diagnosed as HIV positive eight years ago, and possibly infected two or three years earlier. Though I had no idea of my infection, my passion for HIV work was never based on the fact that I might have been infected.

When I started HIV care, support and prevention work in the 90s, I had not slightest idea I was ever going to get infected. However, I was in fear.

A few months before I started working for Nigeria’s foremost HIV charity that provides services for MSM, I had gone to see my friend in the hospital.

November 1, 2012
Gay Aussie DJ joins fight against HIV stigma

Joy FM's Dean Beck becomes ambassador of ENUF, an Australian-based charity designed to break down HIV stigma

An Australian DJ has become an ambassador for an anti-HIV stigma charity ahead of the International Aids Conference to be held in Melbourne in 2014.

Dean Beck of Joy FM joins Olympic Silver medallist Ji Wallace as an ambassador for ENUF, an Australian-based charity designed to break down HIV stigmas and increase resilience.

Of his experiences with HIV positive people Beck said: ‘Some of my best friends were HIV positive.

September 27, 2012
Londoners set to 'wig out' for HIV charity

Guests attending The Wig Party 2012 are being asked to embrace their inner child and turn up in toy themed outfits

A London based HIV charity is set to take people back to their childhood by hosting a glamorous toy themed wig party.

The Wig Party 2012, being held at hip London nightclub Café de Paris, will raise money for the Elton John Aids Foundation has been given a toy land theme this year.

Guests are being asked to be as creative and crazy as they can be to dream up some outrageous toy inspired outfits.

Guests who have attended in the past include pop star Leona Lewis, who described the event as her ‘dream party’ and gay fashion designer Ben de Lisi.

September 6, 2012
Kenyan lesbian rape victim hopes film will inspire other survivors

HIV positive woman who was victim of 'corrective rape' speaks about documentary

A Kenyan lesbian who was raped because of her sexuality says she wants a documentary about her life to inspire other victims not to give up hope.

I Am Mary tells the story of Mary Mathui, who after being the victim of 'corrective rape' 11 years ago, conceived a son and was diagnosed with HIV.