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15 May 2013
Terrence Higgins Trust unveils It Starts With Me HIV campaign video 12 Terrence Higgins Trust has released a short video clip outlining the science behind It Starts With Me, HIV Prevention England’s new campaign for gay and bisexual men.
13 May 2013
Berkshire: Charity warns of the need to tackle faith-related HIV deaths 8 Over the past few years there have been several deaths within the Berkshire town of Slough, caused by people not taking their HIV medication and stating that God would cure them, a local HIV charity has found.
11 March 2013
Comment: HIV policy has collapsed and gay men will not escape the legacy 83 In a comment piece for PinkNews.co.uk, Stuart Home says those in charge of setting and delivering HIV policy are now in danger of presiding over managed decline.
7 March 2013
Lady Gaga fan group claims Madonna has ‘encouraged gay men to have unprotected sex’ 27 Even though Madonna has always stressed the importance of condoms, a Lady Gaga fan group claims the Material Girl "encouraged gay men to have unprotected sex" during the 1980s.
25 February 2013
Sir Elton John’s son Zachary guest of honour at HIV/AIDS celebrity fundraiser 1 Sir Elton John and David Furnish welcomed some of Hollywood's biggest names to their 21st Annual Academy Awards Viewing Party last night – but it was the couple’s two-year-old son who was the guest of honour.
1 February 2013
‘Closeted gay’ former New York Mayor Ed Koch dies aged 88 9 Ed Koch, the outspoken former mayor of New York City, who famously refused to discuss his sexuality with reporters, has died of congestive heart failure aged 88.
21 January 2013
Study: 47% of gay and bisexual men admit to bareback sex 49 A new survey of gay and bisexual men commissioned in the US shows almost half report having unprotected sex at some point.
14 January 2013
UK survey: Half of people wrongly think you can get HIV from being bitten or spat at 17 Nearly half of people in the UK still don't understand how HIV is contracted, according to the National AIDS Trust.
10 January 2013
Gay playwright Tony Kushner receives Oscar nomination 1 Tony Kushner has received an Oscar nomination for Lincoln, his current film about the former US president's life.
4 January 2013
Scientists say HIV therapeutic vaccine can temporarily improve the immune system 11 Scientists say they are impressed with the results of a therapeutic vaccine that can temporarily enable the immune system to deal more effectively with the HIV virus in infected patients.
20 December 2012
US: HIV infection rates rise for young gay men — but down for black women. 16 The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has released its latest HIV infection report and young gay men remain a top concern.
12 December 2012
Brighton university cancels screening of AIDS denialist film 26 The University of Brighton has cancelled the screening of a film which claims the HIV virus does not cause AIDS after a fierce student backlash.
4 December 2012
THT boss: There is not enough money for a high-profile HIV awareness TV campaign 95 When it comes to raising awareness of HIV/AIDS, Sir Nick Partridge, the chief executive of the Terrence Higgins Trust, says it’s unlikely that a large-scale television campaign will feature again on British screens in today’s tough economic climate.
2 December 2012
London’s G-A-Y smashes HIV test world record 93 G-A-Y Bar on London’s Old Compton Street has broken its own Guinness World Record for the highest number of HIV tests to be carried out on World AIDS Day.
30 November 2012
Comment: Let’s repeal the ban on home testing for HIV 10 Writing for PinkNews.co.uk ahead of World AIDS Day, DrThom Chief Executive Rachel Carrell, says the ban on home HIV testing kits has to be lifted.
29 November 2012
UK: HIV infection rate for gay men at record high 52 New figures from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) that have been released in National HIV Testing Week and before Saturday’s annual World AIDS Day show that a record number of gay and bisexual men were diagnosed with HIV last year.
22 November 2012
Video: David Cameron releases World AIDS Day message 3 David Cameron says more needs to be done to increase HIV testing and has paid tribute to HIV/AIDS care and prevention workers in his annual World AIDS Day message.
29 October 2012
South Africa’s president drops legal case against cartoonist 7 Jacob Zuma, South Africa’s president, whose position on HIV/AIDS and gay rights has repeatedly been cited by campaigners as holding the country back, has dropped a lawsuit against one of his critics.
17 October 2012
UK: National AIDS Trust criticises government over HIV strategy 89 The National AIDS Trust (NAT) has accused the Department of Health of failing to renew its sexual health and HIV strategy for England, two years after it came to an end.
11 October 2012
Gambian president: I’ve ‘cured’ 68 HIV patients 31 Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has once again made outspoken remarks about HIV and is repeating claims that he can treat the virus with herbs.

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