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Janet Jackson asked Tupac to take AIDS test before Poetic Justice kissing scene, claims new biography
"It was the early 1990s, and people were still dying of AIDS," the film's producer, Steve Nicolaides said
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Culture Film & TV
Tilda Swinton recalls attending 43 funerals in one year during the AIDS crisis
"It's poignant for us who lived through that to know that it isn't necessarily a death sentence," Swinton says on new HIV/AIDS prevention
News UK
Injectable PrEP is coming to the UK in a groundbreaking development against HIV
Rollout in the NHS is expected to begin within two months in Wales and three months in England, pending appeals
News UK
Police urge hundreds of rape victims to come forward for HIV testing as ‘predator’ is convicted
Police have so far identified 82 men, some of whom tested positive for HIV. Authorities believe as many as 318 men could have been infected by Jonathan Carl
News Sport
Gareth Thomas says he was spat on and called an ‘AIDS spreader’ by rugby fans as he recalls homophobic abuse
The ex rugby captain revealed he did not retaliate: "They walked past me, one spat at my chest, one spat at my feet"
Life Wellbeing
From HIV to transitioning, Dr Ranj Singh reflects on 30 years of LGBTQ+ healthcare
"Although these advances mark significant progress, challenges persist"
News UK
Artist and design unveiled for Aids memorial in London
"It will survive longer than all of us and remain a tribute to the epoch we are all living through, a time of HIV & Aids, as we fight on to its end"
News UK
Sadiq Khan on World Aids Day: ‘It’s not mission accomplished’
Exclusive: "It's really important, particularly on World Aids Day, we remember and honour all those who have been lost to HIV and Aids-related illnesses"
Life Wellbeing
One Aids survivor remembers his days in Mildmay hospice
Writer and advocate Jason Reid shares his memories of being a patient at Mildmay eighteen years on from when he entered
News UK
HIV campaigners celebrate ‘significant step’ as opt-out testing expanded
"We're learning and improving the system as we go"
News UK
Senior UK doctor ‘optimistic’ about reaching 2030 HIV goals
Exclusive: Dr. Thomas Waite addresses concerns that current targets for no new HIV diagnoses by 2030 won't be met.
Culture Theatre
‘The stories will stay alive as long as new queer minds are being born’
Alexis Gregory speaks to Russell T Davies and Leo Herrera ahead of Riot Act returning for World AIDS Day.
Culture Film & TV
Cruise’s Jack Holden hopes he or ‘someone like Andrew Garfield’ star in the movie version of the Aids drama
Exclusive: Speaking to Attitude ahead of Cruise's second run, its writer-actor confirmed a film version is in the works.
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Cruise’s Jack Holden on bringing the 1980s Aids drama back to the West End
The Olivier nominated play returns once again.
News World
Public attitudes on HIV are stuck in 1980s, says new data
The Terrence Higgins Trust has revealed the data on the 40th anniversary of Terrence Higgins' death from an Aids-related illness.
Culture Film & TV
Cruise: Jack Holden’s 1980s-set Aids drama to return to the West End this summer
Attitude called Cruise "funny, sobering, and heart-warming" when it played at the Duchess Theatre last year.
Culture Film & TV
Callum Scott Howells shares Russell T Davies’ advice about his BAFTA nominated It’s A Sin scene
The Welsh actor was speaking at a BAFTA event about his heartbreaking Aids-diagnosis scene.
Culture Film & TV
It’s A Sin’s devastating Colin episode has been nominated for a BAFTA TV Award
Colin's shock AIDS diagnosis is up for Virgin Media's Must-See Moment Award - and you can vote now (through the tears).
News World
HIV Charities welcome UK Government’s HIV Action Plan
The Terrence Higgins Trust and the Elton John Aids Foundation are both calling for further action to end new HIV diagnoses by 2030.
Culture Sexuality
‘Seeing people on TV living with HIV helped me discuss my status with those around me’
On World AIDS Day, Jay Hawkridge - who appears in Sky's new three-part documentary series Positive - reflects on the realities of living with HIV in 2021.