Video listing
Activism:
Mark Ward
Haemophiliac, Activist & HIV Positive
When I walked into a club, I wasn’t Mark the haemophiliac, I wasn’t Mark the AIDS victim, I was the Mark party animal.
Ash Kotak
Film Maker, Long Term Survivor & Founder AIDS Memory
We have to take collective responsibility for the job that is not finished. The job started in 1982. The job is to end AIDS, and the stigma surrounding it.
Andrew Keates
Theatre Director, Advocate & HIV Positive
The biggest obstacle for people with HIV isn't the virus. It's what everyone around them is saying and thinking
Rebecca de Havilland
Long Term Survivor, Trans Woman & Activist
They told me I couldn't have the operation and I maybe had two years to live
Krishen Samuel
HIV Adocate & HIV Positive
All those who came before me, that is part of my story
Kelly Hunter MBE
HIV Activist & Actor
We had the whole cast of East Enders pulling pints in the pubs, Boy George in the Rock Garden, Jonathan Ross in Paul Smith’s clothes shop, Kate Bush was there, Harry Enfield…
Lord Norman Fowler
Politician, Leader of ‘Don’t Die of Ignorance Campaign’
There were some who believed this was not a public health issue but one of public morality
Janet Green
Advocate & THT Pioneer
AIDS brought together gay and lesbian communities in a way not seen previously
Sir Nick Partridge
THT Pioneer & Activist
The commitment of staff and volunteers was extraordinary
Winnie Sseruma
Long Term Survivor & Activist
I saw it as my role to support others living with HIV, especially those in the black African community
Jonathan Blake
Long Term Survivor & Activist
The more we can see people with HIV as normal, leading positive lives, the more we remove stigma
Julian Hows
Long Term Survivor & Activist
Having just gone through the decriminalisation of homosexuality 15 years before, there were a number of groups and organisations coming together. We were in a very good position in some ways to actually create a community response.
Hatta Hodson
Mother of HIV Positive Son
My private crusade has been to find other parents like me, because while the secrecy goes on, so does the stigma.
Emma Cole
Educationalist & Long Term Survivor
It’s not about ‘good’ people with HIV, and ‘bad’ people. An illness doesn’t know who you are when it infects you.