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STARS TAKE TO THE STAGE FOR ELEGIES…

WHEN Elegies for Angels, Punk Rockers and Raging Queens, was first performed at the King’s Head Theatre, London in 1992 it received rave reviews and critical acclaim. The show has since proved to big hit with theatre companies, helping to keep the issues surrounding HIV/Aids fresh in the minds of countless  theatre audiences around the [...]

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POSITIVELY WOMEN UNVEIL REBRANDING

After 23 years as the leading HIV charity for women, Positively Women rebrands as Positively UK. The move will reposition its role as a national organisation and offer a broader remit that includes men and young people living with HIV. Elisabeth Crafer CEO said: ”Over the past 18 months we have undertaken a major strategic [...]

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EXERCISE: IS THERE ANY POINT?

By John Williams and Sam Fraser the YMCA’s Positive Health Coordinator Over the last two decades gyms have replaced the church as our preferred place of worship. People religiously pump and burn to attain that sculptured body or to reach that elusive ‘size-0.’ HIV drugs have transformed our lives and today positive people face different [...]

HIV HATE CRIMES RECOGNISED BY CPS

HIV HATE CRIMES RECOGNISED BY CPS

HIV-positive people will get the same protection as other disabled victims of hate crime in revised guidance from the Crown Prosecution Service, it was confirmed today. Until recently disability hate crime guidance excluded people living with HIV, and the definition of disability in the legislation of the ‘Criminal Justice Act 2003’ was also unclear. “The [...]

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TO QUIT OR NOT TO QUIT?

By John Williams That is the  big question if you are a HIV-positive smoker. What’s more, the stress and worry of living with long-term health condition like HIV often relegates giving up smoking to a permanent place at the bottom of  your ‘To do list.’ It’s little wonder smoking rates are considerably higher among people [...]

NADJA BENAISSA FOUND GUILTY

NADJA BENAISSA FOUND GUILTY

27 August 2010

Nadja Benaissa, accused of transmitting HIV to her former lover has been found guilty and given a two-year suspended sentence in Germany. The 28 year old  pop star has been found guilty on one count of causing grievous bodily harm and two of attempted bodily harm. During the trial the singer had admitted to having [...]

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THE MEDIA, HIV and NADJA by Silvia Petretti

24 August 2010

THE PAST week has been intense.  I was very anxious about the media response to Nadja Benaissa’s case.  Overall it has been good.  Journalists seemed to be much nicer to Nadja then they had to Sarah Porter who had been called by the Daily Mail ‘Pure Evil’ and The Sun ‘AIDS Avenger.’ This time The [...]

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1 in 3 HIV GAY MEN SUFFER FROM PTSD

20 August 2010

ONE IN THREE HIV-positive gay men could be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) according to a resent study published by AIDS Patient Care and STDs. The study found that that a third of the HIV-positive gay men surveyed qualified for a PTSD diagnosis and that 65 per cent met the criteria for having experienced [...]

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GERMAN POP STAR IN HIV TRIAL

18 August 2010

GERMAN  pop star Nadja Benaissa went on trial in Darmstadt this week facing charges of grievous bodily harm and attempted bodily harm after she admitted to having unprotected sex with sevaral parners without revealing her HIV status. She told the open court: “I am so sorry.” Benaissa who shot to fame after winning Germany’s version [...]

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SOLIDARITY WITH NADJA BENAISSA

SOLIDARITY WITH NADJA BENAISSA

17 August 2010

Nadja Benaissa, a singer from German girl band ‘No Angels’ has admitted to having unprotected sex with several partners without warning them she was HIV-positive,’ reported the BBC today. Journalism needs to be matter of fact. I suppose this sentence is fair reporting. It’s the BBC after all. A video shows Nadja entering the courtroom, [...]

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RUGBY STAR SUPPORTS GMFA SPORTS DAY

16 August 2010

GMFA’s annual Gay Sports Day fundraiser is set to kick up a scrum this year with support from Rugby star and heart-throb Ben Cohen. To get you all in the mood for some team spirited fun the he has sent you all a pre games pep talk. “I am happy to support this year’s GMFA/RVT [...]

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HIV TRANSMISSION RATES UP 60% IN OVER 50s

22 July 2010

  TWO STUDIES unveiled at the International AIDS conference in Vienna reveal a harsh reality for an aging HIV population and the dangers of late diagnosis. In a report published online in the journal AIDS* – Health Protection Agency (HPA) scientists found that UK diagnosis of HIV have more than doubled in the over 50s [...]

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ELEGIES FOR ANGELS…

ELEGIES FOR ANGELS…

19 July 2010

THE COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED. POSITIVE PULSE has teamed up with the Shaw Theatre to offer five lucky Pulse readers the chance to WIN a pair of tickets to one of the must see shows of 2010: Elegies for Angels, Punk Rockers and Raging Queens. Staring Jonathan Hellyer and Miquel Brown the play tells the [...]

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SILVIA PETRETTI … LAST DAY: PRISON HEALTH IS PUBLIC HEALTH…

19 July 2010

TODAY is the last day of the XVIII International AIDS Conference in Vienna and for the first time the plenary session was dedicated to HIV in Prison. Dmytro Shermebey, one of the leaders of the All Ukrainian Network of People Living with HIV opened the session. He spoke of his personal experience of spending nine years [...]

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POLICE GET NEW GUIDANCE ON CRIMINAL TRANSMISSION OF HIV

18 July 2010

THE ASSOCIATION of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) have announced new guidance for Police Officers investigating allegations of criminal transmission of HIV. The guidance provides officers with basic facts about HIV and sets out advice on how to deal with complaints about reckless or intentional transmission of HIV in a fair and sensitive manner. The National [...]

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