Is it a sin, or is it a sign? The lack of response to the HIV/AIDs crisis
In the wake of National HIV Awareness Week, and the release of Channel 4’s It’s a Sin, what parallels can we form between the HIV/AIDs pandemic of the 1980s and…
“A plague that was allowed to happen”: Confronting the HIV/AIDS epidemic through TV and cinema
Almost thirty years ago, on the 3rd of July, 1981 Lawrence K. Altman published an article in The New York Times that would come to be known as the “gay…
It’s a Sin
5 stars ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ CW: queerphobia Russell T Davies has long been treasured for his contributions to queer British drama. It’s been over two decades since Queer…
Free HIV testing at the University of Edinburgh, a quick and easy procedure
The original name that was given to HIV was Gay-related Immune Deficiency (GRID) and was based on the assumption that only gay men could contract it. This name did not…