HIV Hour

Internationally, June 5th is Long Term Survivors Day. Les Wright (USA), has created an anthology of long term survivors and Mark Stevens (positive voices speaker) was one of the participants. Together they will be holding events in London to launch the book in August in the UK.

On the show Flash Bezuidenhout and Emrys chatting about their amazing bike ride for the charity ‘Checkpoint Maspalomas' Sue Hunter talking about the new Brighton launch of ‘Can't Pass it On'  https://www.tht.org.uk/about-us/what-we-do/our-campaigns/cant-pass-it-on Community news

On the http://www.HIVHour.org.uk David's guests in the studio this week are Rachel Brett, CEO, and Alan Spink, Community Services Manager, both from The Sussex Beacon.http://www.sussexbeacon.org.uk We also discuss highlights and Vox pops from the British HIV Association (BHIVA) Spring conference, which took place in Brighton the previous week.http://www.BHIVA.org Also, Terrence Higgins Trust CEO Richard Angell teases us about a crowd-funded sexual health campaign which will be piloted in Brighton, and we hear from Ian Montgomery from Positive East, who asks our audience to participate in the U=U community quilt project. www.positiveeast.org.uk/uequalsu/

On the show David and Josh chat to the amazing Jo Josh about her HIV Journey and the upcoming BHIVA conference in Brighton. https://bhiva.org/event/bhiva-spring-conference-2025/ Find out more about Jo's HIV projects here https://ukcab.net/our-team/jo-josh/ World, UK and local HIV news 

Gary Pargeter, Director of Lunch Positive, is our guest in the studio this episode. Michael Brimacome from THT is interviewed by Josh.

On the show Phillip chats to Tom and James from YMCA London about their amazing 'Positive Health ' program. For more info contact - PositiveHealth.club@ymca.co.uk David and Josh discuss the latest local /uk and world HIV news and events.

This episode celebrates International Women's Day. Sue takes the reigns of this episode and interviews Professor Yvonne Gileece, Chair of the British HIV Association and leader of the Sunflower Clinic at the Lawson Unit in Brighton. The second interview was with Nina Kakaiya, an amazing HIV activist, peer mentor, and mental well-being coach.

On the Show Sue and Josh are in the studio with Simon Maddrell and Jonathan Blake talking and reading extracts from their amazing collaboration 'Patient L1" The second part of Phillips's insightful chat with Dan Harry from ' I kissed a boy' fame. Local and UK HIV news

On the show, Sue, David and Josh chat to John Jaquiss, an amazing HIV advocate who talks about his journey with HIV and his outstanding work with the HIV Community. Philip talks to Anna Brewster, The CEO of The Food Chain in London. .https://www.foodchain.org.uk/ Community News including the sad news regarding The Sussex Beacon https://www.sussexbeacon.org.uk/

Stephen, Philip and Josh join David via Zoom for a look back at the highlights of 2024. We look and listen to extracts from interviews with Alexia Davis and her journey to become her authentic self, Tony and Pank discuss prison reform, Rob James and Mark Ward discus the infected blood scandal and Stephen talks about Shadowed Dreamer.

On this week's show we dedicate it to the wonderful George Michael, who was a great ally and fundraiser for HIV causes and charities. We are joined in the studio by Shane Hill whose band Kymaera created an instrumental album of George Michaels songs, and we play two of the tracks from the album. Philip Dehany interviews Gill from The Lovelies,  who carry on Georges philanthropy, raising over £250,000 for causes close to George Michaels heart.

On the Show On the World Aids Day 2024 Edition The team chat to Silvio About the upcoming fabulous 'Brighton and Hove World Aids Day Concert 2024' on the 1st December. follow the link below for info and tickets https://www.brightonwadconcert.info/ Philip, David and Josh talk about World Aids Day with nationwide and local WAD events.

Josh and David are in the studio and interview Mark Ward, founder of Haemosexual, and LGBT Ambassador for the Haemophilia Society, about his new book ‘Bleeding Fabulous' Phillip interviews Dan Harry, HIV ally, known from the hit TV show ‘I kissed a boy' about participating in the Red Run. The news this episode is about Brighton and Hove World AIDS Day Vigil and other World AIDS Day events

On the Show Josh and David are in the studio with guests Tony and Pank. Tony tells us a cautionary and shocking tale of his experience of internet dating and how living with HIV can make people vulnerable going through the court and prison system. Pank is a former prisoner who has uses his lived experience to improve the lives of people living with HIV with in the criminal justice system.  Local news includes details of forthcoming World AIDS Day events

Celebrating October as Black History Month, Sue joins David via Zoom. Sue introduces a pre-recorded interview with Louise Vallace from www.auntyloushouse.com Louise gave a speech at the Zero HIV Stigma Day in Brighton and shared her perspectives on being a mother and living with HIV and her work as a Coach, Blogger and Yoda teacher Terrence Higgins Trust and Marie Curie have launched a new survey to explore barriers to and experiences of palliative and end-of-life care for people living with HIV. A link to the survey can be found at www.HIVHour.org.uk/survey and closes on 30th October

On the Show Sue and Josh have an heartfelt and inspiring chat to Alexia Davis about her personal journey with HIV. https://www.tht.org.uk Uk and World HIV News Follow us at http://hivhour.org.uk/. Contact us at info@hivhour.org.uk

Philip, Josh and David are in the studio with a collection of global, national and local news and opinion all about HIV. Magic Johnson opens up about living with HIV. Musician Holly Johnson talks about how he was cancelled by the music industry when he declared he was living with HIV. He has just opened an exhibition in Liverpool. www.GLAAD.org releases their 5th annual statement concerning HIV Stigma in the USA. Bristol council considers cutting HIV services. BBC Children in Need award a grant to Slough charity Thames Valley Positive Support to continue their vital work with young people.

On the show David and Josh chat to Simon Maddrell about his upcoming ' Words for Wellbeing - Living with HIV Workshops' at Lunch Positive. Follow the link below if you are interested in the Workshops https://lunchpositive.org/words-for-wellbeing-workshops-2024-living-with-hiv/ World and local HIV Community News  Great music too! webpage. http://hivhour.org.uk/

David talks to Joshua Royal about his Naked Truth initiative. Stephen tells us more about the tour of his one man show Shadowed Dreamer.  Sue reflects on Pride In the news, we tell listeners about the Creative Writing workshops that Lunch Positive will be running in September. We provide details of a research project recruiting Gay men about their experiences of PreP.

On the show Stephen, David and Josh talk all things Brighton Pride 24

On the Show David and Josh chat to Liz, a trans feminine person living with HIV. Also we talk about the upcoming events in Brighton. TransPrideBrighton24.  .https://transpridebrighton.org/ ZeroHIVStigmaDay24.  https://themartinfisherfoundation.org/zero-hiv-stigma-day/

On the show David and Josh chat to Graham, the Chair Bear of the upcoming fabulous Brighton Bear Weekend Follow the link below to find out more https://brightonbearweekend.com/ An heartfelt and in-depth interview with Rachel Brett, the new Chief Executive of the amazing Sussex Beacon. Follow the link below https://www.sussexbeacon.org.uk/

This show has the second part of the interview with Philip Dehany and Nathaniel J Hall about his documentary for Channel 4 about 'Bug Chasers'. Also, Sue and David interviewed Robert James who was infected with Hepatitis C and HTLV 3 (Later HIV) when he was given infected blood to treat his Haemophilia as a child in the 1980's.

ON THE SHOW Phillip chats to Nathaniel J Hall about his documentary' Bug Chasers' https://youtu.be/5cu03LOQS04?si=W33viV8wxOI-Ilma Stigmavir A Casey House innovation Latest video about HIV Stigma  https://youtu.be/E2IQ4ujYpGE David and Josh discuss world and local HIV stories and Community news

On the Show David chats to Alan Spink from The Sussex Beacon paying tribute to Miss Jason ( Jason Sutton), a Brighton Drag Legend. https://www.sussexbeacon.org.uk/ Josh and David talk to Christian Mercer-Hall, the founder of PositivePlusOne, the new social app for the HIV Community about the last 6 months since the launch and their future plans. https://www.positiveplusone.com/ Community News and Great music too! Local HIV Organisations https://lunchpositive.org/ https://www.tht.org.uk/get-help/local-services/brighton-and-hove https://brightonsexualhealth.com/venue/lawson-unit/

On the show Sue, Stephen and Josh introduce the show and chat about current HIV stories Philip talks to Sam Marshall (the skin guru) regarding the hair and beauty industry standards on HIV inclusion, equity and diversity. https://thebeautyguru.me/meet-the-gurus Tony continues his conversation with Gary Pargeter about the amazing Lunch Positive. https://lunchpositive.org/ Community News and great music too! Watch Stephens new trailer about his upcoming show 'Shadowed Dreamer 2024' https://youtu.be/YIlb8ZDQ2js?si=u3YxzupSgvy_14HS

With David learning the mixing desk, he and Josh interview author Daren Kay. Daren reads extracts from his new book ‘The Brightonians Under Siege'. This sequel to ‘The Brightonians' takes place during COVID 19 lockdown and comparisons between the epidemic of HIV and COVID are made. All royalties from the book will be donated to The Sussex Beacon. More information about the book and Daren himself can be found on his website www.darenkay.com . Also in this episode Tony has his second episode of his interviews with Gary from Lunch Positive. Music is Chance of desire - Radiorama/ Block and Crown Rimini 81 edit, Feels like Im in Love - Kelly Marie, Dance alone - Sia/Kylie Offenbach Remix, Lost - Tinlicker/ Run Rivers

On the Show David and Josh chat to Abigail( The Empress) about her role at the Sussex Beacon and International Women's Day https://www.sussexbeacon.org.uk/ The boys talk to 'Flash' the shows new sponsor about his charity work and his HIV journey in South Africa and the UK.  https://jrt.tech/ Tony interviews the amazing Gary Pargeter from Lunch Positive, in the first part of a series dedicated to the award winning charity organisation. https://lunchpositive.org/

Two brilliant interviews in this episode. Sue interviews Craig who became HIV positive at the age of 18 after his first sexual encounter in the late 1980's. Philip interviews Ellie who started living with HIV just a few years ago. The differences in living with HIV from the 1980's to modern times is remarkable

On the Show Philip, David and Josh chat to Author and Manx Poet Simon Maddrell about the upcoming book " A finger in Derek Jarman's Mouth" released very soon. @simonmaddrell Facebook / Instagram / Threads / LinkedIn / SoundCloud / YouTube Twitter:  @QueerManxPoet Facebook Page: @SimonMaddrellPoetry Instabio: https://instabio.cc/simonmaddrell      Buy Books: https://simonmaddrell.sumupstore.com/ World and Local HIV News

On the Show, Sue, Stephen, David and Josh reflect on 2023 and look forward to 2024. All the team want to thank all our listeners and HIV charities and organisations who support the show. Have a fantastic, peaceful Christmas and beautiful 2024  XXX

On the show Sue chats to our new HIV Hour presenter Philip about his journey with HIV and his voluntary work for Terrence Higgins Trust. World and local news

Josh and David discuss their experiences of World AIDS Day 2023. Josh tells us news about PreP, and David talks about HIV Charities that have been created in memory of people. Together, Josh and David explain the many fantastic services that Lunch Positive offer to people living with HIV across both East and West Sussex. 

On the show Josh chats to Christian Mercer- Hall , about he launch of the new Social media App ' Positive Plus One' launching 17th November 2023 https://www.positiveplusone.com/ David and Josh chat about some of the latest HIV news  All the important event info leading up to World Aids Day in Brighton and Hove area. https://www.facebook.com/worldAIDSdayBH/ 

On the show Sue chats to Louisa from Marie Curie Uk about the amazing charity and the first upcoming event of the 'Life Cafe' at Terrence Higgins Trust in Brighton. https://www.tht.org.uk/centres-and-services/brighton-and-hove https://www.mariecurie.org.uk/

Stephen tells us about plans to have self injectable anti retrovirals by 2030. Sue tells us the latest testing data which has some interesting facts. Community news includes plans for World AIDS Day 2023 in Brighton and Hove. Music by Depeche Mode, Kylie, Bob Moses and ZHU and Elton John

With National HIV/AIDS & Aging Awareness Day in mind, Sue, Stephen and David chat about Growing older with HIV. We talk about what we do to keep well and share our life experience at keeping healthy as we age. Sue talks abouther scandalous pose for an upcoming campaign. 

On the show The team discuss the latest HIV stories from around the world as well as local community news

On the Show David and Josh chat to Alan Spink and Lucy Hutchinson who work for the amazing Sussex Beacon, an amazing local HIV charity, specialising in care and support for people living with HIV in Sussex, based in Brighton. Fantastic music chosen by Alan and Lucy https://www.sussexbeacon.org.uk/

On the Show BRIGHTON PRIDE SPECIAL The team talk to Gary Smith who is a Drug and Alcohol Councellor for Brighton and Hove Recovery Service (CGL CHANGE GROW LIVE) As the city celebrates 50 years of Pride, Gary gives out essential advice and info about staying safe over the weekend. https://www.changegrowlive.org/ Also Pride Stories and fantastic music to get you in the mood. Have a safe and happy Pride. ESSENTIAL LINKS https://www.tht.org.uk/centres-and-services/brighton-and-hove https://lunchpositive.org/ https://www.sussexbeacon.org.uk/

ON THE SHOW The team chat to Eileen Dixon , one of the organisers of Brighton and Hove's first annual 'Zero HIV Stigma Day". https://themartinfisherfoundation.org/zero-hiv-stigma-day/ World and Community news

On the show Stephen chats to Angelina Namiba about a new book "Our Stories About Us' https://ourstoriestoldbyus.com/ Sue, David and Josh talk about the latest HIV news. Community News