Day: November 11, 2019

Nov 11
COMMUNITIES MAKE THE DIFFERENCE | WORLD AIDS DAY

The World AIDS Day Festival is a collaboration between Body Positive, Positive Women, and the New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF), with a programme of nine events across the Auckland region from November 22 – December 1. express chats to the organisers about the festival and its message. A key message of the festival is that […]

Nov 11
HIV Experts Urge Uganda to Decriminalise Homosexuality

In an effort to help curb Uganda’s HIV transmission rates, Africa’s leading HIV experts have issued a joint statement urging the government to end the criminalisation of homosexuality.  The International AIDS Society (IAS) Governing Council Africa regional representatives which include, Serge Paul Eholié from Côte d’Ivoire, Keletso Makofane from Harvard University, James G. Hakim from Zimbabwe and Kenneth Ngure from Kenya issued the […]

Nov 11
When LGBTQ Meets ‘P’

The New Zealand Drug Foundation’s Samuel Andrews examines the use of Meth in the wider gay community and in the Chemsex scene. P, Tina, Ice – we have many names for methamphetamine. Most of what we know comes from provocative news stories that focus on ‘record meth seizures’ or harrowing tales of addiction. It also […]