Thanks to hard won medical advances, with the right treatment people diagnosed with HIV are now able to live long & healthy lives. But the work to end new cases, support people living with HIV and fight stigma continues. That work must go on to protect the living and honour those who didn’t make it.

Alan Turing. An English mathematician, computer scientist, and World War II hero. He cracked the Nazi Enigma code, saving millions of lives. Despite this, he was chemically castrated by the British government for his homosexuality and died from cyanide poisoning. #GayPrideMonth 🏳️‍🌈

Brilliant to see a normalised portrayal of living with HIV today in episode one of #TipToe – and the huge medical progress made since It's a Sin. One pill a day protects Leo's immune system from harm and means he #CantPassItOn to partners.

"Well, in 1994, I was dying," says Leo in #TipToe. Living well with HIV 32 years later. Medical progress in the fight against HIV has transformed a diagnosis from a terminal one to a longterm, manageable condition.

Nigel Farage was wrong in 2015 and he was wrong yesterday. Treatment means people living with HIV can live a healthy life and can't pass it on.  Withholding HIV treatment risks HIV transmission. Read more: https://tht.org.uk/news/chief-exec-leading-hiv-charity-calls-farage-put-down-dog-whistle

Over the weekend, 30 incredible supporters took on the London Landmarks Half Marathon, as well as the Paris and Brighton Marathons. Thank you to all of our amazing runners! Feeling inspired? Go to https://tht.org.uk/events

🎧 Listen to the full conversation with @rupertwhitaker.bsky.social and @richardangell.bsky.social on the Third Sector Podcast @tht.org.uk

Third Sector: Remembering an HIV charity pioneer

Lucinda Rouse and Emily Burt  are joined by Richard Angell, chief executive of the Terrence Higgins Trust, and Rupert Whitaker, psychiatrist, immunologist and co-founder of the charity. T...

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Free test kit? ✅ Plain packaging? ✅ And you can do it yourself? ✅ Yep, it really is that simple. National HIV Testing Week is a good time to check your status – order your FREE test now freetesting.hiv @tht.org.uk #ITest #HIVTestingWeek

PrEP is a gamechanger for ending new HIV cases and widening PrEP access is crucial. It's great to see the Women and Equalities Committee calling for PrEP to be accessible online and through community pharmacies.

Our Chief Executive, Richard Angell, on how the new HIV Action Plan is a blueprint for tackling inequality and transforming our NHS. Read it now 👇 https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/world-aids-day-hiv-action-plan-england-nhs-patient-power-b2875722.html

People living with HIV can now pursue any career in the UK Armed Forces, including as military pilots and aircrew for the first time. This change was only possible because of your support. Find out more. 👇 https://tht.org.uk/news/people-living-hiv-can-now-serve-all-armed-forces-roles

Ahead of World AIDS Day, @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social & @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social announce £5m to trial HIV home testing in the NHS App This is exciting news that will increase access to testing & decrease stigma around ordering a test 👏 @THTorguk colleagues www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

New trial allows HIV testing kits delivered to your door with results on phone

A groundbreaking £5 million trial, to be unveiled in the government's HIV Action Plan published on Monday, will see home testing kits ordered at the touch of a button

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Donate to get your Terry World AIDS Day pin badge. https://tht.org.uk/?form=FUNWJTRRWLD&utm_source=organic&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=do_it_for_terry_wales&utm_content=english

Few embody courage, creativity, and community or HIV more than Cleve Jones – advisor to Harvey Milk at the time of his assassination and founder of the AIDS Memorial Quilt. On Sat 25 October, @positiveeast.bsky.social will host “Rays of Resistance”. Get tickets: www.outsavvy.com/event/30090/...

At #35AEC @richardangell.bsky.social from the Terence Higgins Trust made a powerful point in our session: "Not acting on Alzheimer’s is the ultimate economic" failure. The global cost of dementia is a clear call to action for governments to invest in diagnostics and treatments.

So pleased that my friend, ambassador for @THTorguk and someone who has lived with HIV for nearly four decades, Chris Smith, has been elected chancellor of @cam.ac.uk Congratulations! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

HAPPY PRIDE EVERYONE!! 🖤🤎🩷🤍🩵💜💙💚💛🧡♥️ Lots done but so much more to be done to bring about equality for LGBT+ people and justice for people with HIV While we march could you donate to @tht.org.uk please? www.tht.org.uk?form=FUNJPXG...

Today marks one year since the election & 43 since the death of @tht.org.uk's namesake In the last 12 months, we’ve seen progress towards ending new HIV cases – thanks to @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social & pals - but challenges remain Five big wins & five next steps 👇 www.tht.org.uk/news/five-bi...

#PrEPProtects Our HIV Prevention England campaign, funded by the Department of Health and Social Care, is running throughout the summer to raise awareness of PrEP. Help spread the word. 👇 https://www.tht.org.uk/news/campaign-launched-raise-awareness-prep

I couldn't miss the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt at Tate Modern, writes @chriscreegan.bsky.social Read it now: chriscreegan.substack.com/p/i-couldnt-...

I couldn't miss the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt at Tate Modern

And 30 years on it's time to make my late partner a panel

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“It turns out I was one of 22,000 people who were diagnosed with gonorrhoea in 2001. Jump forward, and it’s over 85,000 a year now – the highest since records began, over a century ago.” – @richardangell.bsky.social @tht.org.uk www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/23/g...

Why I’ll be getting the new gonorrhoea vaccine

The gonorrhoea vaccine has potential to "inspire" a shift from treatment to prevention, Richard Angell writes.

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"I hope it won’t just turn the tide on gonorrhoea cases but help inspire a shift from treatment to prevention across our sexual health services." Read the full article 👇

Why I’ll be getting the new gonorrhoea vaccine

The gonorrhoea vaccine has potential to "inspire" a shift from treatment to prevention, Richard Angell writes.

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🎉A gonorrhoea vaccine will be rolled out in England within months. This is a game-changer which will help tackle record high levels.    We've campaigned for this and are so glad that the government has listened.

People on HIV treatment cannot pass it on during sex. Ellie shares why this is such an empowering message and what it's like to pass on the facts. Check out our new campaign 👉https://www.tht.org.uk/about-us/what-we-do/our-campaigns/cant-pass-it-on

”Are you clean?” should be banned from Grindr – and we all have a role in making it happen. Our Chief Executive Richard Angell on tackling stigma. https://www.attitude.co.uk/life/wellbeing/are-you-clean-should-be-banned-from-grindr-and-we-all-have-a-role-in-making-it-happen-484008/

Attending @bhiva.bsky.social conference in Brighton this morning. Looking forward to hear from @richardangell.bsky.social James Cole Juddy Otti @profygilleece.bsky.social Alessandro Ceccarelli and Caroline Sabin #BHIVA2025

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About to speak at the LGBT @humanists.uk event “LGBT History and Me” to mark #LGBTHistoryMonth and talk all things Terry Higgins and @thtorguk.bsky.social. Thanks for the invite @nick-baldwin.bsky.social

I always worth reading @chriscreegan.bsky.social – this one is personal and impactful combined. What ending new HIV cases means in human terms!

Chris Creegan@chriscreegan.bsky.social · 2y ago

New from me on Substack: we have five years to end new cases of HIV and we must not fail. Let's get it done. open.substack.com/pub/chriscre...

Thoughts from me ahead of a fringe event at Scottish Labour conference tomorrow on getting to zero new HIV cases by 2030 hosted by @thtorguk.bsky.social & Waverley Care and chaired by @paulsweeney.bsky.social 👇

Chris Creegan@chriscreegan.bsky.social · 2y ago

New from me on Substack: we have five years to end new cases of HIV and we must not fail. Let's get it done. open.substack.com/pub/chriscre...