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Yusef Azad

Blood donation and gay men – the wrong focus?

09/06/2015

It’s National Blood Week and this year the call for blood donors is more urgent than ever with the announcement...

Sarah Radcliffe

Why NAT will still be walking at Pride

04/06/2015

Since the news that UKIP LGBT will be part of this year’s Pride parade, NAT has been asked whether we...

Kat Smithson

HIV campaigning is for life, not just for an election

22/05/2015

After what was expected to be a much tighter contest the Conservatives have formed a government with a small majority...

Tom Perry

Give young MSM the education they deserve

20/03/2015

Last week we published the results of a nationwide survey of young men who are attracted to other men. The...

Cal

PrEP is about more than condom-less sex

27/02/2015

Last year saw a record number of gay and bisexual men diagnosed with HIV in the UK. 1 in 17...

Kat Smithson

Striving for political consensus on inclusive SRE

13/02/2015

In September 2014 we joined forces with QX magazine on an open letter to political leaders in the calling for:...

Sarah Radcliffe

The proposed NHS restructure you haven’t read about

28/01/2015

NHS England is now looking at making changes to how 'specialised services' like HIV are commissioned. Depending on the approach...

Sarah Radcliffe

PIP: We still don’t have the answers we need

24/12/2014

In the four years since the abolition of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) was first proposed by the Government, I have...

Kat Smithson

Fighting for national-level investment in HIV prevention

22/12/2014

Last week nearly 1500 people wrote to the Minister for Public Health, Jane Ellison, successfully gaining a reversal of the...

Sarah Radcliffe

Can we fix the WCA?

03/12/2014

Last week saw the publication of the fifth and final independent review of the Work Capability Assessment (WCA), the test...