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When we heard about this new campaign that’s radically changing HIV positive lives for the better, we knew we had to help spread the word. But its subversive message makes some people very uncomfortable, according to creator Bruce Richman. Words by Andrew Leavitt of ACT UP Dublin. Photo by Alina Oswald.
ACT UP – AIDS – Activism
People living with HIV who have access to treatment can expect to live normal, healthy lives. What is less well known is the fact that effective treatment also means they can’t pass on the virus to their sexual partners.
For Bruce Richman, founder and Executive Director of the relatively new Prevention Access Campaign (PAC), getting this message out to HIV positive people is vital.
“This information gives people hope, it gives them, the possibility of having lives that are not only healthier for them but are safe for their sexual partners. It changes what it means to live with HIV.”
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In this issue of GCN Róisín McVeigh explores the changing representation of lesbians on the big screen against the background of GAZE's screening of the controversial Below Her Mouth; Toryn Glavin argues that The Crying Game has a ring of trans truth; Editor Brian Finnegan explore Ireland's LGBT+ community's paradoxical relationship with An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar; Tributes are paid to two beloved LGBT activists, Ann Loiuse Gilligan and Dave Roach, by those who loved them most; Legendary queer photographer Nan Goldin and feminist filmmaker Vivienne Dick sit down with Mary Nally to discuss queerness, mythomaniacs and much else. And of course, there's much more to explore...