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184TheatreA Single Man at the Park Theatre: Press night review
It’s easy to forget the time when homosexuals were branded ‘faggots’ and children told to stay away from us. This impressive dramatisation...
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446ObituaryObituary: Stephen Vowles 1958 – 2022
We are deeply sorry to report that Stephen Vowles, the Boyz advertising sales manager and our Boyz theatre critic, passed away yesterday...
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2.2KHIVHealth Secretary Sajid Javid announces a new HIV Action Plan for World AIDS Day – and Ministry of Defence will allow people with HIV to join armed forces
The government has published a new HIV Action Plan to mark today’s World AIDS Day, backed by over £23 million of funding,...
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3.5KBooksLabour MP Chris Bryant on ‘The Glamour Boys’: The gay MPs in Parliament who warned Britain of the threat from Hitler
Labour MP Chris Bryant’s new book ‘The Glamour Boys’ tells the story of a group of gay MPs in the 1930s who were...
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6.9KGenerations of HIVJonathan diagnosed in 1982: “It’s a terminal diagnosis, there is nothing that they can do for me and there will be palliative care. And I’m 33.”
Jonathan Blake is one of the country’s oldest surviving people with HIV. Jonathan, who is 70 this year, was the basis for...
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7.1KGenerations of HIVMatthew diagnosed in 1998: “When people say ‘How did you get HIV?’, the honest answer is I don’t know.”
Matthew Hodson is 52 and the executive director of NAM aidsmap, the charity which changes lives by sharing news and treatment information about...
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5.2KGenerations of HIVIan diagnosed in 1998: “It has affected relationships – if you say you’re HIV positive they kind of run away…”
Ian Fincher is 44 and works in theatreland in the West End – and has a number of transdermal implants and piercings. “I was...
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5.5KGenerations of HIVFilippo diagnosed in 2011: “I was 20 years old and it felt like the world was crumbling beneath my feet.”
Filippo Gafaro Barrera is 28 and from Italy. He appears on Sky News as a guest commentator where he recently discussed being HIV positive and...
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5.3KGenerations of HIVNeil diagnosed in 2005: “I’d sort of written off a long-term partner as something that probably wouldn’t happen to me.”
Neil Currie is 45 and from Sheffield and works in computer technology. “After a one-night stand in 2005 I went to get...
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4.9KGenerations of HIVDavid Bridle diagnosed in 1994: “I realised, for the first time, that these drugs were actually working.”
David Bridle is managing editor of Boyz and has had HIV for over 25 years. Here he describes going on to combination...
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1.9KBoyz magazineIt’s great to be back! Letter to Boyz readers from David Bridle, Managing Editor
It’s great to be back! This is the first issue of Boyz since the lockdown in March. And here I am above...
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2.5KBoyz magazineA message to Boyz readers from David Bridle, managing editor of Boyz magazine
Hello to all our readers, advertisers and supporters, We hope that you have been OK through these difficult last few months. Boyz is a...
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2.2KBoyz magazineLetter from David Bridle, the managing editor of Boyz
We are going to press with this issue of Boyz in extraordinary times. As I write a good number of gay scene...
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4.1KBooksFrom Colin in Eastenders to life peer Lord Cashman: The extraordinary life of Michael Cashman
Actor, LGBT activist, former Labour MEP and now life peer Michael Cashman is probably best known to Boyz readers for his role...
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2.3KHIVThe HIV Commission: Interview with Ian Green of Terrence Higgins Trust and Deborah Gold of National AIDS Trust
Two of the country’s leading HIV charities – Terrence Higgins Trust and NAT (National AIDS Trust) – have announced the formation of...
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3.0KHobbies, Sports & InterestsBeboyz: Sharing your interests. Sharing your life.
In a few weeks Boyz will be launching its own friendship site called Beboyz. Beboyz is a unique and innovative way to...
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2.7KWorld AIDS DayDo It London on the Fast Track to Zero: David Bridle talks to Lead Commissioner Paul Steinberg
Paul Steinberg is the Lead Commissioner of the London HIV Prevention Programme and heads the Do It London campaign for the London...
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3.3KWorld AIDS DayCan there be zero new HIV transmissions in gay men? Let’s ask the team at Terrence Higgins Trust
Why is it important to aim for zero transmissions among gay and bisexual men? And what are the hurdles to achieving the...
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4.0KWorld AIDS DayMeet 56 Dean Street’s team working on Plan ZERO
56 Dean Street has been at the forefront of reducing HIV infections amongst gay men for almost 10 years since opening in...
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3.6KTheatreKids Play by Glenn Chandler at the Above The Stag Theatre: Press night review by David Bridle
Kids Play is a complex, dark but eventually heart-warming playlet – part comedy, part drama. We’re in a hotel room in Brighton...
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3.4KHIVDo It London: There are many ways to prevent HIV says new London boroughs campaign
You may have seen the new Do It London campaign advert in Boyz or you might have seen their posters on a...
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3.4KHIVAppeal: Raising £15,000 to help fund Dr Mags Portman’s chemotherapy
Dr Mags Portman is an inspiring HIV and sexual health doctor who works at the Mortimer Market clinic. Mags has been at the...
