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Bristol marks World AIDS Day’s 30th anniversary
World AIDS Day has been marked every December 1 since 1988 in cities across the world. Bristol will mark the thirtieth anniversary with a procession through the city centre, a screening of the landmark documentary After 82 and two fundraising club nights for local charities.
On Saturday, December 1 the World AIDS Day procession will start at College Green and conclude at Watershed for an informal drinks reception. A small memorial service will be held from 5 pm to 6 pm and a celebration from 6 pm to 8 pm.
Hosted with the help of local LGBT+ DJs Don’t Tell Your Mother, the World AIDS Day 30th Anniversary Fundraiser will be hosted by Arnolfini on Saturday, December 1. With the help of local drag queen Miss Beaver and the club nights Horseplay, Kiki, Punka and Bitch, Please, this huge collection of Bristol’s LGBTQ+ community will help to raise vital funds for Brigstowe Trust.
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DTYM are well-known for hosting LGBT+ parties in The Old Market Assembly and The Phoenix
Brigstowe is well-known for providing support services for people who are HIV positive. This can range from offering practical support in, for example, finding new accommodation to offering one-to-one support with an HIV-positive mentor.
Queenshilling plays host to a UWE LGBT+ Society-organised Club Night and Cabaret that is open to all. Roxy Stardust will host the spectacular showcase in support of Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) on Friday, November 30th.
A screening of the 2017 film After 82 has been organised by THT for Thursday, November 29. The film explores the early years of the AIDS pandemic in the UK. The documentary is narrated by Stephen Fry and considers the impact AIDS had and explores issues of infection, poor sex education and the reasons stigma surrounding HIV persists 36 years later.
The film is named after Terrence Higgins who was the first person in the UK to die following an AIDS-related illness in 1982. The screening is followed by a Q&A with the film’s creators Ben Lord and Steve Keeble and long-term HIV activist and campaigner Jonathan Blake who was diagnosed with HIV in 1982.
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