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Documenting HIV epidemic: national survey of HIV archives @documenting-hiv-uk.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

The report outlines a 2-year project surveying HIV and AIDS archive collections in the UK, detailing their locations, strengths, and weaknesses. It also shares findings from private archives and offers recommendations for preserving and improving access to collections www.wsro.org.uk/special-proj...

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Documenting HIV epidemic: national survey of HIV archives @documenting-hiv-uk.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

#AtoZofHIVArchives Z- Patient Zero (Gaëtan Dugas) For the final post in the series, I have chosen Gaëtan Dugas (1953-1984), who is known in the history of HIV and AIDS as “Patient Zero”. 1 of 8

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Documenting HIV epidemic: national survey of HIV archives @documenting-hiv-uk.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

#AtoZofHIVArchives Y is for Dr Mike Youle Mike Youle is a British doctor and clinical researcher specialising in HIV and AIDS treatment. He began treating HIV and AIDS patients at St Stephen’s Hospital (now Chelsea and Westminster) in London in the mid-1980s. 1 of 7

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Documenting HIV epidemic: national survey of HIV archives @documenting-hiv-uk.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

#AtoZofHIVArchives X – X-rated It is not possible to talk about history of HIV and AIDS without talking about sex. 1 of 7

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Documenting HIV epidemic: national survey of HIV archives @documenting-hiv-uk.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

#AtoZofHIVArchives W - Women HIV and women intersect in multiple ways from those living with the virus, to mother-child transmission and impact on the family to name a few. As of 2023, 53% of people living with HIV were women according to UNAIDS. 1 of 7

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Documenting HIV epidemic: national survey of HIV archives @documenting-hiv-uk.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

#AtoZofHIVArchives V – is for candlelight vigils Lighting candles as an act of remembrance has been a long religious tradition in Western Europe. In more recent times this has developed into a form of non-violent protest or a show of support for a specific cause. 1 of 6

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Documenting HIV epidemic: national survey of HIV archives @documenting-hiv-uk.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

#AtoZofHIVArchives U stands for U = U: Undetectable = Untransmittable. The Prevention Access Campaign (PAC) launched the U=U campaign in 2016 to promote the largely unknown fact: people living with HIV who are on treatment and have an undetectable viral load cannot sexually transmit HIV. 1 of 7

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Documenting HIV epidemic: national survey of HIV archives @documenting-hiv-uk.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

#AtoZofHIVArchives T is for Terry Higgins Terry Higgins was born on 10 June 1945 in Haverfordwest in Wales. As a young man he joined the navy, before moving to London and taking various jobs, including as a Hansard reporter for the House of Commons. 1 of 8

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Documenting HIV epidemic: national survey of HIV archives @documenting-hiv-uk.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

#AtoZofHIVArchives S is for SAM (Scottish AIDS Monitor) Scottish AIDS Monitor (SAM) was founded in 1983 in Edinburgh, by Derek Ogg (1954-2020), after he had become concerned after hearing of an illness affecting young gay men in United States in early 1980s. 🧵1 of 6

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Documenting HIV epidemic: national survey of HIV archives @documenting-hiv-uk.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

#AtoZofHIVArchives R is for Recreational Drugs One of the largest groups living with HIV in 1980s-90s were people who inject drugs in the UK. In Simon Garfield's book, The End of Innocence: Britain in the Time of AIDS, by the end of 1994, 2664 people had been diagnosed, making up 12% of cases.

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Terrence Higgins Trust @tht.org.uk · 01/02/2025

This LGBT History Month, we're looking back at our archive. If you're a former staff member or volunteer, help us mark our history at a drop-in at the Bishopsgate Institute, hosted by Sir Nick Partridge. 📅 14 Feb ⏰ 2pm-4pm RSVP to niamh.glanville-frayne@bishopsgate.org.uk

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Documenting HIV epidemic: national survey of HIV archives @documenting-hiv-uk.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

#AtoZofHIVArchives Q is for Quilt The AIDS Memorial Quilt is considered the largest community arts project in history. It was conceived in 1985 by the American HIV and LGBTQ activist, Cleve Jones and in 1987 the NAMES AIDS Memorial Quilt was created in San Francisco. 🧵...1 of 8

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 28/01/2025

How did young people in 1980s Ireland navigate a lack of sex education and repressive climate around sexual health? Laura Kelly (@tortietabby.bsky.social) explores the activist history of the Irish Family Planning Association Youth Group 🗃️

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Youth Sexuality and Activism in 1980s Ireland

How did young people in 1980s Ireland navigate a lack of sex education and repressive climate around sexual health?

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Durham History @durhamhistory.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

There's just 1 week left to apply for the Collaborative PhD Studentship for "AIDS, Inequality and Religious Ethics of Care in 1980s and 90s Britain", with David Minto, Julie-Marie Strange, @salvarmyarchive.bsky.social, and @leannemccormick.bsky.social. Don't miss out! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLJ476/p...

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PhD Studentship - AIDS, Inequality and Religious Ethics of Care in 1980s and 90s Britain at Durham University

Explore a PhD Studentship - AIDS, Inequality and Religious Ethics of Care in 1980s and 90s Britain on jobs.ac.uk. Discover more PhD opportunities and apply today!

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Matthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

WARNING: The HIV Language Guide, developed by NIAID to prevent the use of stigmatising language related to HIV, has been taken off US Government websites. This is frightening. If there are resources you need, esp. related to sexual or reproductive health, download them now.

The cover of NIAID’s HIV Language Guide.

A sample page from the NIAID guide with alternatives offered for still commonly used stigmatising language around HIV.
For example, instead of ‘HIV infected person’ use ‘person living with HIV’.

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Documenting HIV epidemic: national survey of HIV archives @documenting-hiv-uk.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

#AtoZofHIVArchives P is for Prison Cases of AIDS first appeared in Europe in the early 1980s, and prisons were soon identified as requiring action due to the potential high levels of HIV transmission through injecting drug use in prison populations.

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Mildmay UK @mildmayline.info · 22/01/2025

Mildmay’s role during the 1980s AIDS crisis is preserved in the National HIV Story Trust Archive. Discover our history & how we continue to honour those memories. Read more: mildmay.org/post/preserving-history-the-hiv-story-trust-archive-mildmay-hospital-s-role-in-the-aids-crisis

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Preserving History: the National HIV Story Trust Archive & Mildmay Hospital’s Role in the AIDS Crisis

Mildmay’s role during the 1980s AIDS crisis is preserved in the National HIV Story Trust Archive at the London Archives.

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Documenting HIV epidemic: national survey of HIV archives @documenting-hiv-uk.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

#AtoZofHIVArchives O is for Open Door Open Door was a Brighton-based HIV charity that was based in the Kemptown area of the city from 1988 until its closure in 2008.

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Documenting HIV epidemic: national survey of HIV archives @documenting-hiv-uk.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

#AtoZofHIVArchives N is for the National AIDS Helpline Telephone helplines played a vital role in providing information about #HIV in the 1980s-1990s. Many of the early helplines that developed from local gay organisations that had existing telephone counselling services.

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Documenting HIV epidemic: national survey of HIV archives @documenting-hiv-uk.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

#AtoZofHIVArchives M is for Mildmay Mildmay Mission Hospital based in Bethnal Green, London, in 1988 opened the first AIDS Hospice in Europe. The Mildmay continues to provide HIV care and last year was honoured with the naming of the London Overground line for its work during the AIDS crisis.

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Documenting HIV epidemic: national survey of HIV archives @documenting-hiv-uk.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

It was great to talk to the @thtorguk.bsky.social "Before 96" group last night about the survey. Really enjoyed the Q & A and being (moderately) grilled about the project :) Looking forward to speaking again at the "Before 96 and Beyond" group meeting next month!

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Documenting HIV epidemic: national survey of HIV archives @documenting-hiv-uk.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

#AtoZofHIVArchives L is for LGBT Foundation The archives of HIV and AIDS can often be found in community archives of LGBTQ+ groups across the UK. One of the largest collections, LGBT Foundation, can be found at the Manchester Central Library.

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Salvation Army International Heritage Centre @salvarmyarchive.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Reminder that our collaborative funded PhD with @durhamhistory.bsky.social on The Salvation Army's historic HIV/Aids work is still open for expressions of interest until 31 January. www.northernbridge.ac.uk/applyforastu... ('Projects Recruiting for Entry in 2025/2026' and search 'Aids').

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Documenting HIV epidemic: national survey of HIV archives @documenting-hiv-uk.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

#AtoZofHIVArchives starts again on Friday! Each post refers to a subject relating to HIV archives in the UK. If you would like to catch up on the posts for A to J you can the links for the posts on the project's Instagram page below 👇

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A to Z of HIV = @documenting_hiv_uk

See Instagram 'A to Z of HIV' highlights from Chris Olver (@documenting_hiv_uk)

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Salvation Army International Heritage Centre @salvarmyarchive.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Please see the link below for our new funded PhD opportunity on The Salvation Army's historic HIV/Aids work, with @durhamhistory.bsky.social. Expressions of interest by the end of January!

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James Ashe @jamesashestudio.com · 03/12/2024

Cover art for the Somewhere: For Us magazine. Illustrating the story of the UK’s first purpose-built AIDS hospice, Milestone House. Art direction was inspired by the AIDS Quilt movement and represents Milestone House’s own milestones, and progress made in HIV prevention. Case study coming soon.

The artwork is directly inspired by the AIDS quilt movement, each square represents the history of Milestone House. From a red ribbon with ‘#GetToZero’ written underneath it, a fox sleeping underneath leaves in the colours of the Pride flag, a guestbook Princess Diana signed in 1991 for Waverley Care, a statue of two people hugging, the sun under a blue sky, the symbol of Undetectable = Untransmittable, the words Love and Loss, in the centre is Milestone House itself. The illustration has been made to look like an AIDS quilt, each panel is stitched together, and has different shades and textures to make it look tactile.

The illustrated cover of Issue 17 of Somewhere: For Us featuring Milestone House applied to a magazine cover.

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George Severs @georgesevers.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Very exciting fully funded PhD opportunity to work on the history of the Salvation Army's HIV/AIDS work. I think this will open up fascinating new avenues for our understandings of religious HIV/AIDS work and activism in the UK. Full details here. northernbridge.ac.uk/media/sites/...

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🌈 Dr Ross Brooks @rossbrooks.co.uk · 01/12/2024

#WorldAidsDay: HIV history on display in museums www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/art... #LGBTQIA+ 🗃️

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World Aids Day: The HIV history on display in museums - BBC Bitesize

How the social history surrounding the Aids crisis is documented around the world

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Documenting HIV epidemic: national survey of HIV archives @documenting-hiv-uk.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

The World Health Organization designated 1 December 1988 as World Aids Day to further international dialogue about HIV and AIDS and to emphasize the importance of public information and education. #worldaidsday

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Documenting HIV epidemic: national survey of HIV archives @documenting-hiv-uk.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Good morning Blue Sky! This account is for the national survey of HIV & AIDS archives in the UK. The project is based at West Sussex Records Office in Chichester. The project runs from Jan 2023-Feb 2025 and the survey report will be publish early next year. #archives #HIV #AIDS #histmed #archivist

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