Events tagged with "AIDS lifeline"
Gay, Lesbian and Womens press and publications
Over the years numerous national and local publications have come and gone which are produced by, and aimed at lesbians, gay men, and women (in the context of the Women's Liberation Movement). These have often been an invaluable source of informatio...
Memories tagged with "AIDS lifeline"
AIDS lifeline and AIDSline West Midlands
“I’d moved on from the Gay Centre and was involved at that time with AIDSline West Midlands, in 1988”. He did phone work and buddying, and also started to do some education work. He then got involved in organising the group and then became the Chair ...
HIV Services in Birmingham
"When I came in 1989 in HIV terms there was AIDSline West Midlands and also AIDS lifeline which was run out of Lancaster Street, a central Birmingham Health Authority initiative run by a guy called Rod Griffiths. AIDSline had been going for quite a l...
Misleading AIDS leaflets
The following article from 'In The Pink', April 1989 highlights the anti-gay prejudice and misinformation around HIV/AIDS in the late 1980s, even from statutory bodies such as Birmingham City Council.WARNING : These leaflets may damage your healthTwo...
Simon Brook Obituary
The following obituary appeared in AIDS lifeline Bulletin, November 1992. Simon was only 23 when he died of an AIDS related illness, highlighting the devastating impact the disease was having on the gay community.On Tuesday 27th October staff at the ...