Iโve lived with HIV for 20 years & I thought I knew everything there was to know about HIVโฆ I was wrong.
Join me on
@Channel4
Digital as I try to find out if HIV bug-chasing is urban myth, online fantasy, or if itโs actually happening in real life.
Volunteers are not โworking peopleโ
Why is the multi million pound Wimbledon not paying their staff?
Get angry about the that, not people trying to stop our planet falling into the abyss.
As always, Just Stop Oilโs actions have done nothing to further their cause, and instead has meant volunteers working at Wimbledon have to spend hours cleaning up after them.
Rarely have campaigns shown such lack of decency and compassion to working people.
Diagnosed 2003 aged 16.
Twenty yearโs (TWENTY YEARS POSITIVE!!!) later with a few stories to tell and few scars (physically and emotionally).
But today Iโm fitter, happier and healthier than ever โค๏ธ
Fight
#HIV
shame and stigma! ActUp! fight back!
#aDayWithHIV
@danielslaterr
๐๐๐ A classic comedy trope. Do something thatโs funny, keep doing it until itโs not funny anymore, then keep doing it until it becomes funny again.
@ChadThomasUK
Around 1.6 billion households have a tv. Even if EVERY tv was switched on and had two people watching (which is unlikely) this still would only be 3.2 billion people.
Your figures donโt add up. And the bbc never said it.
This needs calling out.
The guidance says call people mother and father if they wish, but be mindful some people might not use these terms.
Total non-story aimed at inflaming hate and division. Do better.
'This is outrageous!'
Oxfam has instructed its staff to use 'parent' instead of 'mother' and 'father' in a new guide.
Oxfam's inclusivity guide also calls English the 'language of a colonising nation'.
"We've seen videos where they dressed in thongs and they're twerking in front of small children."
There's a growing backlash against Drag Queen Story Hour, where a drag queen reads to a group of kids.
Channel 4 News filmed at one reading to show you what took place there.
#NormalizingHIVChallenge
Name: Nathaniel
Age: 33
Home: UK
Occupation: Theatre-Maker, HIV Activist
Children: Two dogs
Married: In a relationship
HIV status: Positive 17 years
ARVs: Yes and undetectable
Check out my stigma smashing show:
We do not pay the police to "wave flags at parades, to dance with drag queens or to campaign"
Home Secretary Suella Braverman responds to question from fellow Conservative MP Nicholas Fletcher
The one on the left is a disabled toilet and so is for all genders. The one on the right has urinals in so is for men (women can give it a go if they like). And the womenโs loo is across the room.
But donโt let facts get in the way.
Came out as HIV+ to my family after 15 years of silence, wrote a show about it, awarded 53 stars and 2 awards for the show, told my story to millions on tv/radio/internet, booked a tour of show for 2020, landed a role in a Channel 4 TV drama... bought 2 gorge new shirts.
@harryjonesxx
This is a THING. Professional Vinted traders will never pay the full amount. They grind you down over 50p and when you crack, ask for another 25p off.
@GMB
But they donโt say that. They say refer to people as father and mother if they do so themselves. And be mindful some people may not.
Itโs a non-story aimed to inflame. Do better.
The new Arts Council Project Grants bid model is unsustainable and exclusionary.
Here's my b***h about it...
(inc. 10 things I've learnt from completing the new format).
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@CoolRiderr
Hey Tim, lots of people enjoy the word queer, especially in the U.K. where it has been reclaimed as an act of defiance. Thereโs lots of ways to refer to our rainbow family, all are valid ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
Happy Publication Day to First Time by
@nathanieljhall
! ๐ฅณ๐พ
This hilarious and heartbreaking true story smashes through the stigma and shame of HIV, to present an uplifting and inspirational guide to staying positive in a negative world.
Get your copy:
Paloma Faith called Rishi Sunak a c**t on social media after he announced that migrants coming are boats are going to be effectively treated as criminals, and you know what? We thank her for her service.
hi :) this is a great video by
@aidsmap
explaining what U=U means- today a person living with HIV on effective treatment cannot sexually transmit HIV on to others. AND the vid is narrated by
@NathanielJHall
(aka hunky Donald Bassett!) ๐
#UequalsU
She once said gay men are disgusting and probably have AIDS.
She has never been and never will be an ally.
The quicker she fades into insignificance the better.
Not the only kid from Stockport at the
@PinkNews
awards in Westminster tonight (can smell Liz Trussโ blood from here).
Me and
@OwenJones84
worked in a gay bar on canal street too many years ago. Reunited at last! โค๏ธ
Recent research by
@YouGov
and
@THTorguk
found that only 30% of people are comfortable dating someone living with HIV.
Hereโs what youโre missingโฆ
@TheLastLeg
Jauntily singing graphic descriptions of violence against queer people is not the hot take you think it is. Allyship is welcome, but this is so far off the mark itโs untrue. Especially in the light of the Club Q shooting in America.
@Watch_n_Wait
Because the coronation was a few weeks ago. Because not everyone supports the monarchy. Because the road is private and they can do what they like.
2 gay men stabbed outside a gay bar in london. A woman (ally) shot in America over a pride flag.
Bigoted rhetoric has consequences.
Think before you open your mouth to say something hateful.
This is Lauri Carleton.
Or rather, was.
She flew a pride flag at her shop in Cedar Glen, California.
And on Friday, someone shot her in the head for it.
1/3
Six trans and nonbinary young people sat down with Daniel Radcliffe in a candid and heartfelt conversation about their journeys and what genuine allyship looks like.
๐ฅThe first episode of
#SharingSpace
premieres on YouTube tomorrow at 12 PM ET. โก๏ธ
@benjaminbutter
Pull the other one Ben ๐๐ซ
Weโve had a new PM, a new government and a new head of state all in one week and not one of them was elected democratically.
So today they announced it is illegal to have sex with someone from another household.
And today was the day my new bottle of silicone lube arrived in the post.
Think thatโs what Alanis would call ironic.
Paul OโGrady takes on the โAusterity Budgetโ live on TV in 2010โฆ
โWe should let them know that we are not taking these draconian cuts lightlyโ.
This morning I went to my local swimming baths and everyone shared the same changing area and showers and was respectful and polite and said friendly hellos and the world still turned.
There IS NO issue with shared changing spaces or toilets. Itโs MANUFACTURED fear-mongering.
We are over the moon to win the first ever
#VenuesNorth
award for
#FirstTimeTour
by
@nathanieljhall
The standard of shortlisted shows was so high and we so honoured to win. Thank you to
@WatersideArts
for the amazing support you have given. Congrats to all our team. โค๏ธ
The coronation is reported to have cost circa ยฃ100 million.
An incremental rise in transphobia is now emboldening this kind of โacceptedโ homophobia in the press.
But their hate will NEVER win.
๐ณ๏ธโ๐Taxpayers footed a bill of more than ยฃ500,000 during Pride month across the public sector which included a drag story time event, rainbow flags and T-shirts.
Read the full article here:
Feeling seriously proud of my hometown ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
With visibility like this, the kids will definitely be alright โค๏ธ
@StockportPride
โThereโs this great liberation when you understand that you canโt pass HIV on to your sexual partners. Thereโs no need to be afraid anymore.โ
Unashamedly
#HIV
.
Delighted to share the good news that
#UequalsU
.
Video by
@MSDintheUK
.
HIV undetectable and proud.
Thank you to my beautiful friend
@CheddarGorgeous
for continuing to be such a wonderful ally and ambassador for people living with HIV and HIV prevention โค๏ธ
The top two biggest ways you can reduce your impact on the planet are:
1. Donโt have children
2. Remove meat and dairy from your diet
So basically: be gay, eat plants โ๐ผ
Didn't make it into the BBC Writers Room, but my script was long listed and was in the top 3% of over 4k scripts.
I'll celebrate that as a win. Beaming :)
@mufseen
Climate change is a queer issue though. There is no pride on a dead planet. And a destabilised climate means a destabilised political system and society which Will disproportionately affect queer people and other minorities. Our pride means nothing if it isnโt intersectional.
27% of adults in the U.K. would not want anymore covid vaccination (Source: BBC Unvaccinated).
Iโm baffled how weโve got to this state of affairs with such low trust of science.
As a person living with HIV, scientists have kept me alive for 19 years! Iโm betting on them!