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Reclaim Pride marches through Brighton city centre
Vaccination THT - Chemsex champions Awareness needed Training & HIV Awareness Training
) Reclaim Pride, a queer affinity group, marched through the streets of Brighton last month.
• Module 3: HIV Stigma & Discrimination on Wednesday, September 29. Content: Impact of HIV stigma and discrimination; hear the personal experience of someone living with HIV; case studies.
) HIV/sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) has announced it is hosting free online Chemsex Awareness Training and HIV Awareness Training sessions this month and next. Starting with speeches at The Level, the march travelled through Brighton with those at the front holding a banner reading ‘Queer Existecnce is Resistance’, a slogan which was also chanted during the march. According to organisers, the purpose of Reclaim Pride Brighton was to “take Pride back from corporations, cops and banks. “And fighting for radical queer liberation, as exemplified by our housing, healthcare, home safe chant.” Photos courtesy of Donna Edmead.
Super Sunday cabaret marathon raises £600 for Sussex Beacon ) Legends Brighton, following its glittering Super Sunday cabaret marathon, donated a fantastic £600 to the Sussex Beacon, which is over and above what customers donated, via bucket collections on the day - in excess of £400!
• Optional Extra Module on HIV & Black Communities on Wednesday, October 13. Content: The differences within Black communities from a sexual The Chemsex Awareness Training is a health and HIV perspective; insight i to new one-module training session, which the ways in which Black communities are affected by HIV and sexual health; why do will cover what chemsex is; breakdown healthcare disparities exist and the impact of the different drugs that are used during chemsex; findings from chemsex of stigma in Black communities. survey carried out by THT, Buzzfeed and If you haven’t done the training before, Channel 4; the impact of chemsex on you will need to complete the first three individuals; and guidance around support compulsory two-hour modules that make that can be offered to people involved in up the normal ‘one-day HIV Awareness chemsex. Training’. You are then welcome to add on The training is free, and will be delivered interactively via Zoom on Thursday, September 2 or Thursday, September 16, 10am–1pm. HIV Awareness Training, all sessions 11am–1pm on Zoom: • Module 1: Introduction to HIV on Wednesday, September 15. Content: Current snapshot of HIV in the UK and worldwide; definitions of HIV and terminology; HIV transmission.
CAROLINE FROM LEGENDS (L), BILL PUDDICOMBE FROM SUSSEX BEACON (C), LUKE FROM LEGENDS (R)
• Optional Extra Module on HIV & Ageing on Wednesday, October 6. Content: Specific considerations around ageing and HIV; the impact of diagnosis before medication; personal experiences of over 50s living with HIV.
one or both additional modules that focus on specific issues around HIV & Ageing or HIV & Black Communities. If you have already attended HIV Awareness Training, either online or in person, then you can book to do the extra modules in HIV & Ageing or HIV & Black Communities. All training is free, and delivered interactively via Zoom. It is important that you are able to attend all the modules in the correct order to ensure you get all the information.
• Module 2: HIV Treatment & Prevention on Wednesday, September 22. Content: HIV prevention methods; HIV To sign up to any of these courses, email brightontraining@tht.org.uk treatment overview.
Sussex Beacon said: “It was a blustery old day, but it didn’t stop people from flocking to the event from afar. Thank you again to the superb performers, who kindly continued to mention us throughout the entire event and particular thanks to Luke and Caroline from Legends Brighton, who are pictured with Sussex Beacon chief executive, Bill Puddicombe.” Legends Brighton added: “The venue felt blessed, by our amazing performers - Alfie Ordinary, The Cheeky Girls, Miss Jason, Jamie Heward, Mrs Moore, Miles Elliot, Lola Lasagne, Jennie Castell and Davina Sparkle – and by the stellar Legends team, including our door security and DJs who went above and beyond, more so given one or two operational curveballs. “But the biggest thanks goes to our gorgeous customers whose good-natured understanding, humour, and support made what seemed impossible only a few months ago possible.” D For more information on the Sussex Beacon, visit: www.sussexbeacon.org.uk
Jamie Steele walks 16 miles for THT Higgins Trust (THT) last month, raising £160 at the time of writing. Jamie said: “I am so proud to have raised money for such a incredible charity as THT. They do incredible work. Time to now put my feet up, that’s if I can move them!” ) Jamie Steele, wellbeing officer at University of Suffolk LGBTQ+ Society, his husband Sam, and other members of University of Suffolk LGBTQ+ Society, walked 16 miles for HIV/sexual health charity Terrence
D To see Jamie’s fundraising page, visit: https://tinyurl.com/39ty79ya D For more info on THT, visit: www.tht.org.uk
