I was twelve years old when Bronski Beat’s ‘Smalltown Boy‘ came out in 1984. Having just realised I am gay myself, this was probably one of the most important songs of my life.

Harvey Milk, San Francisco Gay Freedom Parade, 24 June 1978 [AI]

Today is Coming Out Day! :-)

I’m involved in this, pushing (video) buttons behind the scenes! :-)

Coming up next on the livestream: Dr. Katie Bar on HIV cure advances. Join us at www.saveaidsresearch.org now! #medsky #idsky

Liebe Restdemokraten….

Things that make me happy …

As NB.1.8.1 spreads, there’s only one thing spreading faster: misinformation. Here, I run down 5 of the most common errors I see circulating about COVID and encourage people to integrate airborne disease mitigation into their lives holistically. www.thegauntlet.news/p/common-mis...

I mask inside 😷, wear shoes and clothes, use an umbrella when it rains, a hat for the sun, a seatbelt in the car, a helmet on the bike. I understand risk and take measures to minimize it. I use my brain to think. I cherish my health. I protect my family. I'm weird like that.

Still 😷 Die Kirche St. Margaret’s in Vancouver nimmt COVID weiterhin ernst. #COVID stelle nicht nur ein Risiko für gefährdete Personen dar: Jede COVID-Infektion erhöhe das Risiko einer Person, da sie dem Körper still und schleichend Schaden zufüge. www.stmargaretscedarcottage.ca/why-are-we-s...

Ben of Ben & Jerry’s *arrested* after confronting RFK Jr. & Congress: "They need to let food into Gaza. They need to let food to starving kids! Congress is paying to bomb poor kids in Gaza, and paying for it by kicking poor kids off Medicaid in the US!"

As I’m very nicely connecting with the #ME ( #CFS ) #LongCovid world, I thought I’d just let you know: I don’t have any of those illnesses – I am an ally! :-) We do exist! Don’t give up!

Weil ich hier gerade so schön am Vernetzen in die #ME ( #CFS ) #LongCovid Welt bin, dachte ich, ich lass Euch mal wissen: Ich habe keine dieser Erkrankungen selber. Ich bin ein Ally! :-)

For those – with or without children – who might care.

I just came across a really great film on ME/CFS: ‘Doctors as Patients‘. It’s made by my Dutch filmmaker colleague @anilvanderzee.bsky.social, who has been living with ME for 18 years himself.

My story again, this time at @politico.com. Great timing, another day, another grant rejection. My research investigating how #COVID increases Alzheimer's chances is suddenly not relevant to the U.S anymore. Will the last one out please turn off the lights. #BRAINDRAIN #SpeakOut

I’m sooo loving this! :-)))

Es waren nicht die Lockdowns und es sind auch nicht alle faul?! Wie erwartet machen Coronainfektionen anfälliger für Folgekrankheiten und Longcovid. Damit ist klar, dass Kinder, Familien und das Gesundheitswesen massiv belastet werden und wurden. Zahlen alle, monetär und persönlich. Masken schützen

GROSSARTIG! 🙏🏻 #ToomBaumarkt #FckNzs

Advocates, legal experts, and community leaders worked together to repeal Section 79 of Zimbabwe’s Criminal Code, which criminalised HIV. Learn what happened when a new law threatened to reintroduce HIV criminalisation. youtu.be/L8B9s56yR4M?...

A very interesting take on Covid in the context of radiology and gum disease.

Measles is spreading Under vaccinated communities are getting bigger in size and number Like bubbles, as these communities get bigger, they merge - the firewalls breakdown - I’m deeply concerned we are at risk of not hundreds, but epidemics of tens of thousands of cases in US t.co/C3heJrjwic

Here’s some good news: www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...

I second this position.

My latest video documentary is online! :-)

“As a HCW I think it’s incumbent on us to make safe spaces for people ... & we [haven’t] been doing that since mandates were dropped. At one point in 2021, one in 10 people in ICU in the UK was pregnant. Covid hospitalised an astonishing number of people. We know what the science is” 👏

In this webinar, we’ll also see the premiere of my new video documentary on the HIV law reform process in Zimbabwe.

Our ED @edwinjbernard.bsky.social speaking at @ukparliament.parliament.uk event hosted by @appghiv.bsky.social HIV decriminalisation is possible, even in challenging political environments. But it takes: ✅ Community leadership ✅ Parliamentary action ✅ Global coordination ✅ Sustained funding

Please feel free to use this image as your profile picture in the lead up to Long COVID Awareness Day on March 15th.

JD Vance owns AcreTrader, an app that lets wealthy—often foreign—investors buy up U.S. farmland. Guess who’s deliberately tanking farm economies so JD and his billionaire tech buddies can scoop it up for pennies. civileats.com/2024/09/18/j...

Trans people are now forcibly interned in the US by Donald Trump's regime Reports are emerging that US officials are now taking away passports - denying trans people the ability to flee worsening conditions in the country www.thecanary.co/global/world...

‘Positive Destinations’ is all about helping people living with HIV plan their travel or relocation with reliable, up-to-date information on regulations that restrict entry, stay, and residency based on HIV-positive status, as well as access to HIV treatment for non-nationals.

1/6 Fünf Jahre nach Beginn der Corona-Pandemie sind die gesundheitlichen Folgen des SARS-CoV-2-Virus weiter präsent. Kathryn Hoffmann und Eva Untersmayr-Elsenhuber: Problematisch seien Langzeitschäden, auch nach milden Verläufen und Reinfektionen. #COVID #COVID19 www.sn.at/panorama/wis...

🧵1️⃣ Die US-Regierung hat die Finanzierung humanitärer Hilfs- und Gesundheitsprogramme gestoppt. Millionen Menschen droht der Verlust lebensrettender Behandlungen von #HIV, #Tuberkulose, #Malaria und zahlreichen anderen Krankheiten, außerdem der Zugang zu Präventionsmitteln wie #PrEP.

One of the video projects that I produced …

What's happening at #USAID is causing so much damage. The great reporters at @science.org explore some of that damage. www.science.org/content/arti...

Na, DAS ist ja mal ein schwaches Statement! :-( PEPFAR-finanzierte Kliniken in Afrika SIND GESCHLOSSEN! Kein Zugang mehr zu Medikamenten. HIV-Treatment-Unterbrechungen finden bereits statt! „Es bleibt abzuwarten …“ ist da nicht wirklich ein guter Ansatz. www.bmz.de/de/aktuelles...

In 2003, the year in which #Pepfar was launched, I moved to Kenya to head up a Pepfar-funded media project. Here’s why I believe #Trump2025's policies for such projects are killing more than #HIV programmes - and why waivers won't fix the damage already done. bhekisisa.org/opinion/2025...

History repeating. “Many artists, writers and scientists were banned from working and publication. Their works could no longer be found in libraries or in the curricula of schools or universities.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_bo...

This excellent overview summarises the devastatingly cruel impact so far of the new US administration on the lives and livelihoods of millions of people around the world. i-base.info/htb/50142

Kognitive Verzerrung, der Suvivorship Bias „Der Survivorship Bias – die Tendenz, sich nur auf diejenigen zu konzentrieren, die es scheinbar „geschafft“ haben – hat die Art und Weise geprägt, wie wir über Covid-19 sprechen, und er verzerrt die Wahrheit.“ Danke 🙏🏼 @david.notesforfriends.com.

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🧵1️⃣Der Angriff der US-Regierung auf Gesundheitsbehörden geht weiter - die wichtigen National Institutes of Health müssen im laufenden Betrieb eine Vollbremsung hinlegen, wichtige Fortbildungsangebote stoppen, Gremiensitzungen und Reisen zu Konferenzen absagen, es herrscht Einstellungsstopp.

“The alarming rise of excess deaths since the beginning of the pandemic, especially from cardiovascular diseases…means acknowledging that Covid is shortening the lives of all sections of the population, especially those with pre-existing conditions.”

SARS-CoV-2-Reinfektionen erhöhen das Risiko für Long COVID deutlich - auf 30,8 % nach mehreren Infektionen vs. 16,7 % nach einer Infektion „Wir fanden heraus, dass eine erneute Infektion mit SARS-CoV-2, der Schweregrad der Infektion und der Impfstatus bei der Erstinfektion …

Great to see that the NB issue of #HIV-related travel restrictions has found a home @hivjustice.net comprehensive, easy to use and useful resources - and what a great name too #PositiveDestinations @appghiv.bsky.social @positiveeast.bsky.social @positivelyuk.bsky.social www.positivedestinations.info

In kurz: Auch COVID ohne Husten, und mit Impfung, kann zu Verminderung der Gehirnfunktion führen. #whyimstillmasking

“In 2022, a Journal of Voice study revealed that 30% of Broadway singers continued to experience vocal fatigue, reduced range, or chronic inflammation after recovering from COVID-19.” #ProtectTheHeartOfTheArts💕 www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...