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The portraits in this exhibition have been taken by Angus Stewart www.angusstewart.me

The aim of this ‘More to me than HIV’ portrait exhibition is to show the multiple facet sides of those living with HIV. Through these positive, life-affirming portrait's we aim to banish the fear-filled images used in the government's 1980s HIV campaigns and reset the narrative of what it means to be a person living with HIV in modern times.   


The More to Me Than HIV exhibition's main aim is to show the diversity of the HIV community and the many varied passions we bring to the project. 

Through the portraits we show you we are proud to be ourselves, the humanity we share and that HIV is a small fraction of who we are.

 

Now in 2022, five years ago, it was scientifically proven that people living with HIV, on successful treatment, with an undetectable viral load can not pass on HIV to their partners. It has been proven that 

The phrase ‘Undetectable equals Untransmittable’, or U=U for short, has started to permeate the language of people living with HIV, and to eradicate new HIV infections, U=U needs to enter everybody’s common language. We encourage those who are sexually active to have regular sexual health screenings and collectively we can help eradicate HIV by 2030. 


Now we know that HIV can be managed through medication and emotional support we can collectively dismantle dated views of what it means to be a person living with HIV and instead show we are passionate about being our individual selves and say, 'There's more to me than HIV'.

David, Jason and Glenn, meeting the public in the library foyer for World AIDS Day 2021

Mayor Consort Val Cawley, The Mayor Cllr Alan Robbins, Glenn Stevens and David Fray at the lunch of the ‘More to me than HIV’ portrait exhibition.

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