Shaun Mellors
@shaunmellors.bsky.social
Social justice, HIV, LGBTQI rights advocate. Living (and ageing) with HIV. Exploring. Inquisitive. Committed. Views are my own 🌈
Lovely article about an incredible human, doctor, activist via @bhekisisa.org "Venter sketches a scenario, in which South Africa’s HIV response is misleadingly characterised as “too expensive”, and dragged down to the lowest common denominator" bhekisisa.org/article/prof...
Professor screw it, let’s do it - Bhekisisa
Francois Venter, a big rock climber, once drank tequila with the PhD-holding virologist rockstar Dexter Holland of The Offspring and, more recently, publicly excoriated both the president and the heal...
bhekisisa.org
July 3, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Lovely article about an incredible human, doctor, activist via @bhekisisa.org "Venter sketches a scenario, in which South Africa’s HIV response is misleadingly characterised as “too expensive”, and dragged down to the lowest common denominator" bhekisisa.org/article/prof...
#SupportDontPunish today, tomorrow, everyday! It it time to leave behind harmful politics, ideology and prejudice and support #PeopleWhoUseDrugs @unaids.org @idpc.net @harmreductionintl.bsky.social @inpud.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
#SupportDontPunish today, tomorrow, everyday! It it time to leave behind harmful politics, ideology and prejudice and support #PeopleWhoUseDrugs @unaids.org @idpc.net @harmreductionintl.bsky.social @inpud.bsky.social
The #FundOurFutures campaign is ending - but the need for funding of #LGBTQ groups remains as strong as ever. The campaign had the ambitious target of raising US$150m in new pledges - how did they do? Register and find out. fundourfutures.globalphilanthropyproject.org/e/d06928d0-4...
fundourfutures.globalphilanthropyproject.org
June 26, 2025 at 9:19 AM
The #FundOurFutures campaign is ending - but the need for funding of #LGBTQ groups remains as strong as ever. The campaign had the ambitious target of raising US$150m in new pledges - how did they do? Register and find out. fundourfutures.globalphilanthropyproject.org/e/d06928d0-4...
As always, Tian Johnson speaks truth to power. "To suggest that South Africa is independently filling the gap left by @PEPFAR is not just disingenuous, it’s deadly". mg.co.za/thought-lead...
Dangerous fantasy: US ambassador Dybul said SA was ready to transition off Pepfar. It wasn’t
Weeks later, thousands of health workers are unemployed, HIV services are collapsing and the government hasn’t filled the gap. This isn’t transition, it’s unraveling in real time
mg.co.za
June 26, 2025 at 8:48 AM
As always, Tian Johnson speaks truth to power. "To suggest that South Africa is independently filling the gap left by @PEPFAR is not just disingenuous, it’s deadly". mg.co.za/thought-lead...
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Have you submitted your selfie to be part of our U=U Community Quilt project? Wherever you are in the world, you can submit your selfie to be part of this large-scale community art project and help us celebrate the powerful message of U=U! Get involved here - www.positiveeast.org.uk/uequalsu/
February 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Have you submitted your selfie to be part of our U=U Community Quilt project? Wherever you are in the world, you can submit your selfie to be part of this large-scale community art project and help us celebrate the powerful message of U=U! Get involved here - www.positiveeast.org.uk/uequalsu/
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RAINBOW MEN is our social and support group for gay and bisexual men living with HIV. This month Rainbow Men joins the 2nd session in our ‘Calling All Men’ a 3 part men's well being workshop series.
Date: Wednesday 19th February
Time: 6-9pm
More info here - www.positiveeast.org.uk/event/rainbo...
Date: Wednesday 19th February
Time: 6-9pm
More info here - www.positiveeast.org.uk/event/rainbo...
February 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
RAINBOW MEN is our social and support group for gay and bisexual men living with HIV. This month Rainbow Men joins the 2nd session in our ‘Calling All Men’ a 3 part men's well being workshop series.
Date: Wednesday 19th February
Time: 6-9pm
More info here - www.positiveeast.org.uk/event/rainbo...
Date: Wednesday 19th February
Time: 6-9pm
More info here - www.positiveeast.org.uk/event/rainbo...
An intensive week with amazing people, coming together in solidarity! Stand up! Fight back! Resist! @iasociety.bsky.social @unaids.org
🌍 Participants of the IAS Heart of Stigma Forum in Nairobi, Kenya, this week have put out a heartfelt statement expressing their solidarity in the face of the #globalhealth crisis.
📝 View the full statement now and please share it in your networks: www.iasociety.org/ias-programm...
📝 View the full statement now and please share it in your networks: www.iasociety.org/ias-programm...
February 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
An intensive week with amazing people, coming together in solidarity! Stand up! Fight back! Resist! @iasociety.bsky.social @unaids.org
Resist! Stand up. Fight back!
February 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Resist! Stand up. Fight back!
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Have you been diagnosed with HIV in the last 3 years? The Living Well with HIV Course is an ideal way for you to learn more about HIV, connect with others, learn more about sex and relationships and discover ways of staying well.
More info - www.positiveeast.org.uk/event/learni...
More info - www.positiveeast.org.uk/event/learni...
January 30, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Have you been diagnosed with HIV in the last 3 years? The Living Well with HIV Course is an ideal way for you to learn more about HIV, connect with others, learn more about sex and relationships and discover ways of staying well.
More info - www.positiveeast.org.uk/event/learni...
More info - www.positiveeast.org.uk/event/learni...
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🌟 Share your treatment experiences & preferences in a paid online survey!
🖥 One-time, ~30-min survey on what matters most to you in choosing treatments.
🛡 Confidential & strictly for research.
📧 Questions? eangus@positivelyuk.org
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🖥 One-time, ~30-min survey on what matters most to you in choosing treatments.
🛡 Confidential & strictly for research.
📧 Questions? eangus@positivelyuk.org
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January 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
🌟 Share your treatment experiences & preferences in a paid online survey!
🖥 One-time, ~30-min survey on what matters most to you in choosing treatments.
🛡 Confidential & strictly for research.
📧 Questions? eangus@positivelyuk.org
qualtricsxml35pkzczp.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
🖥 One-time, ~30-min survey on what matters most to you in choosing treatments.
🛡 Confidential & strictly for research.
📧 Questions? eangus@positivelyuk.org
qualtricsxml35pkzczp.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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The British HIV Association are concerned about the news of the halting of funding to the #PEPFAR programme, upon which 20 million people rely for life-saving medicines.
Find our full statement here: bhiva.org/bhiva-statem...
#HIVsky #IDsky #MedSky
Find our full statement here: bhiva.org/bhiva-statem...
#HIVsky #IDsky #MedSky
BHIVA statement in response to the announcement of the US to halt funding the US President’s Emergency plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
bhiva.org
January 29, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The British HIV Association are concerned about the news of the halting of funding to the #PEPFAR programme, upon which 20 million people rely for life-saving medicines.
Find our full statement here: bhiva.org/bhiva-statem...
#HIVsky #IDsky #MedSky
Find our full statement here: bhiva.org/bhiva-statem...
#HIVsky #IDsky #MedSky
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Help improve sexual and reproductive health in City and Hackney! Find out below if you are eligible to take part and email hccommunity@positiveeast.org.uk to get involved.
January 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Help improve sexual and reproductive health in City and Hackney! Find out below if you are eligible to take part and email hccommunity@positiveeast.org.uk to get involved.
Orange, and his peeps really do seem to be a power unto themselves. Where is the response from the @democraticpartyhq.bsky.social - everyone seems to be silent. Silence = death + destruction + deportations +dictatorship. @nytimes.com
“The level of anticipatory obedience we’re seeing from business, universities and the media is unlike anything I’ve seen in my lifetime”
— @brendannyhan.bsky.social
Gift link
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/u...
— @brendannyhan.bsky.social
Gift link
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/u...
Trump Tests the Boundaries of the Presidency (Gift Article)
Even more than in his first term, President Trump has mounted a fundamental challenge to the norms and expectations of what a president can and should do.
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Orange, and his peeps really do seem to be a power unto themselves. Where is the response from the @democraticpartyhq.bsky.social - everyone seems to be silent. Silence = death + destruction + deportations +dictatorship. @nytimes.com
The wave of #LGBTQ hatred continues, undoubtedly spurred on from the vile & vitriol that comes from Orange's administration. We need to be smarter & more strategic as to how we respond to anti #lgbtq legislation. Solidarity! @rightifyghana.bsky.social @unaids.org
www.chevs.org/blog/rising-...
www.chevs.org/blog/rising-...
Rising Anti-LGBTI+ Legislation in Mali and Nigeria
New anti-LGBTQI+ laws in Mali and Nigeria join a troubling trend of oppressive laws that promote violence, undermine democracy and violates human rights of queer persons in West Africa.
www.chevs.org
January 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The wave of #LGBTQ hatred continues, undoubtedly spurred on from the vile & vitriol that comes from Orange's administration. We need to be smarter & more strategic as to how we respond to anti #lgbtq legislation. Solidarity! @rightifyghana.bsky.social @unaids.org
www.chevs.org/blog/rising-...
www.chevs.org/blog/rising-...
I have donated £1 to the #OneDollarOneWorld campaign to support the @who.int campaign. #UniversalHealthCare matters and many people and countries depend on the WHO. Let’s show what was mobilisation can do in the face of adversity.
whofoundation.donorsupport.co/page/FUNEKRB...
whofoundation.donorsupport.co/page/FUNEKRB...
1 Dollar, 1 World
I have been at WHO for over 10 years. Like my colleagues, I have worked my butt off day and night to fight Covid and work towards universal access to health care. This place frustrates me every day.
whofoundation.donorsupport.co
January 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I have donated £1 to the #OneDollarOneWorld campaign to support the @who.int campaign. #UniversalHealthCare matters and many people and countries depend on the WHO. Let’s show what was mobilisation can do in the face of adversity.
whofoundation.donorsupport.co/page/FUNEKRB...
whofoundation.donorsupport.co/page/FUNEKRB...
New Systematic Review on Interventions to Reduce Self-Stigma/Internal Stigma Among #PeopleLivingWithHIV - published by an amazing group of people. @beyondstigmadoc.bsky.social @unaids.org @appghiv.bsky.social @positiveeast.bsky.social @positivelyuk.bsky.social psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...
APA PsycNet
psycnet.apa.org
January 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
New Systematic Review on Interventions to Reduce Self-Stigma/Internal Stigma Among #PeopleLivingWithHIV - published by an amazing group of people. @beyondstigmadoc.bsky.social @unaids.org @appghiv.bsky.social @positiveeast.bsky.social @positivelyuk.bsky.social psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...
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Undetectable=Untrasmittable means that someone who is living with HIV and adhering to their medication, who has an undetectable viral load, cannot pass HIV on to their sexual partners.
U = U is an amazing achievement and a game-changer in our fight against new HIV transmissions.
U = U is an amazing achievement and a game-changer in our fight against new HIV transmissions.
January 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Undetectable=Untrasmittable means that someone who is living with HIV and adhering to their medication, who has an undetectable viral load, cannot pass HIV on to their sexual partners.
U = U is an amazing achievement and a game-changer in our fight against new HIV transmissions.
U = U is an amazing achievement and a game-changer in our fight against new HIV transmissions.
“In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, transgender children in Democratic, Republican, and independent families — some who fear for their lives.” www.mambaonline.com/2025/01/22/u...
US Bishop Praised for Speaking Truth to Power to Trump
Bishop Mariann Budde is being praised for addressing President Trump’s hypocrisy and heartless policies while he sat in attendance.
www.mambaonline.com
January 22, 2025 at 10:29 AM
“In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, transgender children in Democratic, Republican, and independent families — some who fear for their lives.” www.mambaonline.com/2025/01/22/u...
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Do you have 2 hours to participate in a focus group to improve HIV prevention services for Black Londoners? Find out more information below and contact Dr Renee West to get involved!
January 22, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Do you have 2 hours to participate in a focus group to improve HIV prevention services for Black Londoners? Find out more information below and contact Dr Renee West to get involved!
#Sexworkers and their allies have always been central to the intersectional liberation of women and marginalised people, yet globally, sex worker organisations receive 0.2% of all human rights funding. Sex workers need our support now more than ever! www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/its-fre...
It's freezing out here! The ‘frozen crisis’ in funding for sex worker-led movements - Alliance magazine
It’s no surprise that sex workers continue to face societal oppression. Throughout history, demands for women’s sexual agency and erotic autonomy have acutely threatened mainstream ideals of femininit...
www.alliancemagazine.org
January 22, 2025 at 9:41 AM
#Sexworkers and their allies have always been central to the intersectional liberation of women and marginalised people, yet globally, sex worker organisations receive 0.2% of all human rights funding. Sex workers need our support now more than ever! www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/its-fre...
“They (Executive Orders) will be glorified press releases designed to create confusion and chaos.” And hurt, and hatred. Sending positive energy and courage to all my #TransFamily, friends and colleagues. Your fight is our fight! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump declares war on transgender people
"We are not going anywhere, and we will fight back against these harmful provisions with everything we’ve got."
www.motherjones.com
January 21, 2025 at 7:11 AM
“They (Executive Orders) will be glorified press releases designed to create confusion and chaos.” And hurt, and hatred. Sending positive energy and courage to all my #TransFamily, friends and colleagues. Your fight is our fight! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Our peer support services exist to allow people to share their strategies for living well with HIV. We offer a wide range of peer support, where people with lived experience of life with HIV can support, guide, or advocate for you. More information here: www.positiveeast.org.uk/our-services...
January 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Our peer support services exist to allow people to share their strategies for living well with HIV. We offer a wide range of peer support, where people with lived experience of life with HIV can support, guide, or advocate for you. More information here: www.positiveeast.org.uk/our-services...