• HIV and AIDS in Scotland in 2014

  25/11/2014

  Check this video:
  

  marion chatterley #1.movie from Kelvin Holdsworth on Vimeo.

  It is World AIDS Day next week. To mark that date this year, I’ve recorded a number of conversations with Marion Chatterley in connection with her work as Chaplain to people with HIV and Hep C in Scotland.

  Here are some of the things that Marion and I touched on this conversation:

  • Does it matter if you become HIV+ when they’ve got medicines that can keep it under control?
  • What stigma means in Scotland today
  • How young gay men are putting themselves at unnecessary risk
  • Dating apps
  • Why the church needs to talk about healthy relationships

  There will be more later in the week. Comments and questions welcome below.

  AIDS, Church of Scotland, HIV, Scotland, stigma, World AIDS Day, young gay men

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