AIDS Memory UK

Registered Charity creating The AIDS Memorial in London. Click below to donate

[AIDS Memory UK @AIDSMemoryUK]

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⭕ ⭕ ⭕ ⭕ We are EXTRAORDINARILY excited - and proud - to announce that Anya Gallaccio will create The AIDS Memorial in London.
TOGETHER, we will make this happen.

#HIV #AIDS #London #health #activism #art #today

[FastTrackCitiesLDN @londonftci]

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Protect yourself and your community.
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#HIVTesting #KnowYourStatus

[AIDS Memory UK @AIDSMemoryUK]

On Thursday 19 June, @ashkotak will join a panel on '#Art, #AIDS, and #Activism' at @_TheWhitechapel Gallery, organised by @PositiveEast to accompany a major exhibition of work by the intermedia artist Hamad Butt (1962-1994).

Tickets: https://t.co/77pJ97LRej

[AIDS Memory UK @AIDSMemoryUK]

Edmund White, 1940 - 2025: 'White was diagnosed HIV+ in 1984. “I wasn’t surprised, but I was very gloomy… I kind of pulled the covers over my head and thought: ‘Oh gee, I’ll be dead in a year or two’ … it turned out that I was a slow progressor.”’
https://t.co/MHHHwAWT7g

[AIDS Memory UK @AIDSMemoryUK]

Where did HIV stigma come from, and why does it persist?

For Jonathan Blake, the seeds were sown by a government campaign, with the resulting panic weaponised by reactionary voices.

[Mayor of London's Culture team @LDN_Culture]

"The memorial is going to be a place where people can go and reflect, educate themselves, feel peace, talk to people." - Mzz Kimberley, @AIDSMemoryUK

The HIV and Aids memorial is supported by @MayorofLondon

https://t.co/ENKdgUuA48

[AIDS Memory UK @AIDSMemoryUK]

‘Stop the stigma… because #stigma kills.’
#HIVstigma stops people testing, and so stops them accessing medication and support.
Why, in the age of better medication and U=U, do we allow #misinformation about #HIV to persist?

[AIDS Memory UK @AIDSMemoryUK]

If we are to stop new transmissions of HIV, we will have to first tackle HIV stigma.
We spoke to our founder, Ash, and Mina and Jonathan, members of our Affected Communities Advisory Board, about their experiences.
#hiv #stigma #activism #health #london #aidsmemoryuk

[AIDS Memory UK @AIDSMemoryUK]

Last week’s @LondonAssembly report recognised the role of The AIDS Memorial in London in supporting the Mayor + #London Councils' commitment to reach zero new #HIV infections, zero HIV-related stigma + zero HIV-related deaths by 2030.
⬇️@ashkotak on the need for memorialisation.

[AIDS Memory UK @AIDSMemoryUK]

Great to see so many members of the @LondonAssembly and the AMUK team gathered at the proposed site of the Memorial this morning for the launch of ‘Getting to zero by 2030: HIV in London’.

[London Assembly @LondonAssembly]

Following an investigation into HIV in London, #AssemblyHealth has published its report. It finds that HIV stigma remains a major issue in the capital. Read the full report here: https://t.co/t8wQM4RNrN

[Peter Tatchell @PeterTatchell]

At 30th anniversary of film maker Nigel Finch’s death, @ashkotak's moving account of his lover dying

Also a tribute to many other friends he lost to #AIDS

Finally, Ash offers a powerful justification for The AIDS Memorial in London by #AnyaGallaccio >
https://t.co/UNsz4KLGqR

[Four's Culture Team @FourCultureNews]

In June, @AnyaGallaccio was selected to create The AIDS Memorial in London at a winner event that we worked on with @AIDSMemoryUK. Coverage highlights included: @BBCBreakfast, @BBCNews & @theLDNstandard. The memorial will be in Fitzrovia, taking the form of a felled tree

[London Assembly @LondonAssembly]

Have you listened to part one of the #AssemblyHealth podcast on HIV in London yet? Part two of Chair @KrupeshHirani’s conversation with @AshKotak will be available soon. Don’t miss out! https://t.co/2OjsojLZpG

[GIN UK (LGBTQ+ Indian & South Asian Network) in UK @GINindianUK]

Powerful podcast by @ashkotak speaks about HIV, mental health, being different and coping & navigating as an individual. It also explores HIV stigma and compares it to all the other popular isms and phobias.
@LondonAssembly
@KrupeshHirani
@AIDSMemoryUK

https://t.co/AF9d4l9J3g

[London Assembly @LondonAssembly]

Part two of the #AssemblyHealth podcast, about its investigation into HIV in London, is now available. Listen to Chair @KrupeshHirani interview @aidsmemoryuk founder, @ashkotak, about living with HIV and the stigma people still face: https://t.co/2OjsojLZpG

[AIDS Memory UK @AIDSMemoryUK]

For #WorldAIDSDay2024, our founder @ashkotak spoke to #LondonAssembly Health Chair @KrupeshHirani AM about:

- HIV in London
- The AIDS Memorial in London - a new public artwork by Anya Gallaccio
- The importance of not forgetting London’s 45 year HIV & AIDS narrative

[AIDS Memory UK @AIDSMemoryUK]

#LondonAIDSVigil #AIDSMemoryUK
The AIDS Memorial in London

[AIDS Memory UK @AIDSMemoryUK]

#LondonAIDSVigil today
#WorldAIDSDay2024
#AIDSMemoryUK

[Mayor of London's Culture team @LDN_Culture]

Today is #WorldAIDSDay2024.

By remembering the past, we can confront ongoing ignorance.

London’s new HIV/AIDS memorial led by @AIDSMemoryUK and supported by @MayorofLondon will provide a space for reflection and remembering.

Find out more⬇️

https://t.co/iyFNPyw95M

[Turner Contemporary @TCMargate]

Over 2,000 red gerbera flowers form Anya Gallaccio's iconic artwork 'preserve 'Beauty'', which will gradually decompose over the course of the exhibition. 

♻️ At the end of the exhibition, the flowers will be composted for Turner Contemporary’s staff garden.