WORLD AIDS DAY 2011

The facts speak for themselves
 

91,500 people living in the UK with HIV

3,000 gay men were diagnosed with HIV last year

1 in 20 gay men are now infected with HIV in the UK

1 in 11 gay men infected with HIV in London

Only 1 person is responsible for your health – YOU

Get tested! Know your status! Protect your health and that of others! AND USE A CONDOM!

 

BE PART OF G-A-Y HISTORY!

2 minutes of your time + knowing your status = £10 for charity 

G-A-Y and 56 Dean Street have teamed up to set a Guinness World Record for administering the most HIV tests in 8-hours at G-A-Y Bar in Old Compton Street in Soho, on World AIDS Day on 1st December 2011. How can you be part of gay history and also help to raise thousands of £££ for charity? Simple…

  • Have a HIV test at G-A-Y Bar on World AIDS Day 1st December, from 2-10pm.
  • Leading Soho clinic 56 Dean Street staff will be providing discrete testing and expert support services at one of the nine HIV testing stations throughout the venue.
  • To get tested, you can simply turn up on the day, however, to help things progress quicker, fill out a form in advance – available from G-A-Y Bar and also printed on page 8.
  • For every person tested, G-A-Y will donate £10 to the Elton John AIDS Foundation!

 

 

SWISH WHAT YOUR MOMMA GAVE YA!

AIDS Swish, Junction of Moor Street/Old Compton Street (near Ed’s Diner), Soho

Thursday 1st December, 6pm

What are YOU doing on World AIDS Day? Fancy sashaying down Old Compton Street with London’s most outrageous scenesters in a parade of colour and character with the intention of celebrating life, as well as remembering those we have lost to AIDS?

With Soho going ‘RED’ for the day to raise awareness of the increasing rates of HIV in our community, Stewart Who? has organised the AIDS Swish, a street carnival of remembrance, pride and community. The Swish also signals the start of all the events occurring in the bars for Soho Red Thursday. The idea is simple; as a community, we dress up like we mean to party, then SWISH down Old Compton Street in acknowledgement that we enjoy and respect life.

The AIDS Swish is an affirmation – we’re here and we care, not just about ourselves, but each other. It is also being staged to help raise awareness for the allocation of a permanent AIDS memorial in London.

 

Here’s how to SWISH:

  • The Swish starts at 6pm at the junction of Moor Street and Old Compton Street (Ed’s Diner)
  • Turn up on time! Dress as you like – in full drag or your regular day or night wear, just be there! Bring glow ticks, feather boas or flags if you fancy!
  • The parade then makes its way down Old Compton Street with a post-Swish finish at Lo-Profile, where there’ll be a surprise performance, a keynote speaker and a celebratory drink.
  • At 8pm, to signify the completion of The Swish, all the bars in Soho will play Gloria Gaynor’s ‘I Will Survive’.
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