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Tristan J Barber
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HIV/GUM doc @ICDCRoyalFree | Hon Assoc Prof @UCLGlobalHealth | Chair @BritishHIVAssoc | Immediate Past Chair @EACSociety YING | he/them | 🏳️‍🌈 🇪🇺 🏳️‍⚧️
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looks like an amazing book!

www.routledge.com/HIV-Protagon...
HIV Protagonists: The Untold Stories of People Who Made a Difference
This moving book examines the HIV epidemic in the UK through the lives of a range of individuals who worked tirelessly, but often quietly, to make a difference to those living and dying with HIV. From...
www.routledge.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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bashhuk.bsky.social
📅 Mark your diaries!

BASHH’s 2026 events programme is live. As the UK’s leading provider of general and specialist postgraduate education in STI management and care, there’s something for every healthcare professional.

Explore the full events programme ➡️ bit.ly/3J9wlEe
BASHH Meetings and Events 2026 (Calendar asset with BASHH UK logos)
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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iasociety.bsky.social
🌐 "Now is the time to rethink, rebuild, & rise"

Read this new #WorldAIDSDay viewpoint in the Journal of the International AIDS Society by Beatriz Grinsztejn, Kenneth Ngure & other experts calling for stronger, coordinated global advocacy to protect progress in the HIV response. #RethinkRebuildRise
<em>Journal of the International AIDS Society</em> | IAS HIV Research Journal | Wiley Online Library
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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hiv-i-base.bsky.social
Anti-vaccine propaganda that says #vaccines may cause #autism added to US #CDC website:

i-base.info/htb/52735

#RFK Jr. must be challenged on this further attack on #science and #PublicHealth.

#HHS #ResearchSky #IDsky #HIVsky #AutisticSky @savehealthresearch.bsky.social @altcdc.altgov.info
Colourful i-Base graphic. The main text reads: RFK changes CDC vaccine webpage without informing CDC staff. At the top is i-Base’s website address: I hyphen base dot info. At the bottom it says, subscribe by email. A smaller, tilted square graphic on the right, reads: HTB news. 2025. HIV treatment, prevention, access, and more. The colours used in the image are two shades of red, green, bright yellow-green, light blue, orange, light green, dark blue, teal, mustard, and white.
November 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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iasociety.bsky.social
🌎 Ahead of #WorldAIDSDay, IAS Governing Council member @cla-cor.bsky.social shares what Rethink. Rebuild. Rise. means to her—and how it can guide a more resilient #HIV response.

🗣️ Share your own message with #RethinkRebuildRise:

zurl.co/v5rfT
IAS Governing Council voices for World AIDS Day: Claudia Cortes
IAS Governing Council member Claudia Cortes shares her World AIDS Day message, reflecting on what the theme, Rethink. Rebuild. Rise., means to her and how it...
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November 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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philipcbaldwin.bsky.social Philip Baldwin @philipcbaldwin.bsky.social · 1d
Tune in to Soho Radio on Monday, 1 December at 8 am (GMT) where Clare Lynch and I will be co-hosting the World AIDS Day Show.

Our guests are Tristan Barber, Angelina Nambia, Juno Roche, Silvia Petretti and Adam Williams!

@tristanjbarber.bsky.social

#WorldAIDSDay
November 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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boghuma.bsky.social
Today I and everyday I am:
Grateful for Vaccines
Grateful for Science
Grateful for Public Health Workers
Grateful for Doctors
Grateful for Nurses
Grateful for Scientists
Grateful for everyone whose job has been a little harder to do especially this year, yet who keep showing up.
#Thanksgiving
November 28, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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philipcbaldwin.bsky.social
“Behind every data point in this report are people – babies and children missed for HIV screening or early HIV diagnosis, young women cut off from prevention support, and communities suddenly left without services and care.” – Winnie Byanyima

#HIV

www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/h...
HIV prevention sees the worst setback in decades, UN report warns
A UN report has warned that a significant setback in HIV prevention funding could cause new cases to skyrocket.
www.thepinknews.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
tristanjbarber.bsky.social
essential reading this #WorldAIDSDay

www.unaids.org/en/UNAIDS-WA...

'Overcoming disruption, Transforming the AIDS response'

@unaids.org
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UNAIDS World AIDS Day report 2025 | UNAIDS
www.unaids.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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boghuma.bsky.social
The 2025 UNAIDS report is out and it is a stark reminder that the HIV epidemic is not over. After a decade of progress, the global HIV response was shaken this year by abrupt, deep cuts in international funding. Clinics closed. Community programmes collapsed.
www.unaids.org/en/resources...
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
tristanjbarber.bsky.social
still missed. And this anniversary reminds me that it is 34 years since my first medical school interview. Still fighting HIV, still fighting stigma, still fighting injustice, still fighting poverty, still fighting discrimination. #WeWontStop #WorldAIDSDay2025

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vauxhalltavern.bsky.social Royal Vauxhall Tavern @vauxhalltavern.bsky.social · 4d
Never forgotten.

RVT punter and music legend; Freddie Mercury died on this day in 1991.
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Hepatitis B reactivation following switch away from tenofovir-containing anti-retroviral therapy in people living with HIV: A case series and lessons for practice

✅ Just Accepted
🔗 https://bit.ly/4pmCEDJ
November 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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alicemydaughter.bsky.social
402 signatures, over 100 a day.

My goal of 500 by Monday is within our sights.

Are you a supportive mum, dad, aunt, uncle, sibling, grandparent, extended family member, friend, neighbour, work colleague of a trans person?

Take a look at the Transparent Pledge and help Transparent Action grow.
alicemydaughter.bsky.social Caroline Litman @alicemydaughter.bsky.social · 8d
I’m so proud to be part of this initiative.

Parents have set it up BUT we welcome ALL OF YOU to sign our Transparent Pledge in support of trans+ people.

actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...

You can sign anonymously if you need to.

Let’s get to 500 signatures by Monday.

Share. Share. Share.
November 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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alicemydaughter.bsky.social
@rcpsych.bsky.social

Can you please explain…

With gender incongruence defined as NOT a psychiatric condition and mental health distress NOT a requirement for diagnosis…

why are your members taking on the assessment of trans kids and asking them this ⬇️

Read the comments. Learn something. STOP.
hleehurley.com Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 7d
Cis people, how many times have you been asked to describe how you masturbate, and what you think about when you do, to access healthcare on the NHS?
November 23, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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From winning police apologies for past LGBT+ witch-hunts to fighting global injustice — the PTF never stops.

Join Friends of the Foundation to keep the work going. £6 a month = real change.
💖 https://www.petertatchellfoundation.org/donate-monthly-to-the-ptf/
November 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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The NHS would literally collapse if this mindless anti-migrant bashing continues.

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Up to 50,000 nurses could quit UK over immigration plans, survey suggests
Exclusive: union leaders say proposed changes are immoral and could threaten patient safety if there is staff exodus
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
tristanjbarber.bsky.social
best of luck to ALL runners and participants in this year's @positiveeast.bsky.social #RedRun

www.redrun.org.uk

👏👍🏃‍♂️❤️
The World AIDS Day RED RUN in London
The World AIDS Day RED RUN. A 5/10k charity fun run and walk in support of HIV charities across the UK.
www.redrun.org.uk
November 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Trans Day of Remembrance 2025 arrives with devastating new data: 281 trans people were murdered in the past year

Each life taken is a reminder that the fight for safety, dignity & justice is far from over

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/20/trans-day-of-remembrance-281-trans-people-murdered/
TDOR 2025: New data reveals 281 trans people were murdered in the past year
At least 281 trans people have been killed this year according to a new report from TGEU, who suggests the number is likely higher.
www.thepinknews.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:12 AM
tristanjbarber.bsky.social
(1/2) a moving Transgender Day of Remembrance yesterday 🏳️‍⚧️, and the HoC Women and Equalities Committee recognised there has been an alarming increase in new HIV diagnoses among women and black and Asian communities which must be tackled in government’s new HIV action plan

www.bmj.com/content/391/...
“Alarming” rise in HIV in women: MPs call for urgent expansion of testing
Ministers must expand HIV testing to settings such as general practices, abortion clinics, women’s health hubs, cervical screening centres, and sexual health clinics, MPs have said. The House of Comm...
www.bmj.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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our @bhiva.bsky.social Autumn Conference is coming up!

bhiva.org/event/autumn...

But also, Spring is just around the corner! And it's a joint meeting with BHIVA and @bashhuk.bsky.social 🤩

Save the dates - 27-29th April 2026

Abstract submission open until 19th January

bhiva.org/event/bhiva-...
6th Joint Conference of BHIVA with BASHH
bhiva.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:28 AM
tristanjbarber.bsky.social
(1/5) working closely with communities affected by and at risk of HIV is important in the HIV response, but at the core is centring the experiences of our diverse community of people living with HIV. Progress in HIV has been driven by community activism, making inclusion of people with HIV essential
Who We Are
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November 18, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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youtu.be/WsqPlvCDIdQ

Check out one of the campaigns I was a part in THIS IS ME Showing the lived realities of the trans community drug abuse and so much….. @tyiuganda.bsky.social
@untf.bsky.social
@transjournalists.org
@ilgaeurope.bsky.social @transactualuk.bsky.social
@whatthetrans.com
THIS IS ME | Trans Awareness Week 2025 Uganda
YouTube video by Uganda National Trans Forum UNTF
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November 17, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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bashhuk.bsky.social
Abstract submissions are now open for the joint BHIVA × BASHH Conference 2026! 🧠

Share your HIV or sexual health research for consideration as an oral or poster presentation at this leading event.

Submit your abstract here ➡️ bit.ly/3KVsIT0 @bhiva.bsky.social
BASHH X BHIVA Submit your abstract for the joint BASHH & BHIVA conference 2026! Deadline: 19th January
November 17, 2025 at 10:01 AM
tristanjbarber.bsky.social
If you are in a position to help Abel I know anything at all would be gratefully received, and please do share this link:

www.gofundme.com/f/abel-has-a...

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Donate to Abel has achieved refugee status, and needs to get to Canada, organized by Philippe Cahill
Hi, my name is Abel. I am writing this from a refugee camp in… Philippe Cahill needs your support for Abel has achieved refugee status, and needs to get to Canada
www.gofundme.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:58 AM