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HIV positive performance artist Ron Athey and co-star Dominic
Johnson explore self-obliteration, inner pigginess, and mystical
grandiosity in an experimental live art performance. Clearly this won’t
be for the squeamish, as they often use his body as a canvas for cutting,
piercing and mutilation - drawing on his childhood and HIV status as inspiration
for his jaw-dropping and often controversial shows. This one, GET
IN AT THE START, forms part of the SACRED season
at London’s Chelsea Theatre, King’s Road. See this work in progress
and ask the performers questions at the Q&A session afterwards. 7-10 November,
8pm.
£12-£15 (£8-£12 concs) 020 7352 1967 www.chelseatheatre.org.uk
Is
that bend in your penis normal? How do you deal with coming out? Can you have
a relationship when you’re HIV positive? And what is sex addiction?
All these questions and more are expertly answered in GAY SEX, GAY
HEALTH by Dr Alex Vass. The doc tackles difficult issues like sex,
relationships, sexual problems and recreational drug use in a frank and open
way that’s easy to understand. His informed but informal style means
it’s really like getting the low-down from a clever mate - without the
embarrassment of having to ask.
Photographic artist Wolfgang Tilmans has teamed up with HIV
i-base and the South African Treatment Action Campaign
to produce a glossy report: Why We Must Provide HIV Treatment Information.
Launching on World Aids Day, the report features 50 empowering images of global
treatment advocates from 25 countries.
These activisits took part in a special treatment literacy meeting in Cape
Town looking at new ways of providing treatment information.
The book is being sold to fund i-base’s international advocacy project.
£10, plus £2.50 p&p. 020 7407 8488
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RED BALLS
Voted the best gay and lesbian pub in the whole of Wales this year, the Three
Crowns in Bangor is a great boozer, popular with locals and students alike.
On 1 December, it will host a WORLD AIDS DAY BALL with all
proceeds going to local HIV charity MESMAC NORTH WALES. Get
rummaging in those closets, as all guys and gals are required to dress to
impress in a red gown. Expect a night of fun, games and cheap drinks, with
stripper and raffle.
6.30pm-1am • www.mesmac.com
CHILDREN WITH AIDS CHARITY (CWAC) is marking World Aids Day by supporting
the DAGORETTI INTERVENTION FEEDING PROGRAMME in Nairobi,
Kenya. Around 150,000 children are reported to be living with HIV in Kenya,
while there are more than a million Aids orphans. CWAC’s new initiative,
‘Take A Village Out to Dinner’, aims to feed vulnerable children
through sales of special beaded Red Ribbon badges, through donations, and
various sponsored events before and around World Aids Day. A £36 donation
is enough to take an entire village out to dinner, providing enough food to
feed between 50 and 100 children!
Lend your support at www.cwac.org
Maxi Jazz of Faithless will be among the DJ attractions
heating up the dance floor at Positive Parenting and Children’s WAD
night at Babalou, 27 November, in Brixton. Highlights include kids performances
and a set from DJ Soothe Sayers and a member of The Specials are also confirmed.
7pm-1am Babalou, The Crypt, St Matthews Church, Brixton Hill SW2.
£25 including finger buffet and a drink. Contact Nathalie Carter or
Marsha Hayles: office@ppclondon.org.uk • 020 7738 7333
If you have a website or blog why not show your support for World Aids Day
by wearing the VIRTUAL RED RIBBON on your homepage. The aim
is to get 7,000 wearing a Red Ribbon ‘online’ by 1 December. Having
the Virtual Red Ribbon on your site will allow visitors to click on a link
directing them to a site full of ideas on how to support World Aids Day. Visit
www.worldaidsday.org
for details and full, up-to-date WAD listings.
Want
to get physical but your income won’t stretch to gym membership? Leisure
centres across London managed by Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL)
offer great deals for people on benefits - especially those on DLA or Incapacity
Benefit.
Camden residents can pay just £5.50 a year (or £22 if you live
outside the borough) you can get free use of gyms, swimming pools and fitness
classes at GLL’s four centres in the borough and discounted rates on
other activities. Full membership is normally up to £540. Check out
GLL deals in other areas around London.
www.gll.org
Hard
rock, hip-hop, trip-hop, R‘n’B, folk, soul and rock‘n’roll
sounds are used alongside text and visuals in GOD IS A DJ,
a cool new production by playwright Oladipo Agboluaje. Fusing music, text,
visuals and movement, the show looks at how politicians play ‘DJ’
day after day by putting their own spin on the facts. This musical spectacular
features input from artists from Nigeria, the US and the UK, and is at London’s
Oval House Theatre, Kennington, 29 November till 2 December.
www.ovalhouse.com
We
are well versed in the poor human rights records of many countries when it
comes to HIV and Aids. But it is rare for us to turn the spotlight on our
own government’s human rights record in this area. The All-Party Parliamentary
Group on Aids is preparing to do just that with a human rights audit measuring
how far the government’s domestic practice and policies on Aids comply
with international law. A similar audit five years ago exposed major failure
by the UK government to assess the impact of its laws and policies on people
living with or affected by HIV. This influential committee wants to hear from
NGOs and individuals before November 15 with a view to starting parliamentary
hearings in the New Year.
Visit www.appg-aids.org.uk
to contribute or email breskya@parliament.uk for copies of the 2001 audit.
As
this year’s GLASGAY arts festival draws to a close,
one event not to miss is the BIG NOISE CEILIDH at St Andrew’s
in the Square on 10 November. It’s a fun, queer and decidedly alternative
punk dance night featuring live musicians and Celtic and Latin-American rhythms.
Sheboom, Europe’s largest women’s drumming ensemble and the fabulous
Oompah Ceildih Band, provide the music, and the event is staged in support
of HIV support and service provider PHACE SCOTLAND.
7.30pm till late • £15 www.glasgay.com
Facial
lipoatrophy (fat loss) is a distressing side effect of HIV and some meds.
When lipo strikes, people often turn to face fillers for help and PN has covered
this subject extensively the past. But now there is a relatively new kid on
the block - Radiesse (Bioform) - a non- surgical procedure that rebuilds facial
contours. It is an injectable, biodegradeable implant made of calcium hydroxylapatite
microspheres suspended in a gel.
When injected into the skin with a fine needle, the particles form a ‘scaffold’
or ‘lattice’ in which soft collagen type tissue can grow to create
volume and that can last up to two years.
Bio-Alcamid, a gel largely made up of water, is also used medically for facial
lipo and has a longer life of five years. A single treatment with Radiesse
will set you back £1,500 to £3,000 depending on clients’
needs. Face Shapers is one of the main clinics for these procedures in the
UK, with outlets in London and Manchester.
www.face-shapers.com
• 08704423033
When Adam plucked the apple from the tree of knowledge it became a symbol
of temptation, and sometimes a little temptation is no bad thing. With that
in mind, and Christmas on the way, here are two succulent scents that are
hard to resist.
Nina by Nina Ricci is the long-awaited new fragrance from this well
respected perfume house; a fresh floral fragrance combining fruity lemon and
lime with the musky aromas of applewood and white cedar. Sexy and graceful.
Eau de toilette 50ml • £27.50 • 020 7499 4420
Red Delicious men by DKNY is packed with dark spicy aromas like bergamot
and mandarin to get heads turning. Eau de toilette 50ml • £30
• 0870 034 2566
Ethiopians and Eritreans living with HIV in the UK can now get confidential
peer support, HIV advice and translation services at Positive Habesha.
The group, which meets at UKC, 250 Kennington Lane, London, is run by and
for HIV positive Ethiopians and Eritreans. Positive Habesha Support meets
on the first and last Fridays of each month.
Contact Sisay Michael or Edith Kaggwa on 020 7564 2180.
EROTICA
We’ve come over all rubbery again and with five pairs of tickets to
the adult fun lifestyle show EROTICA 06 to give away it is
hardly surprising. Our friends at PIG LONDON are also offering
readers the chance to win a zip- fronted sleeveless T-shirt (£45) which
comes in a range of colours and sizes
Erotica 06 is at Olympia, Earls Court, London, and runs 17-19 November.
To win the first prize T-shirt and tickets answer the following question and
return to: PN Reader Offer, Positive Nation, 250 Kennington, Lane
London, SE11 5RD by November 13. Four runners-up will also win a
pair of Erotica tickets.
www.erotica-uk.com
• 08707 369 069
www.piglondon.co.uk
DIARYNOVEMBER
02 LONDON Westminster HIV Service User Forum, for HIV positive
people living or using services in Westminster. 6-8pm. Refreshments. csturdy@vawcvs.org
• 020 7535 0485
17-19 MANCHESTER George House Trust holds a positive gay
men’s away weekend for a small group of service users to spend time
together. Free, including travel and accommodation. colin@ght.org.uk •
0161 274 4499
21 LEICESTER HIV: sharing secrets and confronting prejudice.
Café Equitable hosts a discussion evening at LCB Depot, Rutland Street.
7.30pm
23 COLCHESTER WAD dance and drama inspired by HIV themes,
by local schools and community groups. Mercury Theatre, 7.30pm. £32.50
• 01206 573 948
24 MANCHESTER Red and Wild: ten days and nights of events
in Manchester’s gay village fundraising for LGBT causes. 0161 2358012
• www.operationfundraiser.com
26 LONDON LEAT WAD Service, Southwark Cathedral, 6.30pm.
020 7793 0338 • 07734 355 611
26 NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE WAD Service at Metropolitan Community
Church. All welcome.
26 BATH WAD service at United Reformed Church Halls, Grove
Street.
27 BIRMINGHAM WAD art exhibition at Birmingham Cathedral,
Colmore Row. Free • 9-5pm
27 LONDON Can HIV drugs prevent HIV infection? NAM’s
Information Forum with Dr Mike Youle. University of London Union. Free •
020 7840 0050 • www.aidsmap.com
28 LONDON Sigma Research seminar for faith leaders and clergy
on the impact of faith communities and HIV stigma. mail@caralife.com •
020 7745 7257
30 EDINBURGH WAD Snatch at Liquid Room with DJ Babes. Proceeds
to Waverley Care. 10.30pm-3.30am
30 BATH WAD vigil and procession, Holy Trinity Church. A
vigil of remembrance followed by a presentation and street procession with
torches and samba band.
30 COLCHESTER WAD Candlelight Vigil, Friends Meeting House,
Church Street, 7pm.
30 LONDON Lighthouse West host the ‘Aids Quilt
Songbook’, a performance of 1980s American songs inspired by
the HIV. Proceeds to THT. 020 7812 1721
WORLD AIDS DAY - 01/12/06
BIRMINGHAM Candlelight Vigil at Birmingham Cathedral with
music, entertainment and personal stories. 8pm. Free.
BRIGHTON Art installation celebrating the lives of HIV positive people,
Friends Meeting House, Ship Street. admin@brightonquakers.net • 01273
770 258
DERBY WAD Service, Derby Cathedral, led
by Canon Henshall with a choir, dancers, harpist, organist and positive stories.
7.30pm
EDINBURGH
• WAD Ceilidh: The Reel Thing, benefit for Waverley
Care. £8 (£6/£4) • 0131 225 1900
• Celebrate, Reflect, Remember at St John’s Church,
Princes Street. Contributions from Loud & Proud Choir and LGBT Youth Scotland.
6.30pm • 0131 226 2206
LONDON
• Free lunchtime concert with London Gay Men’s Chorus, St Pancras
Church, Euston. 020 7745 7257
• Together in Hope, Faith & Remembrance service, St Anne’s
Church, Dean Street. Light candles and remeber loved ones in a quite, reflective
space. www.stannes-soho.org.uk
MANCHESTER WAD candlelit vigil at Beacon of Hope, Sackville
Gardens.
MATLOCK Red Ribbon Ball, County Hall, Matlock, 8pm. Big band, raffle
and bar. Evening dress. £8 • 01332 204 020.
SOUTHAMPTON EastEnders cast members raise the Red Ribbons Flag at
the Bargate Monument, then join service users and staff at the Southampton
Ribbons Centre. Midday
ST ALBANS The Crescent is holding an Open Day 11-6pm. All welcome.
01727 842532 • info@thecrescent.org.uk
SWANSEA WAD Gay Champagne Ball at the Dylan Thomas
Centre with food, cabaret, raffle and auction. £45, proceeds to THT.
champagneball06@yahoo.co.uk • 07850 991 936
