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The National Aids Trust (NAT) is using David Beckham's injury time goal against Greece in the World Cup qualifier as part of a campaign to highlight HIV prejudice. A TV commercial is appearing on MTV this summer which shows an HIV positive man in a pub being hugged by a stranger following Beckham's wonder goal. For details of the NAT 'Are you HIV prejuiced?' campaign, visit: www.nat.org.uk
Photo: Courtesy NAT
'Best and brightest employees are HIV positive'
"London should be a fair city showing tolerance," said Ken
Livingstone at last month's Positive Futures 'Managing HIV in the Workplace'
reception, reports Rose de Freitas.
The capital's mayor called for, "employers in London to take the
lead in working out what we do and how we tackle the problems. He added:
"It is unrealistic to see that people with HIV are not useful."
His message to employers continued with this
Left to right: Charlotte Sweeney, Andrew Little, event chair Elisabeth Crafer, Ken Livingstone, James George
challenge: "Every employer must face the fact of addressing discrimination and must
also recognise that some of the best and brightest people they employ may end up HIV positive."
