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Sex is not just about biology and reproduction, it's a part of life. This event aims to go beyond talking about ‘risks’ such as pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. It encompasses gender, relationships, communication, and your own sexual desires and rights. Run by the Univerity of Plymouth.
Passionate about the arts, Doctor Who and Eurovision, Ant is mixed-race Asian (his father is from Mauritius) and white British, and grew up in Somerset. Diagnosed with HIV in 2007, he is a former BBC journalist, an HIV activist and public health graduate.
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???????With a background in broadcast journalism, including five years at the BBC, Ant has used his media skills to raise awareness about HIV and has been interviewed on numerous occasions for national channels and publications about his experiences of living with the virus, including ITV News, Sky News, 5 News, BBC Three and Radio 2. He was also invited to speak at the European Parliament in Brussels in 2014.
As a member of the UK-CAB HIV treatment advocates’ network and of the British HIV Association (BHIVA), Ant is passionate about reducing HIV stigma and believes that a key message of empowerment for HIV-positive people is #UequalsU – the hashtag spawned to spread the word that having an undetectable viral load makes an HIV-positive person uninfectious, which is reflected in THT’s Can’t Pass It On campaign and a recent video series from GMFA entitled The Undetectables (YouTube). Ant has also featured in Things Not To Say To Someone Who's HIV Positive (YouTube).
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