René became infected back in the early 1990s, when positive people had to contend with more discrimination and prejudice than they do today. Part II of the small mini-series on the topic of HIV coming out.
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When Thilo tested positive for HIV, his friend disappeared never to be seen again. In the end, however, the 46-year-old's openness paid off: Thilo met his husband René at a positive meeting.
"I feel strong when my friend is with me". Vlad has HIV, his boyfriend Stephan is negative. What does this mean for their relationship? We spoke to Vlad and wrote down his story:
The obligatory birthday cake with candle decorations is actually a wonderful ritual. But Ray can't really enjoy it. "Every year I blow out the birthday candles and wish for the same thing: to be a boy". For her 16th birthday, Ramona wants nothing more than to finally start hormone therapy and be able to live as Ray.
In 2006, a group of homosexual men with HIV decided that it was time for a separate department within the Hiv Vereniging Nederland (HVN - HIV Association Netherlands). They feared that specific questions and concerns of gay men living with HIV would otherwise fall by the wayside. The self-help group Poz&Proud was founded to counteract the stigmatisation of HIV-positive gay men - and not just in the community.
In his love drama "Kater", Austrian Händl Klaus tells the story of a gay couple and their lost paradise, which they are slowly trying to regain.
Patsy L'Amour laLove is not only the host of Berlin's unquestionably trashiest and most exciting fag show. As a researcher, the bustling political faggot also deals with questions of gay presence and movement. A conversation about her book "Selbsthass & Emanzipation", about marginalisation on gay dating platforms and about the so-called "normal".
Portraits, flowers, nudes - with these motifs, Robert Mapplethorpe became one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century. His art, his life and his death are the subject of the documentary "Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures", which is now showing in cinemas.
There are books that should never be made into films. That is, when too many readers have grown fond of them. Because no matter how hard a director tries, he will fail. Andreas Steinhöfel's "The Centre of the World" is another such novel. First published in 1998 and translated into half a dozen languages, it has accompanied hundreds of thousands of mainly young and (especially gay) readers into adulthood.
Panti Bliss, the "Queen of Ireland", is a drag queen from Ireland who is known far beyond the country's borders. Her commitment is multifaceted: for "marriage for all" in Ireland, but above all against homophobia and stigmatisation of HIV-positive people. "Unfortunately, many people don't dare to be open about their HIV infection."
