Liverpool’s oldest LGBTQ+ charity has paid tribute to the first named person in the UK to die from AIDS-related illnesses on the anniversary of his death.
Sahir House has remembered the life of Terry Higgins, the man who inspired the UK’s best-known HIV charity - Terrence Higgins Trust - just over four decades after he died.
On 4 July 1982, 41 years ago today, Terry Higgins was amongst the first to die of an AIDS-related illness. Thanks to the bravery of his partner he was the first to be named. Terry was just 37 years old when he died - at a time when no one could comprehend the torrent of pain, the AIDS epidemic was about to unleash.
