Tomorrow, Aids Memory UK (AMUK) will announce the winning artist to create the new Aids Memorial in London. This will be the first of its kind: a sculpture marking a space for remembrance and solidarity, commemorating those affected by HIV/Aids.
I grew up in London in the Eighties under the enforced shadow of Section 28. Adverts showed icebergs ominously rising out of dark waters warning of a “deadly virus” which so far only affected “small groups”. An enforced silence, media stoked misinformation and demonisation, and fear loomed over us all. The generation above me were dying in ever-growing numbers, while my generation was denied sexual health education due to Conservative policies.
