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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2023

David Furnish on wiping out HIV/Aids, the ‘weaponisation’ of LGBTQ+ rights … and the day Putin called

Elton John’s husband and chair of his Aids foundation on the need to redouble efforts amid rising illiberalism around the globe

The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2023

HHS' first national STI plan could face obstacles - Roll Call

The plan, which directs five departments and 15 agencies to implement more than 200 steps by 2030, comes as STDs reach record highs.

Roll Call · Jun 8, 2023

Sir Elton John says ending Aids by 2030 'possible and doable'

The star's Aids charity has launched a three-year fund, worth £101 million, to fight HIV in vulnerable communities

Wales Online · Jun 5, 2023

Sir Elton John says ending Aids by 2030 is possible as he launches new funding

The Elton John Aids Foundation launched a three-year fund worth £101 million to tackle HIV infections in vulnerable communities.

The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2023

Gareth Thomas takes on gruelling Three Peaks challenge as fight to Tackle HIV stigma continues across the UK

The Welsh rugby legend will be joined on the Three Peaks by some well-known celebrity supporters, partners from the Terrence Higgins Trust and ViiV Healthcare. as well as Tackle HIV advocates, some of whom are living with HIV

Wales Online · Jun 5, 2023

Uganda's New Anti-Gay Law Could Undermine AIDS Prevention

The new law dictates a life sentence for anyone caught having gay sex and the death penalty for anyone convicted of "aggravated homosexuality."

Reason · Jun 3, 2023

Podcast: Conserving a martyred village, abortion drug shortages, identifying HIV

The village of Oradour-sur-Glane continues to memorialise the massacre of 643 of its inhabitants by the Nazis in 1944. Are shortages of an abortion drug in France linked to the anti-abortion movement in the United States? And the French doctor who helped identify HIV in the early days of the…

Radio France Internationale · Jun 1, 2023

Uganda anti-gay law includes death penalty in some cases

The new law doesn’t criminalize those identifying as LGBTQ, but still prescribes the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality,” which includes sexual relations involving people infected with HIV.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 29, 2023

Uproar as Uganda gets new anti-LGBT+ law including death penalty: ‘How many will die?’

Queer activists ask ‘how many of us will be jailed, or beaten, or further chased into the shadows of society’

The Independent UK · May 29, 2023