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Jane Shepherd
@janeshep.bsky.social
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Community campaigner | peer supporter | designer | writer HIV auto/biography | gardener 🌱
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janeshep.bsky.social
Going by the transcript, the audio for the bit on Polanski was edited out. Shame. It’s important leaders are held to scrutiny especially since he was a Lib Dem and a hypnotist.
December 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM
janeshep.bsky.social
Generous and thoughtful piece on Salt Path. In writing my own memoir, I’ve found the most interesting insights come from the contradictions, the omissions and the culled.

But I hated Salt Path so feel a tiny bit vindicated.
fgipublishing.bsky.social fgipublishing.bsky.social @fgipublishing.bsky.social · Jul 10
How Much Truth Is Enough? Reflecting on Raynor Winn’s Response to The Observer

What happens when the story you loved starts to shift? In this piece, I explore Raynor Winn’s recent public defence of The Salt Path—a statement both moving and evasive. While condemning the abuse Winn has received, the…
How Much Truth Is Enough? Reflecting on Raynor Winn’s Response to The Observer
What happens when the story you loved starts to shift? In this piece, I explore Raynor Winn’s recent public defence of The Salt Path—a statement both moving and evasive. While condemning the abuse Winn has received, the article interrogates what her response reveals (and conceals) about the ethics of memoir. Did the omissions distort the truth? What kind of trust do memoirists owe their readers? And when real-life complexities surface, do they deepen a story—or destabilise it? This isn’t about cancellation—it’s about accountability, narrative framing, and the quiet power of what’s left unsaid. #MemoirEthics #RaynorWinn #TheSaltPath #NarrativeTruth #LifeWriting #CreativeNonfiction #MindfulWriting #EthicalStorytelling #WritingCommunity
www.francisgilbert.co.uk
July 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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sarahtaber.bsky.social
I know we don't feel like there's much to celebrate this July 4th. It's been a rough several years.

So I want to talk about how we're making history right now.
July 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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hiv-i-base.bsky.social
The #GatesFoundation commits to providing #lenacapavir as #PrEP over the next year:

i-base.info/htb/51222

Plus #BillGates calls US cuts to #GlobalAid a “huge mistake”.

#HIVsky #IDsky #HIVprevention #HIVPrEP #HIVwomen #InjectablePrEP #Adherence #PEPFAR #USAID #PEPFARSavesLives #USpoli
Colourful i-Base graphic. The main text reads: Gates Foundation commits to roll out lenacapavir PrEP. To the right of this is a photo of Bill Gates speaking into a microphone. At the top is a URL: I hyphen base dot info. At the bottom it says, subscribe by email. The colours used in the image are two shades of dark red, green, dark purple, orange, dark blue, light blue, mustard and white.
June 3, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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hiv-i-base.bsky.social
Thanks to @janeshep.bsky.social for producing this beautiful riso print to raise funds for HIV i-Base:

i-base.info/htb/51064

It celebrates #TheDenverPrinciples, an essential #HIVactivist document that all people living with #HIV should know about.

Purchase at the link to support us.

#HIVsky
Photo of a riso print, on a colourful i-Base graphic. The title of the print reads: The Denver Principles, which is fluro pink on white. 1983 is written in big, blue bubble lettering, vertically and intersecting with the title. The subheading, in blue text, reads: Statement from the Advisory Committee of the People with AIDS, 1983. The rest of the text is too small to read but can be found via the linked article. I dash base dot info is in white on a pink background in the top left corner. Orange text on dark blue in the bottom left corner, reads: print available to buy! The background of the image is coloured blocks of mustard, grey-blue, a medium cool blue, and a grey-purple. A line of bright pink circles is in the left corner of the graphic, with pale blue ones mirroring these in the top right corner. There are various coloured dots in the image. Photo of Simon Collins, co-founder of HIV i-Base, on a colourful i-Base graphic. He is smiling and holding up an A3 riso print, titled, The Denver Principles. The print is described in the previous image. Simon is a white man in his 60s. I dash base dot info is in white on a pink background in the top left corner. Orange text on dark blue in the bottom left corner, reads: print available to buy! The background of the image is coloured blocks of mustard, grey-blue, a medium cool blue, and a grey-purple. A line of bright pink circles is in the left corner of the graphic, with pale blue ones mirroring these in the top right corner. There are various coloured dots in the image.
May 20, 2025 at 10:47 AM
janeshep.bsky.social
Good to see Isle of Wight West MP’s name on this 👏👏@richardquigley.bsky.social
jessicaelgot.bsky.social Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · May 8
EXC - 42 MPs have signed a letter to Keir Starmer saying the disability cuts are “impossible to support”

PM is facing biggest rebellion of the parliament over welfare vote

MPs call for pause and rethink until fuller impact assessments can be done in autumn and warn disabled people are frightened
May 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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ukcab.bsky.social
New @abpi.bsky.social guidance risks excluding #HIV advocates from conferences — suggesting we’re too “impressionable” to hear about treatments.

We reject this.

People with HIV are informed, critical partners in progress.

You can read our response below.

#NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #HIVAdvocacy
UK-CAb Response to the new ABPI Conference Guidance
April 30, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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haruntulunay.bsky.social
If your London NHS trust is in this list AND has any red flags, visit @londonftci.bsky.social at #BHIVA25 to solve it!

No gatekeeping, no barriers in integrated peer support!

@positivelyuk.bsky.social @bhiva.bsky.social
April 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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bhiva.bsky.social
James Cole of @nationalaidstrust.bsky.social summarises why #HIV voluntary & community services need to be safeguarded.

From the provision of wrap-around care for people with HIV, to providing a platform for people to thrive, the services are invaluable. #BHIVA25
April 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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sexabolition.blog
The job of the EHRC is to champion the rights of all protected groups and to foster good relations between these groups helping advise and integrate their interests in non discrimination

Baroness Kishwer Faulkner makes absolutely plain that she just sided with anti trans activists over trans rights
April 17, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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drjogrady.bsky.social
Women are unsafe on a daily basis - statistically due to men they already know. Want to make women safer?

Change rape laws, fund refuges properly, end femicide, address misogyny in boys and men, improve healthcare.

Taking aim at trans women does nothing to make women safer.
April 17, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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goodlawproject.org
Yesterday the Supreme Court said (having refused to hear from any trans people): "this interpretation would not be disadvantageous to or remove protection from trans people with or without a GRC."

Today. Trans women - and gender non conforming cis women - are now going to be 'frisked' by men.

👇🏻
April 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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equalitytrust.bsky.social
We know there are huge ethnic wealth gaps, but we often struggle to explain why. In a new report with @lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social we asked people across the UK to tell us about their experiences of ethnic wealth inequalities:

equalitytrust.org.uk...
The Challenge of Ethnic Wealth inequalities - Equality Trust
Wealth is deeply unequal in the UK and getting more so; recent analysis also suggests this increase is particularly stark for younger generations. Within that inequality, the ONS Wealth and Assets Survey indicates a large racial wealth gap.
equalitytrust.org.uk
April 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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mind.org.uk
Where's the evidence that mental health is being "overdiagnosed"?
Dear UK government, Let's be clear: our mental health is getting worse, and cutting benefits won’t help. You claim mental health is being “overdiagnosed”, but where’s the evidence? The reality is that our environment affects our wellbeing - pandemics, the cost of living crisis, political unrest and ongoing concerns around climate change are all taking their toll. But when people seek help, they face months, or even years, of waiting. Rhetoric like this is dangerous. It reinforces stigma and stops people getting support. If you’re serious about change, listen to those affected. We can turn this crisis around - but only if the government works with us, not against us. We look forward to hearing from you, Mind
March 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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jrf-uk.bsky.social
Slashing benefits to meet an arbitrary fiscal target would be unethical, short sighted and illogical. ❌

2 in 5 people receiving disability benefits already experience hardship.

This means they are either unable to afford enough food, heat their home or pay household bills. 1/3
A quote card with an image of JRF chief executive Paul Kissack saying "2 in 5 working-age families receiving disability benefits already experience hardship – cutting benefits will only serve to deepen this. It is no answer to the nation’s health or employment prospects and an unethical and short-sighted approach."
March 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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campaignfdj.bsky.social
We’ve united with Scope, @disrightsuk.bsky.social @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social and @turn2us.bsky.social against cuts to disability benefits.

Together, we’ve published an open letter urging the govt to safeguard them.

Read the full letter on Scope’s website.
buff.ly/FhxKY7U

#Disability
"Dear Chancellor, We fear the cost of cuts is too great." Open letter. Scope logo. Campaign for Disability Justice logo.
March 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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danielsohege.bsky.social
Might I not so politely suggest that Streeting yeets himself into the sun. Yes, diagnosis has improved, and people are becoming more aware of mental health issues. That doesn't mean they are being "overdiagnosed". It is more likely they were previously under-diagnosed.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Mental health conditions are overdiagnosed, Streeting says
Wes Streeting says too many young people are "being written off", as he defends upcoming welfare reforms.
www.bbc.com
March 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Affectionately known as the ‘graffiti grannies of Lisbon', Lata65 is a Portuguese org that runs workshops in street art for the over-65s-the oldest participant is 90-year-old Isaura Santos Costa #WomensArt
Photo of a street with buildings the right and a board covered in spray painted designs, in the foreground is an elderly white woman looking outwards holds a spray paint container
March 14, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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carinamarquez.bsky.social
🔥Very exciting data presented at #CROI2025 and just published in the Lancet:
PK data for once year IM Lenacapavir are higher than twice a year SC Len at 56week and support phase 3 study for PrEP. The public health impact of yearly LEN for prevention would be huge! #IDSky
March 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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lizhighleyman.bsky.social
Rebecca Dennison: "The recklessness we’re seeing is like dropping an egg on the floor – you can’t just pick it up & put it back together again...Do not bend a knee in advance, do not crumple in despair – that’s exactly what they want you to do." #CROI2025
March 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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alex-schneider.bsky.social
🚀 Long-acting antibodies as an alternative to daily HIV treatment?

The RIO study at #CROI2025 shows that 75% of participants on two broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) stayed virally suppressed without daily ART for 20+ weeks—some for over a year!

🔗 Read more: life4me.plus/en/news/croi...
RIO Study Suggests Antibodies Could Offer a Break from Daily HIV Treatment
Long-acting antibodies could allow some people with HIV to stay off daily antiretroviral therapy (ART) for extended periods.
life4me.plus
March 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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hiv-i-base.bsky.social
i-Base reports from this year’s #CROI2025 conference:

i-base.info/htb/50463

Highlights from the programme include:
- New compounds and combinations for #HIVtreatment
- Access to #PrEP
- #bNAbs and cure-related research
- Weight changes and #GLP1 agonists

#islatravir #lenacapavir #LongActing
i-Base graphic. The main text in red and dark blue, on a light blue blue background, reads: CROI 2025. Conference on retroviruses and opportunistic infections. Below, in white on a burnt orange background, text reads, San Francisco, California. 9th to 12th March. Next to this is a faint image of the Golden Gate Bridge. In the top left corner is a URL: I hyphen base dot info. In the top right corner is the CROI logo, a colourful illustration of HIV.
March 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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gregggonsalves.bsky.social
This is on #Trump #Musk #Vought #Rubio.
February 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
janeshep.bsky.social
This is so cruel and counterproductive. Health has been subsumed by a global preoccupation with extraction and military proliferation.

bhekisisa.org/health-news-...
Trump: 'Thank you for partnering with USAID and God bless America.' - Bhekisisa
In today’s newsletter, Mia Malan explains how US President Donald Trump ordered USAID-funded HIV organisations in SA to shut down. Sign up for our newsletter today. THIS IS A BREAKING, DEVELOPING STOR...
bhekisisa.org
February 28, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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matthewhodson.bsky.social
Keith Haring’s Silence=Death was painted in 1988, the year he was diagnosed with AIDS.
The Pink Triangle referred to the badges worn by gay men in concentration camps.
It reflected the US Government’s long silence on AIDS.
24,559 Americans died of AIDS before Reagan publicly referred to the disease.
A large pink triangle, pointing downwards. The canvas is covered with Keith Haring’s distinctive figures in silver, adopting ‘See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil’ poses.
February 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM