Fear, joy, solidarity: exhibition explores 40 years of HIV activism in Manchester
Protest banners, flyers and logbooks from crucial Aids advice line go on display in city’s central libraryPaul Fairweather was in his late 20s when he volunteered to take calls from terrified members of the public for Manchester AIDSline, an organisation he set up with five friends in response to the impact of HIV across the city.Though it was four decades ago now, he still remembers some of the conversations. “Some of the calls had a really big impact on you,” he says. Continue reading...

Protest banners, flyers and logbooks from crucial Aids advice line go on display in city’s central library
Paul Fairweather was in his late 20s when he volunteered to take calls from terrified members of the public for Manchester AIDSline, an organisation he set up with five friends in response to the impact of HIV across the city.
Though it was four decades ago now, he still remembers some of the conversations. “Some of the calls had a really big impact on you,” he says. Continue reading...