#ItsaSin

Patrick Strudwick

PatrickStrud

Most people have no idea what it was like to be young + gay in the 80s/90s. When straight friends were holding hands in the playground I was in gay

Luke Mallett

lukecrmallett

So we watched #ItsASin, all of it, don’t worry, no spoilers!It’s so incredibly powerful. Made me laugh at times, and cry more. I’ve lived with HIV for 16 years.I was

BHIVA

BritishHIVAssoc

#ItsASin thread:1/xBefore we knew that a virus was causing the mystery illness that seemed to only affected gay men it was referred to as a cancer.Then it was called Gay

Brian Mullin

bamullinspeaks

The question isn’t whether I liked #ItsASin (I didn’t) but whether we can move beyond moralism in telling the story of AIDS. As someone living with #HIV, I found its

Peter 😷

pbmosligo

I just finished watching “It’s a Sin”, a Channel 4 series about a group of friends living in London in the 80s during the unfolding AIDS epidemic. It’s certainly aptly

Declan Cashin

Tweet_Dec

One of the things #ItsASin handles so well, especially in its final episodes: it doesn't let parents off the hook. "Oh we didn't know"; "they were different times". No, fuck

Will Nutland

DrWillN

Sequel to #ItsASin pt1Lizbeth Farooqi, as so brilliantly played by @SeyanSarvan, was one of many kick-ass lawyers who worked on the frontline to protect the rights of people with HIV.

Will Nutland

DrWillN

On my first day at university I was given a copy of Don’t Die of Ignorance leaflet.A few months earlier I’d picked up a copy of @THTorguk booklet telling me

j o h n

basic_john_

So I know #ItsaSin has a lot of ppl discussing some of the advancements we’ve had in HIV care, mainly I’ve seen PrEP, U=U and prevention being discussed, but I

Mariah’s 5th Octave

olaoncecarey

#ItsASin sounds awesome but let’s be honest, there are gay men who are thankfully still alive from that era, you just ignore them in bars and if you see them

Will Nutland

DrWillN

Parents tried to stop their teenage kids from accessing info that could save their lives. These parents said they’d physically stop us attending a talk at a youth club.

Terrence Higgins Trust

THTorguk

"Why was AIDS so deadly during the 1980s" There was a *3,100%* jump in Google searches for that question following the first episode of #ItsASin.So here's a THREAD to answer

Juno Dawson

junodawson

Ok I’m ready to talk about #ItsASin.This is me in 1985. When I came out in 2013 I was not enamoured with the word “trans”. I wanted to be a

BLUF Webmaster

BLUFclub

Thinking more about #ItsASin last night, I think there's a huge amount to unpack, especially for people around my age, even just from a single episode.I'm 53. Started uni in

(((Mike Shaw)))

MikeShawLD

I've been reflecting on #ItsASin over the past week. As we've come to expect from @russelldavies63 it's a truly fantastic piece of drama, brilliantly performed. Skilfully crafted, threaded with humour,

Kat 💖

bonnielongford

I’ve had a few people ask me for information about Jill Nalder, the LGBTQ+ rights activist upon whom Lydia West’s character in #ItsASin, also called Jill, was based.A fun fact,

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