I met Chris last year at an event at the City of London Guildhall linked with the project AIDS Since the 80s.

We started talking at the cloakroom and it transpired that he had a lot of stories so I met up with him a few weeks later in his house in Vauxhall and chatted over his dining table.

The film that Chris mentions he worked on which raised a lot of awareness about HIV can be found here:

https://bloomsburynetwork.co.uk/event/a-life-beyond-screening/

And an article he mentions is here:https://www.independent.co.uk/aidsfree-appeal-i-was-waiting-to-die-for-11-years-in-a-moment-that-all-disappeared-a8691136.html

There are just a few interviews left from the first series that I really enjoyed doing but just haven't had chance to publish yet.

So over the next few weeks I’ll be publishing them as special episodes before I move on to putting together the second series.

And on the matter of a second series- I’d like to ask anyone from the LGBTQ+ community who’s listened to this episode who lives in a country where it’s difficult to be queer or who’s moved from a place where being LGBTQ+ isn’t as accepted as it in some countries to get in touch with me.Or if you know anyone who has had that experience, I would love to talk to them, even if they don’t want to be recorded for an episode.

So please get in touch with me either through email which is [email protected] or Facebook, Twitter or Instagram which is @QueerMargins.

Thank you for listening I hope you enjoy and thank you to Chris for talking to me, I'm sorry it took so long to publish your story.