Manchester Pride to mark World AIDS Day 2019

Superbia, the team at Manchester Pride who organise a year-round calendar of cultural events, is curating an art-packed weekend to mark World AIDS Day in Greater Manchester.

Saturday, November 30 at Cotton Club, 42-44 Oldham St, Manchester M4 1LE from 5–11pm:

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN by Jordan Roberts, a young gay artist living with HIV, features an exhibition of portraits taken by Jordan, talks, video art, a panel event of people living in Manchester with HIV, a flash-mob performance, local charity stalls and a collection of letters written by people living with HIV.

Guests can then dance the night away with a star-studded performance from Cheddar Gorgeous and Anna Phylactic, plus a live DJ set from Manchester’s very own RebeccaNeverBecky.

Free entry and no booking required.

Sunday, December 1 at CULTUREPLEX, Ground Floor, Warehouse, Ducie St, Manchester M1 2TP from 4pm:

STILL BEGINNING will be a screening of seven newly commissioned videos from Visual AIDS in New York that respond to the ongoing HIV/AIDS epidemic. The films, which cover subjects from anti-stigma work to public sex culture, highlighting pioneering activism and staging intergenerational conversations, films aim to resist narratives of resolution or conclusion, considering the continued urgency of contemporary HIV/AIDS while revisiting resonant cultural histories.

The evening, which will be introduced by Greg Thorpe of Superbia, includes time for conversation and reflection afterwards.

Free entry, but booking essential. Tickets

Sunday, December 1 at CULTUREPLEX, Ground Floor, Warehouse, Ducie St, Manchester M1 2TP from 6.30pm:

READING THE EPIDEMIC: To mark World AIDS Day 2019, a collection of special guests will read aloud selections from diverse writing on HIV and AIDS. Bringing together memoir, poetry, educational literature, personal reflection, fiction, journalism and more, this will be a way to share, remember and inspire through the written and the spoken word.

The evening, which will be hosted by Greg Thorpe of Superbia, includes time for conversation and reflection afterwards.

Free entry, but booking essential. Tickets

Superbia supports, curates, funds and celebrates LGBTQ+ life across Greater Manchester all year round, to encourage engagement and wellbeing, and to reflect and culturally enhance LGBTQ+ life.

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