I'm an acid junkie, college flunky, dirty puppy, daddy bastard. An out HIV+ activist, semi-retired Rockstar.
#Dr8Ball
Husband to
@positivelad
!
#UequalsU
He/Him
10 years today I found out I was
#HIV
+ It was a piece of news that changed my life. But rather than live in fear of it I chose to be open, vocal and to live for all those who didn't feel strong enough to be open themselves. 10 years on I'm healthy and very happy!
#LiveWithoutFear
This is the face of HIV in 2023.
Happy, Healthy, Unable to pass it on and choosing not to live in fear.
I found out 9 years ago today and testing really did save my life.
Choose to never live in fear.
#uequalsu
#HIV
#hivawareness
6 Years ago today i received the call that i had tested HIV+. While my whole life seemed to stop for 5 a few weeks i quickly decided that i wasn't going to let it stop me being me, and decided to stick 2 fingers up at it and tell it i was going to live my life my way!
5 years ago today I had a phone call that changed my life. “your result came back positive. You’re HIV+”
5 years on, and life couldn’t be a world apart, Happy, engaged to the man I love, healthy in mind body and soul and Undetectable! Choose to take control!
#UequalsU
#HIV
So I got spoilt this Christmas. My fiancé got me a small little blue box 😍😭 please forgive me if I'm a tad emotional. I certainly am the luckiest man going! Love you beautiful xxxx
8 years
#HIV
Positive! I'm healthy, unable to pass it on
#UequalsU
, I have met the man of my life 😍
@PositiveLad
and I could not be happier.
#HIV
is not the end, but the start to living your life to the fullest! Don't let it control you, choose to not let it control you!
#normalizinghivchallenge

Name: Jimmy
Age: 31
Children: just a four legged furry one!
Married: Engaged
HIV status: Positive since 2014
ARVs: Dolutegravir and Lamivudine aka Duotherapy 🙂
Little bit of personal news but something I'm super proud of!
Gone from a 38" waist to a 34" waist before our holiday! Been a lot of work but super happy!
6 years on and i'm healthy and undetectable, i'm happy and i'm getting married next year to the man of my dreams! When life gives you lemons, add them to a gin and tonic and carry on!
Oh and if you dont know your status test! It might very well save your life!
#EndHIVStigma
So I got bored. And creative! - 4 layer Orange cake with a cointreau infusion separated by a mascarpone orange buttercream all containing a hidden cave of mini eggs!
Then wrapped and coddled in a Swiss meringue butter cream icing and topped with a lemon grass and 2nd egg cave!
A year ago today, we shared an amazing by-chance kiss in St Paul’s Cathedral and have not looked back. A whole year later and I’m living with the man I love building a home together and utterly besotted, I have never felt so lucky, so blessed and so loved. With all my heart Tom X
It’s
#NationalHIVTestingWeek
Do you know your status? Testing is simple, knowing is valuable and might save your life! For more information check out you never know it might just save your life
#GetTested
@Nigella_Lawson
@russelldavies63
A piece of history addressed well and accurately. So much queer history was lost and damaged by the AIDS epidemic, let alone those we lost.
History like this needs telling, much like the fact that 30 years later someone like me living with HIV is happy, healthy and long living.
This is the face of HIV today.
A healthy, happy person, living with
#HIV
for over 7 years and unable to pass it on
#UequalsU
.
Oh and did I mention I'm engaged to the ever enigmatic
@positivelad
🥰
Today and everyday is
#adaywithHIV
#endthestigma
As a HIV+ gay man diagnosed in the last 4 years, I have a lot to be thankful for. Especially the support and the advancement of medicine. But to all those who were diagnosed years ago, and who are and who aren’t with us today, thank you.
You inspire me and and so many others!
So for anyone who knows me well I’ve had a rocky road with dentistry and really struggled with my teeth. Well I’d like to show off my new smile! Yes I’m finally smiling with my teeth showing after about 15 years! Thank you to my amazing dentist at My Dental!
I'm one very lucky chap to see in the new decade with my own little family! My fiancé
@PositiveLad
and our little furry Finn! A wonderful let your hair down, relaxed New Years and it couldn't be better! Much Love 😍🎉
My journey with Antiretrovirals has always been with multiple pills to date. This can sometimes get confusing and for some it's really difficult.
Today I get to say goodbye to those days and hello to taking it all in one pill! Hello Dovato! 🎉🎉
#HIV
#UequalsU
Today marks 10 Years of Same Sex Marriage! Whilst the fight for equality and acceptance continues for the
#LGBTQ
community, it's looking at the joy that 10 years has brought so many!
So very glad
@PositiveLad
and I had the right to wed nearly 2 years ago 🥰
#SameSexMarriage
Regardless of your beliefs. I had a horrendous time at school, I hated who I was, I didn’t understand who I was. I was bullied. But if I had been taught it was ok to be who I was, a man who is attracted to men, my education may have been so very different.
#LGBTQ
#LoveIsLove
Not been posting much of late. A mixture of work, Brexit/politcs, depression, mood swings has kept me quite subdued.
Then I remember I I’m engaged to this one and life becomes a whole lot rosier, thank you for coming into my life beautiful, you ROCK! *Nuffle* xx
As Jan 1st approaches, we may not agree with our country's decision to leave Europe, but you cannot stop our European hearts beating. 🇪🇺
#ForeverEuropean
Just gearing up to watch
#ItsASin
E3!
As a HIV+ man living healthy and undetectable in 2021, I can't help but feel a mixture of sheer luck for being diagnosed in 2014 and of sheer loss for how many we've lost.
Do yourself a favour and test this
#HIVTestingWeek
So the one thing you can't do in Retail is generally dye your hair a non-natural colour! With 3 weeks lockdown I didn't think I'd have another chance for the next 10+ years!
#NewProfilePic
3,000 days on since I was diagnosed HIV+ and I couldn't be happier in life. I'm both happy, healthy, and living my best life with my husband, my dog and in a job I love!
HIV shouldn't have to hold you back, it only holds you back if you choose to let it.
#HIV
#Positive
#Peace
@MrMennoTweets
@JamesFl
@LouiseRedknapp
Actual surveys, with actual figures, taken from a random pool of people in the UK. Understand what you're criticising and actually read what it's showing. You may, may, just learn something *emphasis on the may as braincells seem to be lacking your way I fear 😕*
Let’s see how long it takes
@jimmyavenger
to realise that the cabin crew have dropped off a diamond ring (for our anniversary) and not the lobster he ordered 😂 💍 🦞 - thank you to Caroline and the rest of the
@British_Airways
BA0053 crew for being such good sports!
2 years ago I walked up to Ally Pally with my boyfriend and walked back down with my fiancé.
I absolutely cannot wait to marry this incredible and special man in April next year!
#loveislove
#Pride2021
#Love
#HIV
and
#AIDS
is no longer a death sentence.
Treatment now prevents -
#TASP
Undetectable = Untransmittable -
#UequalsU
And most importantly, education saves lives. Do yourself a favour, test today, educate today and save a life.
It might just be yours.
#ItsASin
This
#WorldAIDSday
we remember all of those who didn’t make it to now. We remember all the lost smiles, the lost laughs, but memories will survive. Today let us also celebrate how far we have come in the fight and reflect and persevere to continue and finish what we’ve started.
Super proud of my fiancé
@PositiveLad
who will be volunteering at our local vaccination centre today. If you haven't yet had your 1st, 2nd or Booster dose abs are eligible, do get it and Hameln protect yourself and more importantly all those around you.
#vaccinesSaveLives
There is something so wonderful about sipping Champagne at 30,000ft in 1st Class and watching the
#BarbieMovie
💅 wonderful times! All we need is strawberries thrown in 🍓
The last few months have been TOUGH! New job role, new team, 2 new stores but finally I feel like we’re settling down at Long Last! Can I please thank my patient partner
@PositiveLad
and my whole team for their support! At long last Progress! Oh and a haircut to celebrate!
And so the holiday begins! Work emails off, out of office set! Winding down with the most heautiful man in the world, and I get to explore the Mediterranean aboard
@CruiseNorwegian
Epic with him over the next week 😍🛳⚓️🏖😁😎
Still got it apparently!
Do you know your status?
Do you know being undetectable (a low count of the virus,when on effective medication taken daily) stops you from passing
#HIV
on to anyone else whatsoever ever 🤯🥹😍
#UequalsU
Now time I best hit the gym again! Any tips?
The *MOST* surreal dog walk going! and a perfect reminder of how fortunate I am. I just had a chat with a 9 year old girl who wanted to say hello to the dog, she asked if I had a boyfriend or girlfriend. I said I had a fiancée and then explained what that meant, she said - 1/3
So... it’s HIV Testing week. First hand I’ll tell you taking a HIV test is a scary thing. But if it wasn’t I’m for getting into a routine and testing regularly and taking the courage to do so, then I wouldn’t necessarily be here. I am a HIV+ man, 5 years undetectable, 1/2
I've been quite quiet about Pride so far this year, with all the attacks on our community from Lizz Truss and within our community, it's really put me down every time I open twitter. However a time like this does call for action 1/10
#pride
#GwiththeT
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
Today has been a tough pill to swallow watching what Russia is illegally doing to Ukraine and it's people. Having watched and seen how the lives of
#LGBT
people have been eroded and suppressed in Russia, I can't help but feel scared for our siblings and their futures in
#Ukraine
@BBCPanorama
@BBCOne
@sima_kotecha
What’s the debate? We Exist, we’re not going to stop existing, and any child growing up should have what we did not, the knowledge and teaching in a safe environment aka school that it is ok to be LGBTQ if that’s how you identify. School was the worst for me because of no support
Operation day for little Finn today. On route to the vets and emotional isn't in it. This little bundle of floof has brought us so much love, cuddles and enjoyment over the last 18 months. Show him some love and keep your fingers crossed
#Twitter
#dogsoftwitter