Paul Kidd 

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🏳️‍🌈 Activist, lawyer, queer, HIV+.
🤔 Law, crime, disease, risk, gender, consent, Eurovision.
⚠️ My own views, subject to change without notice, often sarcastic and frequently not entirely thought through. All the usual disclaimers apply.
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Show threadPaul Kidd Jun 6, 2025
@evcricket not on here much
Paul Kidd Jun 5, 2025
Groundbreaking research from the Doherty Institute in Melbourne might bring us one step closer to a cure for #HIV. Incredible stuff. #HIVcure https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jun/05/breakthrough-in-search-for-hiv-cure-leaves-researchers-overwhelmed?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Breakthrough in search for HIV cure leaves researchers ‘overwhelmed’

Exclusive: Melbourne team demonstrates way to make the virus visible within white blood cells, paving the way to fully clear it from the body

The Guardian
Paul Kidd Jun 2, 2025
"The HIV justice movement was born out of crisis, but it is sustained by hope. We know change is possible – because we’ve seen it. But now we cannot take any of that progress for granted." My friend Edwin Bernard's call to action on #HIVcriminalisation in Casablanca this week. https://www.hivjustice.net/news/humanising-the-law-harnessing-science-and-community-voices-to-end-hiv-criminalisation/
Humanising the Law: Harnessing Science and<br/> Community Voices to End HIV Criminalisation

The HIV Justice Network (HJN) is the leading community-based NGO building a co-ordinated, effective global response to punitive laws and policies that impact people living with HIV in all our diversities.

HIV Justice Network
Paul Kidd May 28, 2025
LGBTQIA+ rights activist Peter Tatchell 'forcibly ejected' by police from Birmingham Pride Parade after giving speech highlighting police homophobia. #nocopsatpride https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/lgbtqia-rights-activist-peter-tatchell-forcibly-ejected-from-pride-parade-by-police/236943
LGBTQIA+ Rights Activist Peter Tatchell 'Forcibly Ejected' From Pride Parade By Police - Star Observer

Veteran LGBTQIA+ rights activist Peter Tatchell has spoken out after he was removed by police from a pride protest over the weekend

Star Observer
Paul Kidd May 28, 2025
A “warm-hearted” London-based scientist was lured on Grindr before being killed and dismembered, police in Colombia have said. https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/27/london-based-scientist-lured-on-grindr-before-being-killed-and-dismembered-police-say/
London-based scientist lured on Grindr before being killed and dismembered, police say

A “warm-hearted” London-based scientist was lured on Grindr before being killed and dismembered, police in Colombia have said.

PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
Paul Kidd May 28, 2025
Strip searches – which disproportionately increased against young girls and women – speak to a underlying issue within #policing. Police scholars have long observed an internal culture of #misogyny and #sexism, both domestically and internationally. https://theconversation.com/from-strip-searches-to-sexual-harassment-australian-policing-has-long-been-plagued-by-sexism-256781
From strip searches to sexual harassment, Australian policing has long been plagued by sexism

A class action lawsuit has detailed the ‘degrading’ experiences women can experience at the hands of police. It’s just the tip of the iceberg.

The Conversation
Paul Kidd May 27, 2025
The US state of Maryland has repealed its unjust and stigmatising #HIVcriminalisation law. Thirty-nine US states still have laws like this on the statute books. https://www.hivlawandpolicy.org/news/maryland-repeals-hiv-criminalization-law #HIVlaw
Maryland Repeals HIV Criminalization Law | The Center for HIV Law and Policy

The governor of Maryland signed a bill repealing the state’s HIV criminal offense, making it the fifth state to do so and the second state to do so in the last 60 days.

The Center for HIV Law and Policy
Paul Kidd May 27, 2025
#Iran authorities are carrying out a horrific execution spree, with at least 113 reported executions in the first 25 days of May 2025 alone. https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/05/27/iran-execution-spree-continues-unabated
Iran: Execution Spree Continues Unabated

Iranian authorities are carrying out a horrific execution spree, with at least 110 reported executions in April 2025 alone.

Human Rights Watch
Show threadPaul Kidd May 22, 2025
@corduroy That’s a lot of hole.
Paul Kidd May 20, 2025
Two Sydney men have been sentenced to more than six years for robbing five men they arranged to meet through the dating app Grindr.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/21/sydney-men-jailed-gay-dating-app-grindr-robberies-ntwnfb?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Pair jailed for using dating app Grindr to launch spree of robberies of gay men in Sydney

Victims were threatened and forced to hand over phones and bank logins before money was stolen from their accounts

The Guardian