'Marc Thompson: how an HIV diagnosis at 17 helped him change Britain'' The Guardian online, 11 June 2021

S/PTC/6/2/20

11 June 2021

Paul Thurlow was a volunteer on the Islington's Pride LGBTQ+ archives project at the Islington Local History Centre and later became a volunteer with the Islington Local History Centre. He is a long-term resident of Islington and an active member of the LGBTQ+ community having volunteered with many organisations including Gay Switchboard. He also actively participated in many events and activities.

Three A4 sheets, both sides, black, grey and red on white with colour photos. Printout of an interview article by Alex Mistlin on the black gay and HIV activist Marc Thompson, one of the founders of PrePster (formerly based in Clerkenwell) that successfully campaigned for HIV pre-exposure prophylactic medication to be freely available on the NHS. He was the co-founder of the digital archive 'Black and Gay, Back in the Day' with Jason Okundaye (launched on Instagram at the start of LGBTQ History Month 2021, to document the lives of of Black queer people in Britain before the year 2020), and is the director of the community health action group 'The Love Tank', a not-for-profit Community Interest Company, formerly based in Clerkenwell.

LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning+) Community, LGBTQ+ Individuals, LGBTQ+ Campaigning and Politics, HIV / AIDS, BLACK PEOPLE

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