Hosted by the Radius LGBTQ Staff Network, the event brings community, colleagues and partners together for an afternoon of reflection and honest conversation.

Nathaniel J Hall, Kathryn Alsbury, Anita Binns and Body Positive will share lived experience, offering a clear look at the realities people continue to face. To open the doors as widely as possible, the event will also be live-streamed.

Starting at 12.30pm on Monday 1 December, the programme mixes video, live presentations and a Q&A. It aims to inform, challenge lingering myths and highlight the ongoing work needed to address the global pandemic.

Click here on Monday 1st December at 12.30pm for the live stream

Nathaniel J Hall — actor, writer and HIV activist — is the headline speaker for this year’s World AIDS Day event, bringing both warmth and sharp personal insight. Many will recognise him from Channel 4’s It’s A Sin or from his work leading Dibby Theatre and its outreach programme In Equal Parts.

Raised in Stockport and emersed in theatre from an early age, he has built a career as a performer, director and educator, using his own history to power work that refuses to tiptoe around difficult subjects.

He was diagnosed with HIV at sixteen, just after his first sexual experience. For fourteen years he kept that part of his life locked away, carrying the weight of secrecy and the predictable mix of shame, fear and a few unwise coping strategies. In 2017 he chose to speak out. That decision reshaped everything.

The result was First Time, his award-winning solo show. Funny and devastating in equal parts, it tackles the strain of hiding, rebuilding a life and the steady move towards self-acceptance.  “an emotional rollercoaster of a show that will undoubtably touch every single person who watches.” Watch That Scene

His contribution to World AIDS Day 2025 is set to be thoughtful, honest and, knowing Nathaniel, disarmingly entertaining. It supports the wider mission to end HIV stigma and stop new transmissions by 2030.