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Matthew Hodson

@matthewhodson.bsky.social

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Shamelessly HIV+ actor, writer, public speaker based in London. Former CEO of aidsmap and Gay Men Fighting AIDS. He/him. 🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺🌍🌱

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@matthewhodson.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 2:50 PM

Of course. And I recognise the many privileges I enjoy that meant coming out was safe and relatively easy for me.

@samhanepublishing.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 2:25 PMReposted by @matthewhodson.bsky.social

Came out in 2005
Came out as HIV+ in 2014
No Shane. No regrets.
#NationalComingOutDay
#U=U

@matthewhodson.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 1:46 PM

Coming out, as lesbian, gay, bi, trans or queer is a process - not a moment. The same is true for coming out as HIV+. But it is by coming out that we dispel fear and ignorance. Coming out is a tool we can use to challenge HIV stigma, just as we use it to challenge homophobia. Smash the closet.

Me on the beach a couple of days ago. I’m wearing a vest and a smile. I’m 59.
@matthewhodson.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 1:41 PM

🙏🥰

@matthewhodson.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 1:16 PM

Happy Sunday gorgeous!

@matthewhodson.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 1:15 PM

Thank you for being braver earlier than I was. Honest reason: I felt like I’d let down my parents by acquiring HIV and I didn’t want them to know. And then a journalist told my mum…

@matthewhodson.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 10:19 AM

Thank you!

@matthewhodson.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 10:18 AM

Maybe she meant to say, “In 2016 when social media was just becoming rabidly right wing”?

@matthewhodson.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 10:05 AM

1986 - Came out as gay
2012 - Came out as HIV+
No shame. No regrets.
#NationalComingOutDay

Black and white portrait of young me, staring doe eyed into the camera. Colour portrait of me circa 2012 smiling at the camera.
@matthewhodson.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 4:38 PM

Re. the ongoing search for Wally, I have good news and bad news…

A family dressed as zombie Wallys at Sitges Film Festival.
@matthewhodson.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 8:27 AM

4% of people who live with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa develop tuberculosis (TB) each year - and it remains a major cause of death.
TB preventive treatment reduced the risk of developing active TB by 61% in people starting HIV treatment.
www.aidsmap.com/news/oct-202...

@matthewhodson.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 1:24 PM

🙏🥰

@matthewhodson.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 10:49 AM

40% of surveyed HIV organisations had run out of stocks of vital products, such as PrEP or HIV tests, as a result of cuts to international aid funding, led by Trump. More people will acquire HIV. More people will die of AIDS. “This is not a distant risk – it is already happening.”

@matthewhodson.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 10:20 AM

People with HIV have greater risk of cardiovascular disease.
A new study finds that women’s risk is almost twice that of women who do not have HIV.
www.aidsmap.com/news/oct-202...

@matthewhodson.bsky.socialSep 29, 2026, 9:46 AM

Trump’s transphobic politics obstruct the USA’s efforts to treat and prevent HIV… and a Reagan appointed Judge agrees.

@matthewhodson.bsky.socialSep 28, 2026, 5:20 PM

I couldn’t resist the bragging!

@matthewhodson.bsky.socialSep 28, 2026, 5:02 PM

I attract some weird compliments on Insta.

Comment: Grandpa (gotta admit you were hella hot)Comment: Could’ve gotten my first abortion w you if was born at the same as u (I’m a boy)
@matthewhodson.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 2:51 PM

Is this really Sacha? I didn’t think I could love him any more than I already did.

@matthewhodson.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 12:39 PM

It was released on a video single with the controversial Justify My Love video. Both are excellent of course but I think I played the Vogue one more often.

@matthewhodson.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 12:32 PM

Never forget that Madonna served us one of the greatest moments in pop history.

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