Gus Cairns

Gus Cairns

Gus is 68, has lived with HIV for 40 years and has been an HIV activist and journalist since recovering from AIDS in the mid-1990s. He edited Positive Nation, the UK's magazine for people with HIV, and then joined Aidsmap in 2008. He has been particularly influential in the field of HIV prevention. He lives with his partner and a large collection of plants in north London. Profile photo by Steven Doyle.