Gareth Thomas

he's the only Gay in the Village

Any drugs or Blood involved ?

Pathetic homophobic thread from stickyvicky.

It's 2019 mush.

The BBC are treating this like it's a badge of honour to be HIV positive.

If the gay brigade really cared they would highlight the dangers the lifestyle poses. Instead, they infer it's normal to have a life threatening disease brought about by being actively gay.

Thomas should be warning about the risks of the gay club and especially the chemsex scene....

'A surge in “chemsex” parties, where some people spend days getting high on drugs and having sex with scores of partners, is refuelling epidemics of HIV among gay men in European towns and cities, doctors say.

Despite much higher risks of contracting the virus that causes AIDS, as well as other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), users search online “hook-up” apps like Grindr for tags such as “high and horny” or “party and play” to find others wanting drug-heightened and often anonymous and unprotected sex.

The result, AIDS experts say, is that in cities across Europe, HIV is spreading rapidly among men who have sex with men – leading to concentrated epidemics in hard-to-reach groups.'

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/chemsex-parties-rise-gay-men-lgbt-hiv-cause-risk-prep-drugs-dating-app-grindr-europe-a9103881.html

lets hope he was as quick,honest with people he may have slept,lived with as he is getting brownies points of the bbc

It is not just being gay, it is sleeping around.

If Gareth had one steady male partner I doubt he would have caught this...

elisjohn • September 15, 2019 12:56 PM BST
so hes kept it a secret for years, yet hes been blackmailed, and i hope hes been telling all his one night stands and gay parties etc that he has hiv, and if he has how come its a secret..
very much agree with hanx.

ps seems now story changed a bit, he wasnt being blackmailed, the papers had found out and was going to print.
Also wonder was he trying to come onto the 18 year old lad in the club, maybe thats why he dropped the case?

It's the normalisation of living with HIV that they're praising him for.

With better drugs for the illness, it's as if it's not a problem anymore. Almost a vocational hazard..

As others have said, where is the discussion about how NOT to become infected and why the problem is getting worse among gays??

The biased reporting (and bizarre intervention by the Royals) does nothing to help people avoid the disease.

Former rugby player Gareth Thomas has said a journalist spoke to his parents about his HIV status before they had discussed it.

He said he would "absolutely not" have made his diagnosis public if a tabloid had not made threats to publish it.

The ex-Wales captain broke the news on Saturday, the day before finishing an Ironman triathlon.

Thomas was speaking a day after cricketer Ben Stokes criticised the Sun for running a story about his family.

The former British & Irish Lions captain said he had been living in fear of the press publishing details of his HIV status.

And he criticised the fact a reporter approached his parents before the family had discussed it properly.

"Imagine what position that puts me in. I can never, ever, ever have that moment back with my mother and father of sitting down and telling them something so personal to me," he told BBC Breakfast.

"They took that right away from me.

"I'm lucky that I have parents who love me and will support me through anything, but I deserved to have that moment with them."

The 45-year-old, from Sarn, Bridgend, said keeping a secret had been the hardest part of the diagnosis.

"I've been living in fear of it being published," he told BBC Radio Wales on Wednesday, adding: "The tabloids will create their own law.

"You'll send them a letter and all they'll do is ignore it. I haven't got the money to be able to fight a giant tabloid in court.

"When they do it they'll somehow find justification for doing it. They'll say it's OK, a family member told us something."

In a Twitter video, Thomas had said he was compelled to make the announcement after threats were made to him by "evils" to reveal his HIV status.

Asked if he would have spoken about his HIV status without the press involvement, he replied: "I would love to sit here and say yes but I'd be a hypocrite if I did.

"Absolutely not. It's got nothing to do with anyone else."

He spoke out the day after Stokes called a front page story in the Sun newspaper about his family "utterly disgusting" and "the lowest form of journalism".

It had dealt with "deeply personal and traumatic events" that had affected his family in New Zealand more than 30 years ago.

The Sun told the BBC it had received the co-operation of a family member.

im sure id rather say i had hiv then say i was gay

what about the guys hes been with,,they must be raging ,him knowing he had hiv

, WHAT A PATHETIC CHAP

Crouch,touch,engage withdraw ?

Documentary following former Wales rugby star Gareth Thomas as he opens up about living with HIV and sets about tackling the stigmas, myths and misunderstandings surrounding the virus. The programme follows Gareth as he prepares to take on the biggest physical challenge of his career - running the world's toughest Iron Man

The bbc made this show rather quick.

ps
I have never shoved my toosh in anyone's face,  but it is just great advertising.

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/wales-rugby-icon-gareth-thomas-18279019

1 of my favourite players back in the day.