Marc Thompson

Marc Thompson, the Lead Commissioner of the London HIV Prevention Programme, is a health promotion specialist, award-winning podcaster, and LGBTQ cultural archivist.

Over the past three decades, he has been at the forefront of HIV and LGBTQ activism, diligently working to enhance and promote the health and well-being of LGBTQ and racially marginalised communities.

Throughout his career, Marc has held prominent positions in various organisations, including the NHS, the Terrence Higgins Trust, Gay Men Fighting AIDS (GMFA), Big Up, and Positively UK and is the co-founder of Prepster, the Love Tank, and Blackout UK.

Marc spearheaded Project 100, the first national peer mentor program for people living with HIV.

Marc co-curated the digital archive and podcast series ‘Black and Gay, Back in the Day’ to document Black LGBTQ life in Britain since the 1970s. He also launched ‘We Were Always Here’, focusing on the UK HIV epidemic through personal stories.

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Positive Health – Episode 2

5 Jun 2025

Susan Cole and Denis Onyango are joined by HIV and AIDS activist Eliane Becks Nininahazwe, Lead Commissioner London HIV Prevention Programme and HIV community leader Marc Thompson, and Florence Eshalomi MP for Vauxhall and Camberwell Green They discuss HIV and Black...

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