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[[File:Positive-Times.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Positive Times front cover, August 1995, This is possibly the first issue and the cover picture is the model from the world's first HIV model agency "Proof Positive".]]'''''Positive Times''''' was the first publication in the UK aimed at people living with [[HIV]] and [[AIDS]].

It was set up in 1995 by [[Kelvin Sollis]] and [[David Bridle]], who published the ''[[Pink Paper]]'' and ''[[Boyz]]''. They took their inspiration from ''POZ'' magazine in the States. ''Positive Times'' was launched at [[London Pride]] 1995 with a huge banner over the entrance of the festival with the picture of a semi-clad hunk from the world's only HIV model-agency "Proof Positive". This was in the days when to be HIV-positive was to be decidedly unwell, if not ugly. Its editor was [[Dominic Gough]], who was the first openly HIV-positive editor; it was designed by [[Jonathan Harbourne]]. ''Positive Times'' was originally distributed folded inside the ''Pink Paper'', as a monthly news-print magazine, but later became more confident and was printed as a stand-alone glossy A4 magazine. It ceased publication in XXXX when it gave in to its competition ''[[Positive Nation]]'', published by The [[UK Coalition]] of People Living with HIV and AIDS (UKC).

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