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• Positive Lives — was a HIV charity set up by two well known gay businessmen, David Bridle and Kelvin Sollis, and three other trustees, William Curry, Simon Brycesson and Glyn Maddocks, in 1996.At the time, Bridle and Sollis owned Chronos Publishing, the company… …   Wikipedia

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