the funeral of terry higgins took place here at a crematorium in north london. —— the funeral of terry higgins took place here at golders green crematorium in north london. the cause of death was toxoplasmosis — a brain infection that most people can tame, but in his case proved fatal. after terry died, there was a virus discovered and then tests developed. it became known as hiv. there were deaths upon deaths. i lost — in one my diaries, in the back of it, i have names. i stopped counting at 35 names. and those were people that i knew closely enough to call a friend. we realise that something needed to be done, and so we set up an organisation, a charity, to do some advocacy around this and safe sex information and messages. we wanted to name it after terry because of what he meant to us. the terrence higgins trust was europe‘s first hiv or aids charity and i am really, really pleased that it still exists now. rupert whitaker went on to become a leading immunologist. and that is all for that special lgbt edition of witness history. we will be back next month with more first—ha

the funeral of terry higgins took place here at the crematorium in north london. the cause of death was toxoplasmosis, a brain infection that most people can tame but in his case proved fatal. after terry died there was a virus discovered and then tests developed. it became known as hiv. there were deaths upon deaths. i lost... known as hiv. there were deaths upon deaths. ilost... in known as hiv. there were deaths upon deaths. i lost... in my diaries in the back of it i have names. i stopped counting at 35 names. and those were people that i knew closely enough to call a friend. we realise that something needed to be done and so we set up an organisation, a charity, to do some advocacy around this and safe sex information and messages. we wanted to name it after terry because of what he meant to us. the terence higgins trust was europe's first hiv, or aids charity and i am really, really pleased that it still exists now. rupert whitaker went on to become a leading immunologist. and that is all for that special lg bt and that is all for that special lgbt edition o