Gareth Thomas

  • Prince Harry talks with HIV+ Gareth Thomas (former Welsh Rugby Capt) during National HIV Testing Week

    Prince Harry talks with HIV+ Gareth Thomas (former Welsh Rugby Capt) during National HIV Testing Week

      In 2019, former gay Welsh rugby captain Gareth Thomas publicly disclosed his HIV status after tabloid newspapers threatened to out him.  A BBC documentary, Gareth Thomas: HIV and Me, aired shortly afterwards. Thomas had  timed the announcement to coincide with his taking part in an Ironman triathlon. It was a carefully orchestrated media campaign…

  • Gareth Thomas : Never Alone

    The bravery of the former captain of the Welsh Rugby Team Gareth Thomas when he publicly came out as gay was extraordinary. His story is an amazing inspiring one and now Guinness have captured it for a new advertisement that they released today. ‘Never Alone’ tells the story of how Thomas’s greatest fear wasn’t the…