Bence Szabó M.

HIV/STI program director

For more than 20 years he was the art director of several Hungarian press products. In 2006, he founded the first Hungarian LGBTQ lifestyle magazine and has been involved in the Hungarian LGBTQ movement as editor and host of Radio Pink, among others. Since 2019 he has been an HIV/STI activist, former coordinator of the HIV Peer Support Service, and leader of the Pozitív Szemmel group. He graduated from the University of Pécs in 2023 with a degree in psychology, his research interests include HIV stigma and chemsex. He has been living with his partner for 16 years. He is a bookworm, gamer, comic, and TV show fan.

If you would like to help HIV/STI activism in Hungary, feel free to contact him: szabo.bence@hatter.hu