Fri 20 Aug 2010 In: New Zealand Daily News View at Wayback View at NDHA
Jenkin (left) was a judge at the recent Mr Urge Leather contest The New Zealand AIDS Foundation's National Campaigns Co-ordinator Douglas Jenkin has has parted ways with the organisation. The position, which was created in 2007, has been disestablished, as of today. Jenkin has been with the NZAF for 16 years, first becoming involved as a volunteer. He began working at the NZAF Awhina Centre in Wellington in 1994 and has held a variety of roles during his time with the organisation. The NZAF says consultation with Jenkin, then with all other staff, did not identify any alternative course of action. "The NZAF will not have a National Campaigns Co-ordinator position in the future but there will continue to be high quality, effective and appropriate HIV prevention initiatives that appeal to all key audiences, including older gay and bisexual men," the foundation says. "There will be no change to the funding for, or activities outlined, in the NZAF HIV Prevention Plan 2009-2014 including those with which the NZAF National Campaigns Co-ordinator was involved." A joint statement from the NZAF and Jenkin says his departure is amicable, with the foundation wishing him well for the future. Both parties have asked for his privacy to be respected as he moves onto the next stage of his career. Jenkin is widely regarded as having much instinctive knowledge and expertise in the area of sexually active men who have sex with men. Some of the resources he has created during his time at the NZAF include the popular Toolbox, the SGayNZ.com's two-part feature "Being gay today" based on an interview with Jenkin and NZAF National Partnerships Coordinator Ben Barratt-Boyes.
Credit: GayNZ.com Daily News staff
First published: Friday, 20th August 2010 - 3:37pm