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Eleanor Briggs

Young gay men and pleasure

18/09/2015

To celebrate the pleasure principle theme for this year’s sexual health week, Eleanor Briggs looks at the role of pornography...

Susan

PrEPosterous gender health inequality?

17/08/2015

HIV prevention strategies for women used to be as simple as ABC. Abstain. Be faithful. Condom use. Fortunately this retro...

Yusef Azad

What Has the Chancellor Got Against Sexual Health?

08/07/2015

On the election of the Conservative Government in 2015 the Chancellor announced plans for further cuts to public expenditure. Yes,...

Yusef Azad

Blood donation, who are we really discriminating against?

15/06/2015

In my last blog I wrote about the complex matter of blood donation rules and gay men. I looked at...

Yusef Azad

Blood donation and gay men – the wrong focus?

09/06/2015

It’s National Blood Week and this year the call for blood donors is more urgent than ever with the announcement...

Tom Perry

Give young MSM the education they deserve

20/03/2015

Last week we published the results of a nationwide survey of young men who are attracted to other men. The...

Cal

PrEP is about more than condom-less sex

27/02/2015

Last year saw a record number of gay and bisexual men diagnosed with HIV in the UK. 1 in 17...

Kat Smithson

Striving for political consensus on inclusive SRE

13/02/2015

In September 2014 we joined forces with QX magazine on an open letter to political leaders in the calling for:...

Kat Smithson

Fighting for national-level investment in HIV prevention

22/12/2014

Last week nearly 1500 people wrote to the Minister for Public Health, Jane Ellison, successfully gaining a reversal of the...

Kat Smithson

Can England learn from the US's HIV prevention ambitions?

06/11/2014

The scene was set at the HIV Glasgow 2014 conference with public health expert, Kevin Fenton’s speech comparing the current...