Varieties of condoms representing an advertisement for safe sex and AIDS Hotlines by the CATF Columbus AIDS Task Force. Colour lithograph.

Guidelines for a joint labour-management workplace policy on AIDS with logo illustrations by the AIDS Unit Department of Health, Government of Hong Kong. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.

A telephone representing an advertisement for the AIDS Concern Hotline, Hong Kong. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.

The numbers of the AIDS Hotline in Hong Kong '2780 2211' arranged in squares in a semi-circle with the silhouette of a hand pointing to the digits of a telephone below; advertisement by the AIDS Unit Department of Health, Government of Hong Kong. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.

Red ribbons spelling the words 'AIDS' with details of the AIDS Walk for Life on Sunday October 1st 1995 at Kinsmen Park and Fieldhouse, Edmonton, Canada. Colour lithograph.

The back view of a man holding a condom; advertising safe sex. Colour lithograph by Michael Sabanosh for the Gay Men's Health Crisis, 1989.

Sida Info Service : 0 800 840 800 : 24 h sur 24 : confidential et gratuit / Sida Info Service.

An ear filled with a bulging brick wall representing the problems of not listening to the facts about AIDS; advertising the AIDS Concern Hotline, Hong Kong. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.

A row of men and women along the bottom with the message that the best way to protect against AIDS is to talk about it; an advertisement issued by the Central Health Education Unit, Department of Health. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.

Information on the STD/AIDS Hotline by the Waikiki Health Center. Colour lithograph.

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1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 76.1 x 50.7 cm

A large syringe about to inject into a row of arms with a personification of the HIV virus bearing a red bandana and the pronged fork of the devil lurks nearby; a warning about the dangers of sharing needles by the AIDS Unit Department of Health, Government of Hong Kong. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.

1 print : lithograph, printed in black on yellow ; sheet  84 x 59.6 cm

A message about the effect of AIDS with the word 'AIDS' (?) repeatedly crossed out; an advertisement for the AIDS Hotline by the Department of Health, Government of Hong Kong. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.

<p>Box file containing items of ephemera in acid free sleeves. Including the Middlesex Laboratory of Glandular Research's sex hormones (1930s): Emelgemal (impotence), Emelgefem (female "sex quiescence"), Prejacrin (premature ejaculation), Middlesex Tablettae (sterility in both sexes), Bamforth humorous ('seaside') postcards (1946 to 1970s), prostitution, personal hygiene and sex (Health Education Council), sexual rights (Gay Men Fighting AIDS), Blackliners 'What all bad boys & bad girls need to know about sex' (diseases, pregnancy, condoms, sexual health clinics), streetwise youth (social work among young male sex workers), Coco de Mer (upmarket sex shop, Monmouth Street, London), 9th Sex maniac erotic awards (2002), food as an aphrodisiac (village.co.uk), masculinity and men's health study day (7 Nov. 1992), Kegelmaster vaginal exerciser, the Adult Guide to London (2002), penis enlargement (Vig-RX pills, 2002), Vigrx oil (bigger, better, stronger, harder erections), London fetish map 2002 and 2003, Erotica show (Olympia 2002), pin up art of Paul Corfield, Domina newsletter 2002, Sensitille cream (to enhance vaginal sensation during sex), Julian Murphy's erotic chairs, David James' erotic art, Xhibition sex shop (Cologne), Looks underwear, Fetisch-Store (leather, rubber, latex etc., Cologne), Eros sextoys and accessories, having sex after childbirth (Durex information service, Senselle Advisory Bureau),  K-Y pessaries and lubricating jelly, Bob's rubberwear, national Bisexual Resources, BiCon 2004, London Swingers all inclusive party (January 2006), Spearmint Rhino "gentlemen's clubs", The Leydig Trust's 'Night of the senses', Salons in the seductive arts (2004), TheSite.org/sex offered online advice and counselling on a wide variety of sexual matters to a younger age group. Includes a leaflet (inserted in a gay lifestyle magazine) advertising 'Maximus' penis enlargement pills (an advanced vascular dilator) from Regal Health in St. Helier, Jersey which also guaranteed a "rock hard erection", NUA sex toys (2009), teenagers and sex (NHS, parentline, 2009), Terrence Higgins Trust's 'SWISH' initiative for sex workers in London offering sexual health screening and rapid HIV testing (2010), BiPhoria (Manchester group for bisexuals, 2010), European men's sex survey 2010, BiCon 2009, 2010, 2011 (annual convention for bisexuals and their 'allies'), sex addiction workshops (Terrence Higgins Trust, 2011), Sex wise (support for sex workers, 2009), Wotever Sex (films and talks, July-August 2011), The Forum for sexual orientation and gender identity equality in post-school education (Lifelong Learning UK, 2011), Spectrum London and TransLondon (support for trans people, 2011), GIRES (Gender Identity research and Education Society, 2011), Sexovit Forte natural, vegetarian aphrodisiac), London Circumcision Clinic (Ilford, 2011), 'Night at the zoo & the finals of the erotic awards (Juicy Productions : 2013), 'EROS : the poetry of sex' (Kings Place, London : 2015), 'The Transgender Archives' (University of Victoria : 2014?), 'The Northern Concord' (Manchester : 2002 : transvesties and transsexuals).</p>

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Sex ephemera. Box 1.

1 print : lithograph, printed in red, white and brown ; sheet 60.9 x 60.8 cm

A group of men looking in different directions within a red and white border surrounded by comments about AIDS related issues; an advertisement for safer sex in gay relationships by the AIDS Committee of Toronto. Colour lithograph by Sandra Guerra and Paul Johnston, 1994.

<p>Card advertising London Friend, a counselling and support group for LGBT people living in London.</p>

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A large syringe about to inject into a row of arms with a personification of the HIV virus bearing a red bandana and the pronged fork of the devil lurks nearby; a warning about the dangers of sharing needles by the AIDS Unit Department of Health, Government of Hong Kong. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.

A message about the effect of AIDS with the word 'AIDS' (?) repeatedly crossed out; an advertisement for the AIDS Hotline by the Department of Health, Government of Hong Kong. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.

Sex ephemera. Box 1.

A group of men looking in different directions within a red and white border surrounded by comments about AIDS related issues; an advertisement for safer sex in gay relationships by the AIDS Committee of Toronto. Colour lithograph by Sandra Guerra and Paul Johnston, 1994.

London Friend : supporting the lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender community / London Friend.

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A message about the effect of AIDS with the word 'AIDS' (?) repeatedly crossed out; an advertisement for the AIDS Hotline by the Department of Health, Government of Hong Kong. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.

Sex ephemera. Box 1.

A group of men looking in different directions within a red and white border surrounded by comments about AIDS related issues; an advertisement for safer sex in gay relationships by the AIDS Committee of Toronto. Colour lithograph by Sandra Guerra and Paul Johnston, 1994.

London Friend : supporting the lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender community / London Friend.

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