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Battling the heteronormativity of sexual health

As a queer, Black women, Mary W is sick of the never-ending hetero-cycle of clinic appointments, where her needs and sexuality are always a surprise to the doctor. She calls for a revolution.

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How the mental health system fails Black people

Accessing mental healthcare as a Black woman can be a challenging experience. Rianna Walcott shares her story, alongside those of three other women, to reveal the barriers she faced.

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We need less ‘sickle cell warriors’ and more allies

Rejecting the epithet “warrior”, Cheryl Telfer describes the pervasive effect sickle cell disease has on her life, and calls for more people to donate blood to help sicklers.

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When you can’t return home

Migrants and refugees cannot choose to return home, so homesickness becomes a profound and long-lasting feeling. This powerful force infuses migrant cultures, and is rarely given the serious attention it warrants.

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  • A heart with splayed droplets with a message about what ethnic minorities in the Netherlands should know to protect their health against AIDS. Colour lithograph.
  • A woman holds a syringe as if smoking a cigarette watched by a black man in a green tracksuit and another in a grey dinner suit; warning about drugs, needle-sharing and safe sex practices to prevent AIDS by the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for AIDS Education. Colour lithograph.
  • Get yourself connected : HIV & AIDS services in Bexley & Greenwich / Bexley & Greenwich Health Promotion Service.
  • Get yourself connected : HIV & AIDS services in Bexley & Greenwich / Bexley & Greenwich Health Promotion Service.
  • Get yourself connected : HIV & AIDS services in Bexley & Greenwich / Bexley & Greenwich Health Promotion Service.
  • Get yourself connected : HIV & AIDS services in Bexley & Greenwich / Bexley & Greenwich Health Promotion Service.
  • Get yourself connected : HIV & AIDS services in Bexley & Greenwich / Bexley & Greenwich Health Promotion Service.
  • Get yourself connected : HIV & AIDS services in Bexley & Greenwich / Bexley & Greenwich Health Promotion Service.
  • SPI Couvent de Belgique / Couvent Belge des Soeurs de la Perpétuelle indulgence.
  • SPI Couvent de Belgique / Couvent Belge des Soeurs de la Perpétuelle indulgence.
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