Stories
- Article
History of condoms from animal to rubber
Come on a journey from the first recorded condoms in the 16th century to the modern female condoms in the 1990s – and everything in between.
- Article
Shame and how our bodies betray us
Embarrassment about our desires, bodies and bodily functions can silence us. Lucia Osborne-Crowley asks whether a low-level but constant sense of shame is stopping us getting the help we need.
- Article
Guerrilla public health
From safe-use guides to needle exchange schemes, Harry Shapiro reflects on 40 years of drug harm reduction in the UK.
- Interview
How to design an HIV awareness campaign
Using carefully crafted, colourful graphics is one public health team’s creative approach.
Catalogue
- Videos
- Online
Condom factory.
Date: [between 1990 and 1999?]
- Ephemera
- Online
Condom reinforcement : in February 2005, a new CHAPS programme is launched, aimed solely at reasserting and reinforcing condom use among gay and bisexual men / CHAPS, Terrence Higgins Trust.
Date: [2005?]
- Ephemera
- Online
B.Y.O.C. : Bring Your Own Condom.
Date: [between 1988 and 1997]
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
M0006462: Condom description, from Grose: Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1785)
Date: 23 November 1939Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/54/42Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Ephemera
- Online
Condom wearers do it safely : nowadays, when you have sex, you need to protect yourself. Condoms are the only sure way ... / Durex Information Service for Sexual Health.
Date: 1991