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How online dating can make us lonely

The packed diary of an internet dater doesn’t necessarily denote fun, companionship and love. Find out what Christina Patterson learned on her internet-dating odyssey.

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Remote romance and the common cold

Getting creatively romantic due to a virus sounds all too contemporary, but our archives show what socially distanced seduction looked like seven decades ago.

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Shame and the online free-for-all

Lucia Osborne-Crowley looks at how shame manifests online, where public humiliation is common and second chances all too rare.

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AIDS awareness posters from the 1980s onwards

The AIDS public health poster campaign chose print even in the internet age and dealt with issues of identity and behaviour like never before.

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  • Eric assumed his HIV detector was internet compatible : How do you know his status? You can't be sure of a guy's HIV status from his looks, behaviour, the sex he likes or where you meet. You can protect yourself and your partners by using condoms when you fuck / GMFA.
  • Eric assumed his HIV detector was internet compatible : How do you know his status? You can't be sure of a guy's HIV status from his looks, behaviour, the sex he likes or where you meet. You can protect yourself and your partners by using condoms when you fuck / GMFA.
  • Killer virus from outer space : be afraid, very afraid.. of the virus, not the man / Pride and prejudice was created by HIV positive gay and bisexual men from Juice and "Positive Voice", with assistance from Gay Men's Health, Waverley Care Trust and funded by Health Gay Scotland ; photographic work led by Rebecca Marr, design & internet consultant Design Resource Ltd.
  • The cruel scene : this was his story but not as he wanted it to be told / Pride and prejudice was created by HIV positive gay and bisexual men from Juice and "Positive Voice", with assistance from Gay Men's Health, Waverley Care Trust and funded by Health Gay Scotland ; photographic work led by Rebecca Marr, design & internet consultant Design Resource Ltd.
  • The cruel scene : this was his story but not as he wanted it to be told / Pride and prejudice was created by HIV positive gay and bisexual men from Juice and "Positive Voice", with assistance from Gay Men's Health, Waverley Care Trust and funded by Health Gay Scotland ; photographic work led by Rebecca Marr, design & internet consultant Design Resource Ltd.
  • Killer virus from outer space : be afraid, very afraid.. of the virus, not the man / Pride and prejudice was created by HIV positive gay and bisexual men from Juice and "Positive Voice", with assistance from Gay Men's Health, Waverley Care Trust and funded by Health Gay Scotland ; photographic work led by Rebecca Marr, design & internet consultant Design Resource Ltd.
  • For whom the bell tolls : HIV... featuring an increasing cast of thousands showing on a lab slide near you / Pride and prejudice was created by HIV positive gay and bisexual men from Juice and "Positive Voice", with assistance from Gay Men's Health, Waverley Care Trust and funded by Health Gay Scotland ; photographic work led by Rebecca Marr, design & internet consultant Design Resource Ltd.
  • For whom the bell tolls : HIV... featuring an increasing cast of thousands showing on a lab slide near you / Pride and prejudice was created by HIV positive gay and bisexual men from Juice and "Positive Voice", with assistance from Gay Men's Health, Waverley Care Trust and funded by Health Gay Scotland ; photographic work led by Rebecca Marr, design & internet consultant Design Resource Ltd.
  • Saturday night, Sunday morning : through the bottom of a glass he looked so fit, but his bathroom cabinet told a different story / Pride and prejudice was created by HIV positive gay and bisexual men from Juice and "Positive Voice", with assistance from Gay Men's Health, Waverley Care Trust and funded by Health Gay Scotland ; photographic work led by Rebecca Marr, design & internet consultant Design Resource Ltd.
  • Saturday night, Sunday morning : through the bottom of a glass he looked so fit, but his bathroom cabinet told a different story / Pride and prejudice was created by HIV positive gay and bisexual men from Juice and "Positive Voice", with assistance from Gay Men's Health, Waverley Care Trust and funded by Health Gay Scotland ; photographic work led by Rebecca Marr, design & internet consultant Design Resource Ltd.
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