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Surviving sex work on the streets

In care at four, on the streets at nine, Charmaine has had a traumatic journey to reach life as it is now: no drugs, no sex work, looking after her mum, and enjoying her grandchildren. Here she writes honestly about her past.

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Journeying home

A serious health scare was the catalyst to Chris beginning the process of understanding his experiences more clearly, and using that new insight to help other intersex people.

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“It wasn’t an accident that I came to you”

Douglas meets psychoanalyst Susie Orbach for a follow-up session, ahead of delivering a difficult verdict.

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“I’ve never talked to anybody about this before”

Douglas is furious. He’s at crisis point and needs help. Read the first of his two sessions with psychoanalyst Susie Orbach.

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  • A red condom among red roses with German text: "With my hands I will support you, on red roses I will bed you. Condoms protect."; an advertisement for safe sex by the AIDS counseling Kiel and AIDS-Hilfe Kiel e.V. Colour lithograph.
  • A red condom among red roses with German text: "With my hands I will support you, on red roses I will bed you. Condoms protect."; an advertisement for safe sex by the AIDS-Hilfe Aachen e.V. and AIDS counseling Aachen. Colour lithograph.
  • Relationships, condoms, safer sex, unsafe anal sex, you : free counselling / GMI Partnership.
  • Relationships, condoms, safer sex, unsafe anal sex, you : free counselling / GMI Partnership.
  • The black and white figures of a couple hugging within a border decorated with the national colours of Zimbabwe; advertising safe-sex in AIDS prevention. Colour lithograph by J. Shepherd for the AIDS Counselling Trust (ACT) of Zimbabwe, 1991.
  • A portrait of an Indian couple torn in two with the warning 'they could have saved their marriage'; an anti-AIDS advertisement for Sex Education Counselling Research Thearpy Training issued by the Family Planning Association of India. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • A man with hearts around his head undresses in preparation for getting in to bed with his partner who stares at his extended stomach; a safe-sex advertisement for condoms to prevent AIDS by the AIDS Counselling Trust (ACT) in Zimbabwe. Colour lithograph, 1995.
  • A hand clutching a banner inscribed 'Don't take a chance when you have a choice' with a backdrop inscribed repeatedly with the word 'AIDS'; an anti-AIDS advertisement for Sex Education Counselling Research Thearpy Training issued by the Family Planning Association of India. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • Brook Advisory Centres : Central Office, 153a East Street, London SE17 2SD ...
  • Two arms entwined and joined at the hands representing a couple who risk catching AIDS with a message from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Lithograph.
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