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Acid and the sexual psychonauts

How LSD fuelled one woman’s journey of sexual self-discovery in the late 1950s.

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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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Dating on dopamine

Drug treatment for Parkinson’s can come with an unwanted side serving of compulsive behaviour, as Pete Langman discovered. Read about his dating journey in a dopamine cloud.

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Surviving as an asexual person in a heteronormative world

Experiencing no sexual attraction led Seleena Laverne Daye to feel she was somehow failing as an adult. But she found a way to claim her identity and to thrive.

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  • HIV negative men, HIV positive men have a responsibility to protect themselves, their partners : your sexual partners may not always insist on using condoms : stopping transmission of HIV is your responsibility / GMFA.
  • HIV negative men, HIV positive men have a responsibility to protect themselves, their partners : your sexual partners may not always insist on using condoms : stopping transmission of HIV is your responsibility / GMFA.
  • Parents talking to their children about sexuality: sexual health education in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ben Nyan'oma for the Young Men as Equal Partners (YMEP) Project, ca. 2000.
  • No catch : you won't get AIDS by shaking hands. You can get AIDS from sexual intercourse. So the more partners, the greater the risk. Protect yourself. Use a condom / TVS, Health Education Council.
  • No catch : you won't get AIDS from swimming pools. You can get AIDS from sexual intercourse. So the more partners, the greater the risk. Protect yourself. Use a condom / TVS, Health Education Council.
  • No catch : you won't get AIDS from glasses and cups. You can get AIDS from sexual intercourse. So the more partners, the greater the risk. Protect yourself. Use a condom / TVS, Health Education Council.
  • A happy Sri Lankan family with a warning about the importance of limiting sexual partners to prevent the spread of AIDS; an AIDS prevention advertisement by the Health Education Bureau of Sri Lanka. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • An angry cupid banging a hammer down to crush the word 'AIDS' with a message about limiting sexual partners to reduce the risk of AIDS; advertisement by the National AIDS Programme of Trinidad & Tobago. Colour lithograph by Horsford, ca. 1995.
  • A man with his wife and family crosses a zebra crossing while swivelling his head back to admire two passing women representing a warning about the risks of new sexual partners and AIDS; an advertisement by the National AIDS Control Project in New Delhi. Colour lithograph, 1996.
  • A man with his wife and family crosses a zebra crossing while swivelling his head back to admire two passing women representing a warning about the risks of new sexual partners and AIDS; an advertisement by the AIDS Control Project in Hyderabad. Colour lithograph, ca. 1990.
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