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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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Can our sexual desires be transformed?

In the 1950s, many psychiatrists thought that homosexuality could be reformed. One found that it couldn’t – and his discoveries led to a change in the law.

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Guerrilla public health

From safe-use guides to needle exchange schemes, Harry Shapiro reflects on 40 years of drug harm reduction in the UK.

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Religion and mental health

At a time of extreme distress, Jamila Pereira found that the faith she had relied on was failing her. Here she describes how she found other ways to begin healing and finding happiness.

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  • Southeast London Health Promotion Sexual Health & HIV Prevention Service.
  • A couple poised to kiss with a condom representing an advertisement for Local Sexual Health Clinics by the Community AIDS Resource Team, Auckland Sexual Health Services. Photocopy.
  • HIV, AIDS and condoms / Durex Information Service for Sexual Health.
  • HIV, AIDS and condoms / Durex Information Service for Sexual Health.
  • HIV, AIDS and condoms / Durex Information Service for Sexual Health.
  • HIV, AIDS and condoms / Durex Information Service for Sexual Health.
  • HIV, AIDS and condoms / Durex Information Service for Sexual Health.
  • HIV, AIDS and condoms / Durex Information Service for Sexual Health.
  • HIV, AIDS and condoms / Durex Information Service for Sexual Health.
  • HIV, AIDS and condoms / Durex Information Service for Sexual Health.
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