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What Black women do when the NHS fails them

Sabrina-Maria Anderson explores misogynoir – hatred of Black women – within the NHS, and how women like her are consequently turning to other sources of medical support.

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Don’t call me a strong Black woman

Her upbringing taught Jaydee Seaforth that she could never show pain or weakness, even when her internal distress was extreme. Find out how she learned to listen to her body.

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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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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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  • A black condom; representing protection for women against AIDS. Colour lithograph, 199-.
  • The faces of black men and women representing black people in New York united in their support against AIDS. Colour lithograph.
  • Hei Miao, Three fierce fighting men from the Hei Miao (Black Miao) tribe being appeased by three women.
  • Two black women hold a washing line to which condoms are pegged; advertising safe sex and AIDS prevention. Lithograph.
  • A French hospital for wounded soldiers, World War I: patients receiving women visitors, but a black soldier has no visitor. Colour lithograph after L. Ibels, 1916.
  • Two black women and a boy on Lake Chad are about to be led away into slavery by a Spaniard. Stipple engraving by E. Finden, 1843, after Perring.
  • A black female silhouette figure with a purple drape and long hair dancing to the left representing an advertisement for a programme about Women's Rights to commemorate World AIDS Day in Honduras. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • A map of Kuwait in the national colours of red, black, green and white with silhouette black figures of men, women and children within a circle bordered at the top by Arabic script: the logo for the Kuwait National AIDS Committee; within a blue backdrop containing a boy dressed in a brown uniform with a cap representing a warning about AIDS in Kuwait. Colour lithograph, 1990.
  • We are women, men, black, white, religious, non-religious, HIV positive, HIV negative, untested, sons, daughters, carers, parents, students, NHS/local authority workers ... and proud : Lesbian & Gay Switchboard ... Terrence Higgins Trust / produced by the West London Health Promotion Agency.
  • We are women, men, black, white, religious, non-religious, HIV positive, HIV negative, untested, sons, daughters, carers, parents, students, NHS/local authority workers ... and proud : Lesbian & Gay Switchboard ... Terrence Higgins Trust / produced by the West London Health Promotion Agency.
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