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A4 poster promoting safe sex. Includes details of the Terrence Higgins Trust. This shows two eggs which suggest buttocks. One is cracked.

AIDS ephemera : awareness & education Box 1.

Fucking, fingering, fisting or using sex toys can cause tiny cuts to the inside lining of the arse : so if a man who doesn't have HIV gets fucked by one who does, it's easier for the virus to get directly into the bloodstream. Using condoms can reduce this risk / Terrence Higgins Trust, CHAPS.

Laminated leaflet (photocopy?) about AIDS / HIV and preventing infection, showing two men having anal sex in frnt of a brick wall. Text block on pale blue over the centre.

Bareback in darkrooms... : know the fucking risks / GMFA.

Small, cruising, contact card - to be handed out to partners in situations where casual sex is taking place with details of the owner, suggesting a repeat performance. Includes the website address of the Terrence Higgins Trust. This shows a plastic bottle of orange shampoo on a shagpile bathmat.

Instant hair growth gel Shaggy : banishes baldness in under an hour : just as unbelievable - most men expect someone with HIV will always tell them before sex ...

Postcard showing an empty oblong - indicating that you can't see symptoms of HIV infection.

Symptomes du séropositif / Marie-Anne Jacob.

Postcard advertising Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe, showing a red ribbon 'pinned' to a man's hairy chest, the two ends becoming trickles of blood.

Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V.

A4 poster in a series (Facts for life) issued by CHAPS, Terrence Higgins Trust promoting careful and safer sex between gay men.

It's safer to fuck than get fucked : if you don't have HIV and you fuck with a man who does, the risk of getting infected is greater if he fucks you than if you fuck him ...  / CHAPS, Terrence Higgins Trust.

World Health Organization launches public information effort to increase global awareness of AIDS / World Health Organization Media Service.

A4 poster promoting safe sex. Probably from a fuller one issued by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. This shows a photomontage of images of a man's buttocks on a grid making a flower-like pattern.

I'm positive. I assumed he was too : how do you know what you know?

Condoms are not 100% safe : condoms are good at stopping HIV. But they can break or slip off, especially if they aren't used properly  / CHAPS, Terrence Higgins Trust.

Small, cruising, contact card - to be handed out to partners in situations where casual sex is taking place with details of the owner, suggesting a repeat performance. Includes the website address of the Terrence Higgins Trust. This shows a slide bolt lock on a toilet door.

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Fucking, fingering, fisting or using sex toys can cause tiny cuts to the inside lining of the arse : so if a man who doesn't have HIV gets fucked by one who does, it's easier for the virus to get directly into the bloodstream. Using condoms can reduce this risk / Terrence Higgins Trust, CHAPS.

Bareback in darkrooms... : know the fucking risks / GMFA.

Instant hair growth gel Shaggy : banishes baldness in under an hour : just as unbelievable - most men expect someone with HIV will always tell them before sex ...

Symptomes du séropositif / Marie-Anne Jacob.

Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V.

It's safer to fuck than get fucked : if you don't have HIV and you fuck with a man who does, the risk of getting infected is greater if he fucks you than if you fuck him ... / CHAPS, Terrence Higgins Trust.

World Health Organization launches public information effort to increase global awareness of AIDS / World Health Organization Media Service.

I'm positive. I assumed he was too : how do you know what you know?

Condoms are not 100% safe : condoms are good at stopping HIV. But they can break or slip off, especially if they aren't used properly / CHAPS, Terrence Higgins Trust.

Smart arse : hello I'm ... call me / CHAPS, Terrence Higgins Trust.

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Fucking, fingering, fisting or using sex toys can cause tiny cuts to the inside lining of the arse : so if a man who doesn't have HIV gets fucked by one who does, it's easier for the virus to get directly into the bloodstream. Using condoms can reduce this risk / Terrence Higgins Trust, CHAPS.

Bareback in darkrooms... : know the fucking risks / GMFA.

Instant hair growth gel Shaggy : banishes baldness in under an hour : just as unbelievable - most men expect someone with HIV will always tell them before sex ...

Symptomes du séropositif / Marie-Anne Jacob.

Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V.

It's safer to fuck than get fucked : if you don't have HIV and you fuck with a man who does, the risk of getting infected is greater if he fucks you than if you fuck him ... / CHAPS, Terrence Higgins Trust.

World Health Organization launches public information effort to increase global awareness of AIDS / World Health Organization Media Service.

I'm positive. I assumed he was too : how do you know what you know?

Condoms are not 100% safe : condoms are good at stopping HIV. But they can break or slip off, especially if they aren't used properly / CHAPS, Terrence Higgins Trust.

Smart arse : hello I'm ... call me / CHAPS, Terrence Higgins Trust.

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