The US has an HIV epidemic – and its victims are gay black men

If white men were being infected at the horrifying rate that African-Americans are, it would be front-page news, says Steven W Thrasher, who contributed to the book The Unfinished Queer Agenda After Marriage Equality

When I admitted I was HIV positive, my fellow academics excluded me

After disclosing my diagnosis, colleagues called me ‘reckless’ and cut off contact. I felt stigmatised and alone

How sex toys are being redesigned to help survivors of sexual assault

A healthy sex life can feel unattainable for survivors of sexual assault. But new products, from brushes to non-penetrative tools, are giving women a powerful way to reclaim their bodies

The decline of Club 18-30 isn’t all about sex, sex, sex you know

It’s easy to see why Thomas Cook is considering the raunchy holiday club’s future – the package holiday is dead, says the Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Patients being turned away from sexual health clinics, RCN says

Short-staffed clinics are at ‘tipping point’, leading to fears over a drop in infection testing

The Tories’ latest campaign tactic? Blaming Labour for hepatitis

A Tory local election leaflet claimed that Labour was responsible for ‘delivering’ hepatitis in the area. Can this party get any more farcical?

Rise of contraceptive apps sparks fears over unwanted pregnancies

Health experts say it’s unclear how effective menstrual trackers are for the average UK woman

The future of sex work – a photo essay

It has been 23 years since New South Wales decriminalised sex work. How much has changed for sex workers?

Sexual addiction, desire and dopamine hits

Not all sex addicts are sexual predators – many are just struggling to contain their destructive urges. Andrew Anthony meets addicts and therapists to hear how they cope with this secretive pandemic

Pumarosa’s Isabel Munoz-Newsome: ‘I didn’t get a smear test because I was embarrassed. Stupid’

Just as her band broke through and began a European tour, the singer was diagnosed with cervical cancer. She talks about her dramatic year