Dangerous liaisons: why syphilis and gonorrhoea have returned to haunt Britain
Clinic appointments fill up in minutes and babies are once again being born with syphilis – what is behind Britain’s sexual health crisis?
My life in sex: ‘Erectile dysfunction eats away at your confidence’
The vasectomy patient
Enough of the knob gags: penis size is a mental health issue
An academic researching penis size and self-esteem was bombarded with puerile messages. But for many men, it’s no joke, writes Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Dating apps didn’t cause the STI crisis – it was cavalier Tory cuts
Every £1 on prevention and treatment saves the NHS £11, yet sexual health centres are closing due to a lack of funding, says author and broadcaster Nichi Hodgson
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?