‘Don’t be a slutty apple’: your experiences of sex education

Making informed decisions about sex is vital for young people yet, in many countries, sex education is confusing, limited or even overlooked altogether

Bang Gang: a modern love story about sex, teens and syphilis

Director Eva Husson spins the bottle with a group of French teens searching for meaning in mindless sex – and explains how she related to their lives

Life is peddling misinformation with its online anti-abortion drive

The charity is launching a targeted web-based campaign. It’s entitled to its views, but discussion should be fact-based, not full of biased rhetoric

Pack condoms with the suntan lotion, advise sexual health experts

Large numbers of Brits admit to unprotected sex with new partners abroad, raising concerns about spike in STIs

NHS refusal to fund HIV prevention treatment is shameful, say charities

PrEP, which can reduce risk of HIV infection by up to 86%, falls outside health service remit, says NHS England

HIV activism: ‘It feels more like social work than my day job in adult services’

I want people with HIV to live free from oppression, and for the NHS and social services to become HIV-neutral in their activities

Unsafe sex threatens girls’ health worldwide. The prescription? Feminism

At the heart of every problematic sexual trend among young people is misogyny. We must approach world health through a feminist lens

Is your penis really shrinking?

Oliver Burkeman on whether monitoring your body for a defect can really induce the feeling it’s happening

Go ahead, touch yourself: eight things to know for masturbation month

Adults who are 25-29 years old are the most likely to have masturbated at least once in their lives – but those numbers do not necessarily tell the whole story

IUDs, the pill and sterilisation: your experiences of contraception

Accessing family planning is not easy for many women, who face cultural or religious opposition, supply shortages and doctors who won’t listen