Gay men need clear information about ‘chemsex’, not messages about morality
When health professionals and the media talk about gay sex as an emergency health issue, they may actually encourage risky behaviour
NHS urged to respond to growing health dangers of chemsex
Gay men describe how they became dependent on heavy drug use at group sex parties, as alarm is raised over lack of coordinated response
Chemsex: how dangerous is it?
People have been mixing sex and stimulants since Roman times and before. But the growing phenomenon of chemsex – the taking of a cocktail of drugs and having sex for up three days with multiple partners – is leading to a huge rise in sexually transmitted diseases
Blaming Tinder for the spike in STIs? It’s just a lazy swipe
Scare stories about dating apps are based on commonly held myths, when cuts to sexual health services are a very real problem
Hub of human trafficking: underground sex trade thrives in Milwaukee
An FBI raid last month pushed Milwaukee up in the trafficking rankings, and one expert says the city is home to a booming underground sex trade economy
The threat to the Margaret Pyke Centre is a threat to women’s equality
A vital and ‘outstanding’ sexual health centre faces closure. This scandal shows how the life-saving, health and social benefits of birth control are taken for granted
Outdated abortion laws create ‘medical tourism’ for interstate procedures
Lack of legislative uniformity may be forcing some women to travel interstate, says Medical Journal of Australia, as tests for foetal abnormalities improve
The week in radio: Can Porn Be Ethical?; The Report: The ‘Pink Pill’ – the Female Viagra?; You Must Remember This
Should the pornography industry give out kitemarks for quality? Plus an unsexy voyage around female sexual desire…
Drug allegedly used as poison by serial killer suspect led to 20 deaths in 2014
GHB, the psychoactive drug popular within gay ‘chemsex’ scene, is easy to overdose on and responsible for growing list of fatalities, experts warn
The Guardian view on sex education: it’s all about respect
Editorial: It sounds far-fetched but starting sex education at primary school could be the key to transforming the grisly experiences of freshers’ week