‘Sex workers aren’t loose women – they’re victims who need support’
As an outreach worker I support sex workers in Swindon, many of whom are on the streets to fund a crack cocaine addiction
Doctors prescribing antibiotics for gonorrhea that no longer work
GPs give patients ciprofloxacin, which has not been recommended since 2005, raising fears that drug-resistant forms of sexually transmitted disease will spread
Popularity of ‘hookup apps’ blamed for surge in sexually transmitted infections
Health officials in Rhode Island and Utah attribute an uptick in STDs including syphilis, gonorrhea and HIV cases to use of apps like Grindr and Tinder
How can women reclaim their bodies after sexual assault?
‘I typed “rape, body image, can’t go to doctor” into Google’ – years after being raped, student nurse Pavan Amara found it difficult to be touched or look in the mirror. Now, with the NHS, she has helped set up the UK’s first specialist clinic for women trying to overcome similar problems
California judge bans abstinence-only teaching in teenage pregnancy ‘hot spot’
Ruling says sex education must be ‘medically accurate and free of bias’ in suit against Clovis Unified school district which has some of state’s highest teen pregnancy and STD rates
West Texas school chlamydia outbreak may never have happened
State health officials tell the Guardian that they do not know where figure that 20 students had sexually transmitted infection came from
Sexting could see teenagers branded as sex offenders
Sending an erotic selfie should not automatically land teenagers a criminal record, say anti-censorship campaigners
What I learned when I attended my son’s ‘abstinence-based’ sex ed class
I never thought the class, which centered on shame-and-fear-based teachings, was going to be so awful, or that my tweets about it would be read by thousands of people
On the pill? That’s not enough to make sex safe
Being on the pill is making many young women at my university lax about their sexual health