Sexual Health and Safer Sex Advice

Basic safer sex information is available in this section as well as info on STI’s (Sexually Transmitted Infections) and HIV. In addition, there are many good websites with information about safer sex for gay and bisexual men. You could try: CHAPS Project, and Healthy Gay Scotland.

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These pages contain information about safer sex for gay & bisexual men. Don’t proceed if you think you’re likely to be offended!

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Reimagining Risk: Findings now available

Re-imagining Risk: Exploring understandings of risk in sexual health amongst gay, bisexual and/or men who have sex with men in the North East of England.
This research explored understandings of risk in sexual health, including risk of HIV and syphilis, amongst gay, bisexual and/or men who have sex with men (MSM) in the North East of England. This report highlights what gay, bisexual and/or MSM in this region understood as a risk, what influenced these understandings of risk, and how these men responded to this risk. To read these reports presented by researcher Ingrid Young please follow the link to the website presenting the findings below:
http://research.ncl.ac.uk/reimaginingrisk/documents.html