Sexual Health Awareness

Rachel Cox In 1981, a terrifying and mysterious epidemic swept through the US and, inevitably, the UK. By the end of the year, hundreds of seemingly healthy, gay, young men were dying of rare diseases like Kaposi’s sarcoma and Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia (PCP). Termed the ‘gay plague’, the AIDs...

After I wrote my article on experiencing queer dating for the first time, I thought it was the be-all and end-all; everyone knew, I knew, so I could close the chapter. If I wrote that I was almost healing, somehow, it would be fact. But, off the heels of...

My muscles tensed. My heart raced. Adrenaline coursed through my veins. I was sitting on my bed when the thought hit me. I kept telling myself I was just being paranoid but the fear wouldn’t dissipate....