sexual health

3 young people living with HIV share their experiences

To celebrate the launch of a t-shirt collaboration between artist John Booth and the National AIDS Trust, we spoke with three young people about what living with HIV is like today

Life & Culture

Nov 10, 2023

James Greig

Beauty

American Pie reddit groups spirituality of semen retention

Why so many men are preaching the spirituality of semen retention

Redditors are swearing off ejaculation and describing myriad spiritual and physical benefits – but how credible are these claims?

Beauty

Jun 22, 2023

Megan Wallace

Life & Culture

The phallic panic: how sex ed became the right’s latest culture war issue

The Tories want everyone to freak out because there isn’t a ‘straight pride’ flag and kids are being taught sick filth in schools, such as the concept of bisexuality

Life & Culture

Mar 16, 2023

James Greig

Beauty

Will Harvard’s new bionic vaginas revolutionise women’s health?

Medical conditions affecting people with vulvas are notoriously understudied, but new developments in the field suggests this might be changing

Beauty

Feb 02, 2023

Arielle Domb

Beauty

Perfect Pussy Complex: inside the internet’s ‘clean girl hygiene’ obsession

TikTok’s ‘clean girl hygiene’ discourse is just the latest version of thousands of years of virginity and purity culture

Beauty

Dec 29, 2022

Halima Jibril

Beauty

Hypothetical babies are being prioritised over real women’s pain

Young women, non-binary and AFAB people in the UK are being denied everything from antidepressants to cluster headache medication solely because they are of ‘childbearing’ age

Beauty

Oct 26, 2022

Halima Jibril

Life & Culture

Everything you wanted to know about monkeypox but were afraid to ask

We speak to a sexual health expert to answer some common questions about the ongoing outbreak – from how to get a vaccination, to whether you should change your sexual behaviour

Life & Culture

Jul 27, 2022

James Greig

Life & Culture

Ask An Expert: should we actually be worried about Monkeypox?

A public health expert breaks down everything you need to know about the recent viral outbreak

Life & Culture

May 24, 2022

Serena Smith

Life & Culture

UK women are facing ‘longer than ever’ waits for gynaecology services

Waiting lists have increased by more than 60 per cent compared to pre-pandemic levels

Life & Culture

Apr 07, 2022

Günseli Yalcinkaya

Beauty

You can now buy the morning after pill for £3

Boots cutting the cost of the morning after pill is a great victory

Activists and MPs have been campaigning for years against the ‘grossly sexist surcharge’ on emergency contraception

Beauty

Feb 03, 2022

Alex Peters

Science & Tech

The world’s first unisex condom is here

The ‘Wondaleaf’ features an adhesive that attaches to either a vagina or penis

Science & Tech

Oct 28, 2021

Felicity Martin

Life & Culture

Decolonising Contraception’s The Sex Agenda zine

This stigma-busting zine unpacks sex and relationship issues affecting POCs

Created by Decolonising Contraception, the zine aims to provide a space for people who feel their voices are rarely heard in the mainstream media

Life & Culture

Oct 01, 2021

Habi Diallo

Science & Tech

The mini pill is finally available without a prescription, but at a cost

In a bittersweet landmark ruling, women in the UK will now be able to access the progesterone-only pill over the counter at pharmacies, but will still have to see a doctor to get it for free

Science & Tech

Jul 09, 2021

Brit Dawson

Beauty

A deep dive into the wonderful and worrying realms of VaginaTok

From ‘vaginal splinting’ to ‘innie/outie’ labia chat, TikTok is discussing all things intimate health – we take a look at the not-so-good, the almost-accurate, and the plain bizarre tips and tricks

Beauty

May 06, 2021

Tara Costello

Life & Culture