The Libido roller coaster
Libido is the background drive to our sexuality. It is complex - dictated by many factors including levels of sex hormones,…
Sexual Health
Equality for intimacy
Twenty years ago, I and two colleagues wrote a book called The Sexual Politics of Disability, based on conversations with…
HPV vaccine for boys
Recent sexually transmitted infection (STI) figures from Public Health England show that young women are continuing to benefit from the…
Don’t second guess safer sex
Overall diagnoses of sexually transmitted infections were down last year, according to latest figures released by Public Health England, which…
Cervical screening after 50
“During Cervical Screening Awareness Week (13-19 June) Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust, the UK’s only dedicated charity for women affected by…
FGM. End it – don’t medicalise it.
In June 2013 I was shocked to hear from anti-FGM campaigners in Egypt of the death of thirteen year old…
Freeze your sperm and beat Zika
When I heard that the athlete Greg Rutherford had decided to freeze his sperm before attending the upcoming Olympic Games…
Sculpting the transgender body
Caitlyn Jenner in the US has helped to transform attitudes to transgender people and we are seeing the results in…
Conflict and STIs
Conflict and emergencies can disrupt HIV services; however, the prevalence of HIV infection is generally low among people from the…
Talking about sex with doctors
"I don't know if I can do it." Jeremy seemed truly frightened. "My GP is a woman, and I can't…