Fear is a perfectly rational response to danger. Fear can keep us safe. But a state of perpetual fear is not sustainable and it is not healthy.Read more
"I want to be a ‘slut’. There, I said it."Read more
As I get that bit older, I tend to find that more things are becoming less important and my sense of taking each day as it comes is becoming far more accessible.Read more
I’ve been with GMFA about half of my adult life. After 17 years with GMFA it’s time for me to move on.Read more
For some, addiction is having a profoundly negative impact on their lives.Read more
It’s drummed into us that being insertive is masculine and that being receptive is feminine – and that femininity is something that men should avoid at all costs.Read more
HIV seems to be at the front of our minds at the moment, given the storm caused by NHS England’s decision not to fund PrEP on the NHS.Read more
Although hate is a strong word it isn’t anywhere near enough for how much I feel about being referred to, or anyone else for that matter, as being ‘poz’.Read more
13% of gay men said that watching bareback porn led them to personally have unprotected sex, with a further 9% saying they did not know. An increase from 2012...Read more
13% believe that watching bareback porn affected their decision to have unprotected sex.Read more
Right now it looks like there’s going to be a long wait before PrEP is made available on the NHS.Read more
And yet on a Saturday night, the gay scene is crammed full of ‘mean girls’ derisively appraising each others’ pants, pompadours and packages.Read more
Why we must encourage young students to join the fight in promoting safe sex at university.Read more
Just as education has helped and is helping the stigma around being gay, the same is as important and necessary around HIV.Read more
For this issue of FS we asked 1,200 gay men about their drinking habits. One reader got in touch and asked if he could share his story about drinking his way into becoming HIV-positive after he was raped by his boyfriend. This is Dave’s story...Read more
Breaking news! Some gay men don’t drink alcohol. Shocking, eh?Read more
I’ve been with FS for nearly six years now and in my experience there are only two subjects that get men as heated as this. One is sexual racism and the other is open relationships.Read more
I don’t mean to cause alarm but there are more people living with HIV now than any other time in history.Read more