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Now hiring: Digital and Social Engagement Officer

The Health Equality and Rights Organisation (HERO) the parent organisation of GMFA – the gay men’s health charity is seeking a Digital and Social Engagement Officer who is passionate about tackling LGBT+ health inequalities to build an online help and support hub for LGBT+ people living in London, while expanding HERO/GMFA’s LGBT+ projects and working with the HERO/GMFA team on existing public facing campaigns and fundraising.
Calling all HIV-undetectable gay and bi men
Calling all BAME gay and bi men
Penis anxiety is impacting gay men’s self-esteem

In our latest issue (FS #160) we found out what gay men like about their penis, what they like about others, and what issues impacts their self-esteem and causes anxiety.

'Just Man Up' - the stigma of silence is killing us

Over three quarters of those who died by suicide in 2012, while suffering from depression and related illnesses, were men. It’s the biggest killer of men under 50 in the UK, claiming lives of more young men than cancer.
True Life: "The night I nearly died"

It seems almost every time I read an American paper, or read online news, another gay teenager in the US has committed suicide. I sit there and read the article talking about how they were a ‘promising student’ or a ‘loving son’, I see the photo of their young face and every time my heart breaks a little more. If only I could have spoken to them, held their hand and told them it’ll be all right and given them a hug. I feel so completely and utterly powerless to help.
Meet the HIV-positive gay men who are depressed and suicidal

If you just read about effective HIV treatment and life expectancy you’d be forgiven for thinking that HIV is no big deal these days. Sure your life might change but once you are diagnosed all you have to do is remind yourself to take your medication once a day, and eventually you will become undetectable and your life will go back to normal.
The link between depression and HIV

A recent study by University College London showed that HIV-negative gay men who have several symptoms of depression are more likely to have sex without a condom. Some American studies have also found an association between depression and risky sex.
All good things must come to an end. My final column...

As the age-old cliché goes, “all good things must come to an end”, and so it’s with the heaviest of hearts that I’m writing this, my last column for FS magazine.
How is HIV transmitted?
Symptoms of recent HIV infection
Unprotected sex (bareback sex)

Condoms are one of the most effective and reliable ways of preventing the spread of HIV (and many other STIs) when you fuck.
PEP (post-exposure prophylaxis)
Stop HIV Stigma 2014

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