When I admitted I was HIV positive, my fellow academics excluded me
After disclosing my diagnosis, colleagues called me ‘reckless’ and cut off contact. I felt stigmatised and alone
How sex toys are being redesigned to help survivors of sexual assault
A healthy sex life can feel unattainable for survivors of sexual assault. But new products, from brushes to non-penetrative tools, are giving women a powerful way to reclaim their bodies
The decline of Club 18-30 isn’t all about sex, sex, sex you know
It’s easy to see why Thomas Cook is considering the raunchy holiday club’s future – the package holiday is dead, says the Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Patients being turned away from sexual health clinics, RCN says
Short-staffed clinics are at ‘tipping point’, leading to fears over a drop in infection testing
The Tories’ latest campaign tactic? Blaming Labour for hepatitis
A Tory local election leaflet claimed that Labour was responsible for ‘delivering’ hepatitis in the area. Can this party get any more farcical?
Rise of contraceptive apps sparks fears over unwanted pregnancies
Health experts say it’s unclear how effective menstrual trackers are for the average UK woman
The future of sex work – a photo essay
It has been 23 years since New South Wales decriminalised sex work. How much has changed for sex workers?
Sexual addiction, desire and dopamine hits
Not all sex addicts are sexual predators – many are just struggling to contain their destructive urges. Andrew Anthony meets addicts and therapists to hear how they cope with this secretive pandemic
Pumarosa’s Isabel Munoz-Newsome: ‘I didn’t get a smear test because I was embarrassed. Stupid’
Just as her band broke through and began a European tour, the singer was diagnosed with cervical cancer. She talks about her dramatic year
Super-gonorrhoea is here – that means the antibiotic crisis is too
Highly drug-resistant bugs are no longer a future problem. After decades of complacency, urgency is needed, says Jeremy Knox from the Wellcome Trust