There is no stigma in being mentally ill. However does the gay ill health sector attract those that already have serious mental health conditions? And if you aren’t suffering from a mental health condition does working in the gay ill health sector create them? Is this because of their extreme ideological politically correct beliefs? The… Read More »
The PrEPsters specialise in telling half the story. But, increasingly, gay men see right through it. Let’s consider this Twitter exchange. Here at GMAP we believe that a small focused roll-out of PrEP is sufficient. It should be aimed at gay men who have a chaotic life. Men who are out of control and really… Read More »
If you’re a Man who has Sex with Men (MSM) and you really want to know what is going on when it comes to sexual health we highly recommend the following video seminars which have just been published by the New Zealand organisation PHARMAC. HIV Update Dr Massimo Giola, an Infectious Disease and Sexual Health… Read More »
You will no doubt have read the latest campaign that simply states gay men who have HIV but have an undetectable viral load “cannot pass it on” and it is untransmittable if they have sex with a HIV negative partner. The gay (ill) health organisations deal in absolutes, is this definitive statement putting HIV negative… Read More »
Twenty-five years ago, Gay Men Fighting AIDS (GMFA) was a worthwhile organisation. Its stylish ads promoting condom use would pop up on Channel 4 in the middle of the gay current affairs series “Out”. About twenty years ago the charity began to change. Despite being just a few percent of the UK gay male population,… Read More »
In 1983 some of us watched a Horizon programme on BBC2. Called “Killer In the Village“, it was about a mysterious illness that was killing gay men in New York and San Francisco. To some of us in the UK it was apparent immediately that, whatever this was, it was unlikely to stay only in… Read More »
You will see many campaigns by the gay (ill)health charities about how they want to “destigmatise” HIV. They would have you believe it’s just about treating HIV positive gay men with respect, support and kindness. Noble aims. However the real agenda behind this is to “destigmatise” barebacking, validate it and glorify it as a legitmate… Read More »