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Contents:
- THE RISE OF GAY 'CHEMSEX' PARTI VOLVG LIBIDO-ENHANCG DGS
- LGBTQ MONTH: METHAMPHETAME USE THE GAY COMMUNY
- ORIGAL ARTICLE“GETTG HIGH TO GET LAID.” DGS AND GAY SEX UNR FLUENCE.☆
- TA: THE DG VASTATG THE GAY MUNY
THE RISE OF GAY 'CHEMSEX' PARTI VOLVG LIBIDO-ENHANCG DGS
Life is better than ever for London's gay muny. So why are some men dulgg dg-fuelled parti of weekend-long, often unsafe, sex wh HIV rat on the rise? The wrer Matt Ca believ the roots of the dark 'chemsex' scene touch all * drugs gay scene *
Stay ahead of the trend fashn and beyond wh our ee weekly Liftyle Ed newsletterStay ahead of the trend fashn and beyond wh our ee weekly Liftyle Ed newsletter It's Friday night and a group of gay men is gatherg London for a party one of their hom. More and more gay men are gog to parti like this to dulge “chemsex”, or sex unr the fluence of dgs.
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LGBTQ MONTH: METHAMPHETAME USE THE GAY COMMUNY
Meth e disproportnately affects the gay muny as the dg's e grows among party and circu scen, creasg STD and HIV risk. * drugs gay scene *
”The film's portrayal of the chemsex phenomenon will no doubt shock straight viewers who've been sced by the visn of a newly emancipated muny of proud and happy gay men that many of have been so willg to project.
What I learnt durg that time was that my experience of homophobic bullyg as an effemate and obvly gay child had left part of me believg I was jt as disgtg as everyone had said – and was this self-loathg which was motivatg my urge to urse, there n be all kds of reasons why people, both gay and straight, try to stroy themselv – and this is somethg I like to explore my fictn.
ORIGAL ARTICLE“GETTG HIGH TO GET LAID.” DGS AND GAY SEX UNR FLUENCE.☆
) But I'm particularly terted the shared experienc that n drive gay men to self-stct through practic such as chemsex.
TA: THE DG VASTATG THE GAY MUNY
However happy we like to thk we are as adults and however much progrs has been ma the field of equal rights, the realy is that most gay men over a certa age have grown up experiencg homophobia. Even those who haven't will have seen happeng to others and sublimally absorbed the msage that beg gay is wrong. Perhaps most tragilly, many younger men who have grown up an apparently much ls homophobic society now seem to be fallg to the scene almost accintally; anyone loggg on to Grdr need ntact only a few ers before beg offered “chems”.