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
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GAY MEN'S CHEMSEX SURVIVAL STORI
LGBT Foundatn is a natnal chary liverg advice, support and rmatn servic to lbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) muni. * gay chemsex *
Chemsex is a term ed by activist David Stuart scribg gay men and men who have sex wh men (MSM) havg sex unr the fluence of psychoactive dgs.
THE RISE OF GAY 'CHEMSEX' PARTI VOLVG LIBIDO-ENHANCG DGS
Chemsex was associated wh a posive gay inty ga, which explaed the ambivalence participants exprsed matag a gay future whout chemsex spe their awarens of negative nsequenc. This is signifint for unrstandg both why chemsex pathways may prove attractive and why … * gay chemsex *
You may thk of Chemsex parti as a place of total "chill out" and never-endg sexual fun, but the gay men my nsultg room tell me much darker stori. The statistics are worryg: Chemsex behavurs are so prevalent amongst gay men that clicians ll an epimic.
Here the UK, spe the legal rights that the LGBTQ+ muni now have, homophobia persists, mostly vertly. Beg born a gay boy n easily feel like beg different om other boys at a very young age.
I often hear gay men say:. "Gay men only want sex. "Gay men are not terted love.