Gay men are still hookg up, but there’s a greater emphasis on love and safety than pre-panmic days.
Contents:
- SEX THE TIME OF COVID-19: RULTS OF AN ONLE SURVEY OF GAY, BISEXUAL AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN’S EXPERIENCE OF SEX AND HIV PREVENTN DURG THE US COVID-19 EPIMIC
- NO SEX DURG LOCKDOWN? GAY MEN LONDON SAY OTHERWISE
SEX THE TIME OF COVID-19: RULTS OF AN ONLE SURVEY OF GAY, BISEXUAL AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN’S EXPERIENCE OF SEX AND HIV PREVENTN DURG THE US COVID-19 EPIMIC
* gay lockdown *
There will be no para Bra’s unofficial gay pal, Brighton, or New York. Life was already impossibly hard for LGBTQ+ people the east Ain untry, where gay sex is illegal and punishable by life imprisonment.
NO SEX DURG LOCKDOWN? GAY MEN LONDON SAY OTHERWISE
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Mugisha was one of about 20 people arrted 2016 when police broke up a gay Pri event.