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The first news report that appeared in mainstream media in the USA on what would go on to get known as HIV/AIDS1
All animal species have a spontaneous instinct for self-preservation thanks to evolution. Those that never developed this mechanism to a sufficient extinct died out a extended, long time ago. It is a vital function that keeps us alive.
Despite humans creating civilizations that worked to diminish some of the rougher and more dangerous aspects of nature, this instinct remains strong in our constitutions for the simple reality that societies are fragile, and threats to our lives can appear immediately. How we choose to assess and then mitigate these threats depends not only on how our societies are organized and what resources we contain access to, but also how we personally judge these threats. This will often come down to personality traits that are inherent or are developed over time due to environmental factors and/or personal experiences. Some types elect social conformity, others will choose gun ownership, and so on. The examples are endless.
One type of personality known to us all is the ‘Alarmist’. This person will advise others in a
Jordan Tannahill Tells Tony Kushner How He Wrote the Year’s Wildest New Play
Jordan Tannahill, photographed by Sportsman Abrams.
In , a photo of a then four-year-old Prince George on a helicopter in Germany went viral. By this indicate in his young experience, the British heir had already had his picture taken thousands of times. But in this particular image, the Prince looked a little, well, fruity. For the playwright Jordan Tannahill, this wasn&#;t merely an occasion to crack jokes online, as it was for the relax of us. As he told Tony Kushner last week, &#;It began to trigger these series of thoughts: the strong self-identification I had with that photograph and how much I recognized my younger, unguarded queer self in that image.&#; So Tannahill began to write Prince Faggot, a salacious, empathetic, and very funny exploration of power, sexuality and monarchy now running at Playwrights Horizons in a co-production with Soho Rep through August 3rd. At its core is a surprisingly generative inquiry: &#;Would it be so outrageous to imagine the heir to the British throne having a life that resembles my own?&#; Among the show&#;s many admirers is Kushner, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play
Sexual health for queer and bisexual men
Having unprotected penetrative sex is the most likely way to pass on a sexually transmitted infection (STI).
Using a condom helps shield against HIV and lowers the risk of getting many other STIs.
If you’re a man having sex with men (MSM), without condoms and with someone modern, you should have an STI and HIV check every 3 months, otherwise, it should be at least once a year. This can be done at a sexual health clinic (SHC) or genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinic. This is important, as some STIs do not produce any symptoms.
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis A is a liver infection that's spread by a virus in poo.
Hepatitis A is uncommon in the UK but you can obtain it through sex, including oral-anal sex ("rimming") and giving oral sex after anal sex. MSM with multiple partners are particularly at risk. You can also get it through contaminated food and drink.
Symptoms of hepatitis A can emerge up to 8 weeks after sex and comprise tiredness and feeling sick (nausea).
Hepatitis A is not usually life-threatening and most people make a occupied recovery within a couple of months.
MSM can shun getting hepatitis A by:
- washing hands after sex (bottom, groin a
Ketamine
Ketamine is a powerful anesthetic that usually comes as a colourless, odorless, tasteless liquid, or white powder form.
Also known as: K, Special K, vitamin K
Generally, the user will trial a sense of dissociation, that may feel appreciate floating, numbness in the body, and feeling withdrawn (Alcohol and Drug Foundation, ). The user will also experience increased heart rate and blood pressure (CAMH, a).
Taking large amounts of ketamine or using certain administration routes can produce greater dissociative and/or sedative effects. Taking greater amounts can cause the user to become uncoordinated and lose consciousness. In other instances, the user may fall into a ‘k-hole’ where they acquire visual experiences that are considered frightening (CAMH, a). Characteristics of a ‘k-hole’ include:
- Blurred vision.
- Seeing ‘trails’ or intense hallucinations.
- Feeling detached from the body.
- Feeling ‘near death’.
When ketamine begins to wear off, the user may feel generally low or anxious, experience memory deficit and flashbacks of visual experiences/hallucinations (CAMH, a).
While life-threatening adverse effects of ketamine are rare, there are a number of factors that m
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