LGBTQ+ people are disproportionately affected by loneliness, mental ill-health and social isolation. Lee Williscroft-Ferris suggests some strategies for surviving and thriving during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Category: Health
Sober socials: Does the queer community have an alcohol problem?
LGBTQ+ socialising has been centred around alcohol for as long as we can remember. Daz Skubich explores why now is the time for more dry queer events.
The Pride’s guide to understanding sexual health
The Queerness is pleased to run a guest piece on the issue of LGBTQ+ sexual health to mark World Sexual Health Day.
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Cissexism could cost lives to cervical cancer
As Cervical Cancer Prevention Week comes to an end, Sam Hope reflects on how the campaigning often neglects groups who may be particularly at risk
“Me Too”: LGBTQ+ people and sexual assault
When all LGBT+ people including men are at elevated risks of sexual violence, how can we speak about this without erasing men’s violence against women? Sam Hope shares some intersectional insight on the issue
Conservatives ruling the streets causes problems between the sheets
Guest writer, Lewis Henshall, looks at last week’s political events through the lens of his and other LGBTQ+ people’s personal experiences.
Bisexuality and intimate partner violence: Enabled and encouraged
Stephanie Farnsworth examines the issue of intimate partner violence and how it has seeped into bisexual life.
Trans and HIV-positive: It’s time to make our case
Trans activist Juno Roche writes for The Queerness on the myriad issues associated with being a trans woman and HIV-positive.
Bisexual Health Month: what we need to know
For Bisexual Health Month, Stephanie Farnsworth examines the health issues bisexual people are facing
Poppers ban: It’s not just the law being tightened
As Tory MP Crispin Blunt ‘outs’ himself as partial to poppers, Lee Williscroft-Ferris considers the potential repercussions of the likely ban on the ‘little bottle’ on the social and sex lives of gay men.
