'Sex...' leaflet

S/PTC/2/7/26

1986

Paul Thurlow was a volunteer on the Islington's Pride LGBTQ+ archives project at the Islington Local History Centre and later became a volunteer with the Islington Local History Centre. He is a long-term resident of Islington and an active member of the LGBTQ+ community having volunteered with many organisations including Gay Switchboard. He also actively participated in many events and activities.

Concertina-type folded leaflet produced by The Terrence Higgins Trust that folds to postcard-size; black, pink, red and blue on grey. Sets out information on HIV transmission, the relative risk of transmission through different sexual practices, and reducing risk through 'safer sex' and in particular by use of condoms. Refers to the 'the AIDS virus", "also known as HTLVIII", and to the antibody test that by then was available. James Gardiner's 1996 book "Who's a Pretty Boy Then? - One Hundred and Fifty Years of Gay Life in Pictures" has a photo of the leaflet on page 178, dating it to 1986. Item contains explicit language and images.

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LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning+) Community, HIV / AIDS, LGBTQ+ Health and Wellbeing

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