From 1st August 2025, a gonorrhoea vaccine will be available on the NHS in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland as part of a world-first gonorrhoea vaccination programme. Read more
DoxyPEP (doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis) is medication that can prevent bacterial STI infections. The treatment is a dose of an antibiotic called doxycycline which you take after sex. Read more
In the last couple of months we’ve seen headlines about three (yes, three) untreatable infections of super gonorrhoea. Read more
Home testing is a way for you to test for HIV and STIs from the comfort of your own home. Most are self-sampling, which you return the products and get your results within a couple of days. Others offer 15 mins results. Read more
Contributor Hadley Stewart, explains that how his own experiences at GUM clinics haven’t been scary at all. Read more
Many of us are still hung up on the idea that if someone goes to a sexual health clinic they’ve obviously got something, they’re only there because they’re a slut or because their boyfriend cheated on them. Read more
What’s the difference between hepatitis A, B and C? How can they affect you? And how can you treat them? Read more
As well as broken hearts and emotional turmoil, a cheating partner can bring home STIs. Read more
Condoms used with water-based or silicone-based lube are the surest way to protect you or your partner against HIV and many other sexually transmitted infections. Read more
Find out how and where to get a free HIV and STI home testing kit Read more
No matter the result, getting tested is a win-win. Read more
Not showing symptoms? A postal testing kit could work for you. Read more
Think lesbians aren't at risk of STIs? Think again. Read more
Why should you get tested for STIs? Read more
Chlamydia is a bacterial infection. It is most commonly passed on by having sex without a condom. Read more
Crabs, or pubic lice, are tiny brown bloodsucking insects, so called because of their crablike claws, which allow them to hold on to pubic hair. Read more
Warts are abnormal skin growths caused by the human papilloma virus (HPV). Read more
Glandular fever, also known as 'mono' or, to give it its full title, mononucleosis. Read more
Gonorrhoea, or 'the clap', is a bacterial infection Read more
The best way to prevent hepatitis A is by getting vaccinated. Read more
The hepatitis B virus is in blood, cum, urine, spit and poo, as well as other body fluids of a person who's infected. Read more
Hepatitis C is not as easily passed on as hepatitis A or hepatitis B, but it can cause long term damage to your health and there is no vaccine to prevent it. Read more
Herpes is a virus that is spread by skin to skin contact. Read more
HPV - human papilloma virus - is the name for a group of viruses that can affect your skin, anus/rectum, mouth and throat. Read more
LGV is short for lymphogranuloma venereum. It is a form of the common sexually transmitted infection chlamydia. Read more
Molluscum contagiosum is a skin infection that is caused by a virus. Read more
NSP, or non-specific proctitis, is an infection similar to NSU except that it is found in the arse rather than in the urethra. Read more
Syphilis is a bacterial infection which is most usually transmitted through sex without a condom and oral... Read more
NSU, or non-specific urethritis to give it its full name, is an infection of the urethra – the tube inside your penis that you pee or pass semen through. Read more
Scabies is a skin disease caused by a tiny parasitic mite that lives just under the surface of your skin. Scabies can be spread by any form of skin-to-skin contact and can also be caught from infested clothing, sheets or towels. Read more
Shigella (or bacillary dysentery) is a bacterial infection which you can get by coming into contact with poo. Read more
Using condoms will protect you from many STIs, and many of them are easily cured or can be vaccinated against. However, the transmission of some STIs is very difficult to prevent, even if you have safer sex. Read more
When it comes to sex and relationships there is no such thing as a stupid question. Here are our answers to some of the things you asked us via the GMFA website. Read more