benjamin weil

a healing aura

think this film was written and, more importantly, edited by my dog

in a safe space (a friday afternoon screening of freakier friday filled with women and gays xx)

same, frankie

A new gonorrhoea vaccination programme launches today across the UK.

Vaccination is being rolled-out across NHS sexual health clinics.

Find out more about the vaccine here -
www.queerhealth.info/projects/menb

@bashhuk.bsky.social @england.nhs.uk @ukhsa.bsky.social

this man and his amazing collaborators’ books taught me how to read! thank you for everything ❤️❤️❤️

and FWIW I believe there are no “normals” in public health - so we should endeavour for a range of options for a range of people - but there are definitely majorities (and definitely recognise how many of us - esp queer ppl + the minoritised- are traumatised by bad practice which collapses the two)

no worries! addressing PrEP inequity, and education and awareness raising is a large slice of my work in public health - so always (strive to be) data, theory and community knowledge informed

making sure - not for you, for anyone reading this.

it’s really important that, especially at this stage of HIV crisis, GBMSM with access and knowledge about PrEP do not generalise from their experiences without reflection. it actually reinforces PrEP inequities and narratives that keep other people with need from access.

“your own reality” ≠ most people! that’s the point, as proven by data about the diversity of communities with remaining PrEP need of which very sexually active GBMSM still represent a minority!

(also it’s 2-24 hours before - to be very very clear)

you have followed and seen enough of my work by now, surely, to know what sorts of positions i advocate…

did you read the context you’re responding to? that’s the point *i* am making! Theres no one size fits all - so let’s not dictate people have to take their pills daily or “as prescribed” (sic)

it is excessively biomedicalising to expect someone to take a pill every single day not on the off chance they have sex that day but on the off chance they have sex completely spontaneously and unplanned.

for gods sake: *most* people who have not had sex for months and months don’t eg spontaneously find themselves getting rawdogged in a backroom without any forewarning (for one, you’d be attending a club possibly in the hope of getting laid). you are not describing social realities.

i will leave you to ponder whether you really think health promotion about PrEP is as effective as it if we tell people they need to take it every day if that is, in fact, not true. have a good one.

you are generalising (your experience is certainly not reflective of all or indeed many people) and foreclosing possibilities that are useful to many (and indeed c/would have saved/ could (in resource low settings) save many lives.

possible exposure only happens every day if you have sex every day, which is the antithesis of what this conversation is about.

i don’t understand what your disagreement is with. the point is you don’t have to take PrEP every single day if you are not frequently having sex (which has been the context for this entire discussion). most people tend to know 2 hours before they have sex that they might or will have it.

no it’s literally not. that is active disinformation. see: prepster.info

exactly. even if the agencies are trying to be ~extra cautious~ there’s no excuse to at least recommend 2-7 dosing for folks who aren’t have regular sex and have limited income, limited access to medication/medical care, or just have bone density/kidney health concerns.

(tbc: i think injectables are an amazing advancement, but you can easily see priorities and bottom lines colluding with interpretation of evidence here)

beyond frustrating and a source of significant inequities (no wonder expensive injectables being pushed and invited in with such alacrity stateside)

(many prescribing clinicians have been educated about PrEP using data that is now a decade out of date. we know much much more now - and there is often, sadly, a lag as clinicians are too in demand and busy to access up-to-date training and info.)

sharing things like this online without checking against sources can be harmful!

PrEP info for frontline workers — PrEPster

no, not true. BASHH guidelines -
by panel of experts who review all evidence (not perspective of a single clinician - best not to rely on this) - state what is written in my post. summary of guidelines here in FAQ form: www.prepster.info/prepfaq

full guidelines here: www.bashh.org/resources/5/...

this advice is especially useful if accessing PrEP costs you money or if you don’t want to constantly have to refill your supply when you aren’t having regular sex.

(explainer for first post: event based PrEP means taking 2 pills 2-24 hours before sex and 1 pill every day for two days after. this is also the same way you initiate PrEP if you’re going to use it daily!)