Will Nutland

was really pleased to be invited to be a part of this celebration :) Can't quite believe it's 10 years. Huge congrats to the whole team! @drwilln.bsky.social Marc, Rich & the rest! @thelovetankcic.bsky.social

PrEPster celebrates 10 years of educating and agitating for PrEP — The Love Tank CIC In an often emotional and touching event, the first 10 years of the HIV PrEP programme –  PrEPster  – was celebrated as part of  The Love Tank’s  Love Hub activities last Friday 19...

Celebrating 10 years of PrEPster last week - with allies and comrades @ingridkyoung.bsky.social Winnie Sseruma @idiosyncraticxl.bsky.social Marc Thompson and many others.

www.thelovetank.info/news/prepste...

OPPORTUNITIES FOR Black LGBTQIA+ writers Paid wearequeeraf.com/pitch Write an article for QueerAF’s UK Black History Month series, with guest editor Phil Samba First round deadline Sep 28th. Final deadline Oct 5th 2025

✊🏿 Paid opportunities for Black LGBTQIA+ writers and journalists!

The @thelovetankcic.bsky.social Phil Samba @idiosyncraticxl.bsky.social is joining @WeAreQueerAF.com as our Black History Month UK guest editor

Details in 🧵 or apply now 👇
www.wearequeeraf.com/black-histor...

Love Hub turns 7! — The Love Tank CIC The Love Tank’s  Love Hub – in partnership with Fringe! Film Festival – today announces its most ambitious programme of free activities and events.

Love Hub 2025 programme is live!

This year we're celebrating our SEVENTH Hub in collaboration with @fringefilmfest.bsky.social with a bumper 30 events.

Full programme here -
www.thelovetank.info/news/lovehub25

Work with me, @drwilln.bsky.social & @thelovetankcic.bsky.social team to explore health activism

What are the drug & alcohol needs of queer people in the UK?

This new community-based research hot-off-the-presses, stunningly authored by @benvyle.bsky.social

Amazing chance to spend 5 years working alongside @ingridkyoung.bsky.social and @thelovetankcic.bsky.social team.

The postdoc is based at the University of Edinburgh.

There's a new way to get HIV PrEP in North East London, without having to visit a clinic.

The new online service provides all the necessary tests and support, with PrEP delivered to your address.

Find out more here - www.prepster.info/free-prep-ne...

@positiveeast.bsky.social

Imagining Palestinian Futures — Doing Disability Futures Ingrid Young writes on the importance to be reminded of how the violence in Palestine done in the name of settler-colonialism - a long-standing system of oppression – is inextricably tied to disabilit...

Imagining Palestinian Futures - @ingridkyoung.bsky.social our colleague in the collaborative Doing Disability Futures project, writes about how violence in Palestine is inextricably tied to disability justice.

www.disabilityfutures.uk/blog/ddf03

Image of comment article by CND Vice-President Caroline Lucas. Headline reads: "Why are weapons commemorating Hiroshima's 80th anniversary with new nuclear weapons."

As we mark 80 years since the atomic bombings of Japan, CND Vice-President Caroline Lucas writes from Hiroshima and asks why are nuclear powers ditching disarmament for a new nuclear arms race?

Read more: www.independent.co.uk/voices/hiros...

Vaccines into bodies at UKBP — The Love Tank CIC The Love Tank  joins forces with east London NHS sexual health clinics to provide sexual health vaccinations at UK Black Pride.

Attending UK Black Pride this coming weekend in London?

For the 4th year running we'll be co-hosting a pop-up vaccine bus with NHS colleagues from All East and Homerton sexual health services.

Come find us!

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

www.thelovetank.info/news/ukbp

NHS begins rollout of world-first gonorrhoea vaccine programme NHS and local authorities begin rollout of world-first gonorrhoea vaccination programme across the country.

“The vaccination programme takes us one step closer to reducing one of the most common STIs; one that impacts on key groups of people. We must now ensure that vaccines reach those groups, including people who are least likely to visit clinics." @drwilln.bsky.social

www.gov.uk/government/n...

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

Got the chance to chat with Cosmo about the work we do with Block9 at Glastonbury festival.

Big shout out to @ledbydonkeys.org

LSHTM's Director writes to UK Government about Gaza public health catastrophe | To: Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer and Rt Hon Mr David Lammy MPDear Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary,As Director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) I feel it is my duty to write

Finally @lshtm.bsky.social finds its voice - thank you for making this stand, and to the staff and students and alumni who made this happen.

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...

Groundbreaking HIV PrEP programme relaunches for 10 year anniversary — The Love Tank CIC HIV prevention programme  PrEPster  - formed by activists in 2015 in response to inaction on education and implementation on HIV PrEP - relaunches today to mark its 10th year since being fou...

The Love Tank's groundbreaking HIV PrEP programme - PrEPster - relaunches for our 10 year anniversary.

A totally new website brings PrEP info to a whole new generation of PrEP users and those who could use PrEP.

www.thelovetank.info/news/prepster

DoxyPEP for syphilis prevention – new UK guidelines launched — The Love Tank CIC New guidelines issued today by the British Association of Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) provides an evidence-based framework for the prescription of doxy PEP to prevent syphilis.

New UK guidelines for prescribing doxyPEP for syphilis prevention launched today by @bashhuk.bsky.social

The Love Tank played a key role in community engagement for the guidelines, with @benvyle.bsky.social and @idiosyncraticxl.bsky.social on the writing group.

www.thelovetank.info/news/doxysyph

The (Re)-emerging And ePidemic Infectious Diseases (RAPID) Stigma Scales: a cross-outbreak scale development and pyschometric validation study Reducing stigma during infectious disease outbreaks is crucial for delivering an effective response. However, no validated stigma scales exist for use…

How do we measure stigma during infectious disease outbreaks?

@thelovetankcic.bsky.social worked with colleagues globally to develop a outbreak stigma scale.

Reducing stigma is essential for delivering effective outbreak responses.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

3/ Will Nutland, Co-founder and Director of @thelovetankcic.bsky.social, spoke to @wearequeeraf.com about the “significant importance” of this development, and the next steps:

The gonorrhoea vaccine is an incredible breakthrough. It could also be a terrible missed opportunity | Benjamin Weil Vaccines that work need systems that work. Britain’s starved services must be supported to reach those most at risk, says researcher Benjamin Weil

Why the new gonorrhoea vaccine is an incredible breakthrough, and why we need to not miss any opportunities in its implementation.

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

@thelovetankcic.bsky.social's @benvyle.bsky.social writes in @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Love Tank responds to Gonorrhoea Vaccine Programme launch — The Love Tank CIC The Love Tank  salutes today’s announcement of a national Gonorrhoea vaccination programme being rolled out by the NHS.

New gonorrhoea vaccine programme announced today, along with full mpox vaccine rollout.

This is a welcome and much needed investment in sexual health. We must ensure both vaccines reach those who need them including those least likely to visit sexual health services.

www.thelovetank.info/news/menb

Yet another wake up call for Starmer.

WTF is he gonna start realising his shift to the hard right is not a successful strategy.

Doctors of the World denounces the use of hunger as a "weapon of war" in Gaza <article data-history-node-id="422423" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/doctors-world-denounces-use-hunger-weapon-war-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/doctors-world-denounces-use-hunger-weapon-war-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Doctors of the World denounces the use of hunger as a "weapon of war" in Gaza</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Acute malnutrition in the Gaza Strip is being used as a "weapon of war" through the blockade imposed by Israel on the Palestinian territory, the NGO Médecins du Monde (MDM), also known as Doctors of the World, warned on Tuesday.</p> <p>After 18 months of war, the Gaza Strip has reached malnutrition levels "comparable to those observed in countries facing protracted humanitarian crises spanning decades" such as Yemen or Nigeria, the organisation said in a report.</p> <p>Based on data from six health centres it runs in Gaza , MDM points to a link between rising malnutrition rates and declining aid volumes entering the Palestinian territory.</p> <p>In November, for example, a peak in child malnutrition of 17% was observed, a period which coincides with a significant reduction in the inflow of humanitarian aid. Israeli authorities have closed the crossings since 2 March.</p> <p>"We are not witnessing a humanitarian crisis, but a crisis of humanity and moral bankruptcy with the use of hunger as a weapon of war," says Jean-François Corty, president of MDM.</p> <p>"The inaction of third-party states that have the means to pressure the Israeli authorities to lift this deadly siege is unacceptable and could be considered complicity under international law," he continued.</p> </div> </div> </article>

Doctors of the World denounces the use of hunger as a "weapon of war" in Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/doctors-world-denounces-use-hunger-weapon-war-gaza

“An island of strangers?”

@teamlabouruk.bsky.social has become the stranger: wtf are doing Starmer?

“We do think it is time to end care worker recruitment from abroad."

So who is gonna wipe your bum and chin gribble, Yvette?

Foreign care workers kept my Mum comfortable and cared for during her last years. They were heroes.

@labouruk.bsky.social - you’ve lost the plot (again).

Struck by the new generations of activists hitting the streets (and beyond) right now.

So much thoughtful, respectful, care-focused activism.

My buddy @mark-walton.bsky.social is doing more great work!

Check out the new Corporate Bodies podcast exploring why organisations are so weird & what to do to make them better.

Launching 1st May - trailer and subscription info below.

corporatebodies.substack.com/p/corporate-...

Brilliant article in @gqmagazine.bsky.social from @draaronb.bsky.social

Live, work, study or socialise in Hackney?

Attend chill-outs or been to one recently?

Join our new peer-led programme that makes chill-outs safer together, along with @londonfriend.bsky.social

Sign up at tinyurl.com/tltaqct

Our Love Hub will return as part of @fringefilmfest.bsky.social on 19-21 Sept 2025 in east London.

Got an idea for an event, workshop, panel or performance?

Send your brief concepts to maureen@thelovetank.info by 3pm on Friday 2 May.

We provide bursaries to develop activities at the Love Hub :)