CHAPS off-message

CHAPS is the Community HIV and Aids Prevention Strategy, a partnership of several organisations led by the Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) coming together for health promotion to gay and bisexual men.

If you want the official website, it’s www.chapsonline.org.uk

As you will …

THT has received millions of pounds from the Department of Health for work with gay and bisexual men as part of the CHAPS partnership.

My complaint is that it has either ignored or at best paid lip service to the “and …

That CHAPS should work with bisexual men is still clearly acknowledged.

The Field Guide is the CHAPS manual on applying Making It Count, the strategic overview of CHAPS, to health promotion activity with homosexually active men. Both are now in …

A guide to sexually transmitted infections.

Many men will get a sexually transmitted infection at some time - even if haveing (sic) safer sex or sex with only a few men. This helpful manual takes an in-depth look at sexually transmitted …

This sister publication to The Bottom Line, deals with the penis and testicles and how to stay healthy. It covers anatomy; sexual activities; sexual problems; and a range of issues from testicular cancer to sexual dysfunction, and oral sex technique …

“All you’ll ever need to know about your arse and his (sic)”

Written in a friendly and accessible style, this gay man’s guide to anal health covers a wide variety of topics. Using a mixture of illustrations and graphics it explains …

Designed to be given out at cruising sites and venues by outreach workers, this credit card sized leaflet provides information and support for men who have sex with men.

The exception. As far as I can see, this is the only …

Written for men who don’t have HIV, this booklet is for men who have sex with other men. It provides basic information about sex between men, has tips that can make sex better and information about how to make sex …

This booklet is for young men under 18 who think they might be gay or bisexual. Designed with professionals in mind (teachers, school counsellors, youth workers), this accessible and non-explicit resource covers common anxieties that young gay or bisexual men …

Interestingly, the booklet that Out and About replaced was in some ways much better.

True Colours was first published in 1997, with a second edition in 1999.

Apart from a superficial redesign, the only three differences between the two I can spot …

When I did a search for ‘bisexual’ on the THT website, forty or so local ‘and bisexual’ groups come up along with things like the brand new Sector Summary Report on improving sex and relationships education (SRE). There’s no specific …

“The website for young gay men” and, again, that’s what it means.

The front page has “gay men” four times, plus “gay scene” and “gay pubs and clubs”.

The gay scene section has nothing to say about mixed gender venues or the …

There are three in the series, produced by the then ‘Living well with HIV team’, and not all of these are part of the CHAPS partnership.

But see what they are:

Relationships and Sex for Gay Men - perhaps surprisingly, the …

Because the person in charge of the THT website does not understand the importance of keeping links valid, they’ve been broken several times since writing the original articles. I’ll have download links from here soon…