Looking after your sexual health can sometimes be a daunting experience. Talk of infections like chlamydia or syphillis, or HIV and understanding PrEP or PEP can be hard to wrap your head around. On this episode we speak with Nurse Jackie and learn from her 14 years experience working in and around sexual health networks, and get some of our listeners questions answered.

Fact Check: In this episode it was mistakenly referred that Syphilis can be cured through through a treatment of doxycycline (doxy) for 7 days. This is factually inaccurate as the course runs generally for 14-21 days, increasing the chance that a patient will not fully adhere to the regiment.

Websites to visit:
Melbourne Sexual Health Clinic
Sydney Sexual Health Centre
Adelaide Sexual Health Centre
Brisbane Centre for Sexual Health
Clinic 34 (Darwin)
Sexual Health Quarters (Perth)
Canberra Sexual Health Centre
Sexual Health Service Tasmania

Research & Reports mentioned in the show:

• Treatment of Syphilis: A Systematic Review
• Triple J Hack, When was your last STI Check?
• Sexual Health Consumer's Use of Dr Google
• What are we really asking: Chemsex or Sexualised Drug Use?
• Non-occupational Post Exposure Prophylaxis in an Emergency Department in Sydney

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Being Sex Positive is a growing trend, particularly in the queer community. What does it mean to be sex positive, though, and how do we make sure we're holding each other accountable? In this episode our hosts explore their experiences of sex positivity, and use the amazing article by Miri Mogilevsky at Everyday Feminism as a guide to share their own thoughts.

You can access the full article here: https://everydayfeminism.com/2016/08/10-things-sex-positivity-is-not/

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Queer As Folk recently hit its 20th anniversary since the US version hit the small screen in 2000. Over the last 20 years QaF has remained a popular conversation piece among gay men, but if we look back at it, did it do more harm than good to our community? Or did it help catapult the 21st Century queer movement? From predatory sexual behave to poor portrayal of drug use and HIV, it certainly got at the heart of how the queer community was viewed. Join our hosts this week for a rather heated debate on the good and bad that came from Queer As Folk.

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Grindr is the app that we all love to hate. It's been around for over 11 years now and has become a mainstay of the male queer community. It's permeated through popular culture and has helped to normalise hookup culture. Grindr does, however, come with its issues. In this episode we explore Grindr through our experiences and observations.

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Starting the process of coming out can be one of the most daunting experiences any queer person can go through. In our first episode our three hosts open up about their experiences and what coming out meant for them.

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