Comment: Porn or better sex education?
Brook, the young people’s sexual health charity, is worried by the government’s proposal to filter online pornography. Writing for PinkNews.co.uk, its chief executive, Simon Blake, explains why...
View ArticleTory MP Mike Freer: Hopefully the JCVI will recommend extending the HPV...
The decision of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) to collate evidence on the merits of extending the HPV vaccine to young gay men has been welcomed by Conservative MP Mike...
View ArticlePaul Flowers steps down from Terrence Higgins Trust’s board of trustees amid...
Following revelations about his private life, former Co-op bank chairman Paul Flowers has stepped down from his role on the board of trustees at Terrence Higgins Trust. On Monday afternoon, a...
View ArticleTeen health charity calls on BBC to review guidelines following Graham Norton...
The CEO of young people’s sexual health charity Brook has criticised the BBC’s decision to discipline Graham Norton for wearing an HIV/AIDS awareness ribbon on his Friday night chat show. On Wednesday,...
View ArticleExclusive: Nick Clegg lashes out at ‘Cabinet wrangles’ over improving sex...
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has expressed his frustration at the failure of the Cabinet to agree on the need to “improve” and “modernise” sex education guidance. Speaking on Wednesday evening at a...
View ArticleHealth charity: All of government should listen to Nick Clegg’s call to drive...
Britain’s largest sexual health charity has praised Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg’s call for a new cross-party consensus on tackling HIV within the gay community, but warns “it needs to be backed...
View ArticleHealth charity Brook ‘disappointed but not deterred’ by Lords vote against...
The CEO of young people’s sexual health charity Brook says he’s “disappointed” by the House of Lords for voting against compulsory sex and relationship education (SRE) in schools. Last night peers...
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