The Love Tank CIC @thelovetankcic.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The eighth of The Love Tank's ‘Little Back Pocket Guide’ launches today with a new guide on Safer Sex Work. The guide provides information about physical, mental and sexual health; boundaries, consent and safety; the law; and navigating finances. www.thelovetank.info/news/lbgtsswthelovetank.infoSex work safety and solidarity — The Love Tank CICThe eighth of The Love Tank's Little Back Pocket Guide launches today with a new guide on Safer Sex Work. 011
The Love Tank CIC @thelovetankcic.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The 8th annual Love Hub programme just released - 21 events across 7 days, as part of @fringefilmfest.bsky.social www.thelovetank.info/news/lovehub26thelovetank.infoThe Love Tank presents The Love Hub 2026 festival programme — The Love Tank CICThe Love Tank’s The Love Hub – in partnership with Fringe! Film Festival – announces its 2026 programme, with 21 free events held across seven days. 011
Reposted by The Love Tank CICMichael Marks @drmichaelmarks.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Delighted to see our special issue of Sexually Transmitted Diseases featuring a large number of outputs arising from the 2025 Shanghai International Syphilis Symposium & related work. Lots of great work & insights on the recent scientific progress. @typemat12.bsky.social @thelovetankcic.bsky.socialovid.comAugust 2026 - Volume 53 - Issue 8 : Sexually Transmitted DiseasesDiscover the August 2026 issue of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Volume 53, featuring peer-reviewed articles, case studies, and the latest research findings. 062
The Love Tank CIC @thelovetankcic.bsky.social · 15/07/2026A new roadmap to navigating DIY HRT launches today. In response to growing shifts in HRT provision, the roadmap provides practical tips on navigating HRT access, along with information on harm reduction & safer use, legal rights, & effects HRT can have on the body. www.thelovetank.info/news/diyhrtthelovetank.infoCommunity-generated DIY HRT roadmap launched — The Love Tank CICA new roadmap to navigating do-it-yourself (DIY) hormone replacement therapy (HRT) launches today - produced by and with trans and non-binary communities across the UK. 096
The Love Tank CIC @thelovetankcic.bsky.social · 15/07/2026We're recruiting two London, UK based Programme Coordinators: Health Equity. Closing date: 17 August 2026. www.thelovetank.info/vacancies/pc...thelovetank.infoWork with us - PCHER — The Love Tank CIC 023
The Love Tank CIC @thelovetankcic.bsky.social · 15/07/2026We're recruiting two London, UK based Programme Coordinators: Health Equity. Closing date: 17 August 2026. www.thelovetank.info/vacancies/pchethelovetank.infoWork with us - PCHE — The Love Tank CIC 021
The Love Tank CIC @thelovetankcic.bsky.social · 10/07/2026We're recruiting a London, UK based Programme Manager: Health Equity. Closing date: 29 July 2026. www.thelovetank.info/vacancies/pmhethelovetank.infoWork with us - PMHE — The Love Tank CIC 021
The Love Tank CIC @thelovetankcic.bsky.social · 10/07/2026We're recruiting a London, UK based Programme Manager: Community Mobilisation and Outreach. Closing date: 29 July 2026. www.thelovetank.info/vacancies/pm...thelovetank.infoWork with us - PMCMO — The Love Tank CIC 012
Reposted by The Love Tank CICOwen Blacker @owen.blacker.me.uk · 12/06/2026Given the obscene anti-scientific bullshit being peddled by the NHS about trans young people, it seems like a good moment to remind people that @thelovetankcic.bsky.social have awesome pocket guides Including this Guide to Puberty-Suppressing Hormones, which DIY advice www.queerhealth.info/lbgt/pshqueerhealth.infoPuberty-suppressing hormones — QueerHealth 174
The Love Tank CIC @thelovetankcic.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Regular attendees of sexual health clinics are very good at being vaccinated. But HPV vaccine uptake is lower in people who missed early-adult programmes or who aren't connected to NHS services. Our new HPV guide with North East London Cancer Alliance launches today. www.thelovetank.info/news/hpvthelovetank.infoHPV and queer communities: all you need to know — The Love Tank CICThe Love Tank launches a new information programme for queer people today about the human papilloma virus (HPV) and the vaccinations available to protect against it. 033
Reposted by The Love Tank CICPrEP Drug Interactions @prepinteractions.bsky.social · 05/06/2026We have added DoxyPEP to the PrEP drug interaction checker. 👉 prep-druginteractions.org DoxyPEP can be used after condomless sex to help prevent syphilis and chlamydia. @thelovetankcic.bsky.social do a great guide on using DoxyPEP 👉 www.queerhealth.info/projects/dox...prep-druginteractions.org 142
The Love Tank CIC @thelovetankcic.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Doing it in the dark: new darkroom etiquette guide launched. The guide is based on research conducted by Dr Jamie Hakim and the experience of generations of darkroom users. www.thelovetank.info/news/darkroomthelovetank.infoDoing it in the dark: new Darkroom Etiquette Guide launched — The Love Tank CICA new guide to using darkrooms – spaces in clubs, venues or parties where sex can happen – is published today by The Love Tank, in collaboration with Dr Jamie Hakim from King's College London.&nb... 052
The Love Tank CIC @thelovetankcic.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Which sexual health vaccines can I get on the NHS right now? Find out from All In - a brand new programme from The Love Tank. @bashhuk.bsky.social @bhiva.bsky.social @ukhsa.bsky.social @nhsenglandldn.bsky.social www.queerhealth.info/projects/vac...queerhealth.infoALL IN: Which sexual health vaccines can I get on the NHS right now? — QueerHealth 073
The Love Tank CIC @thelovetankcic.bsky.social · 18/05/2026The Love Tank's founding programme - PrEPster - re-launches one of our original info sources: Know About HIV PrEP. The newest edition includes info on injectable PrEP, new ways to start and stop PrEP, and info on new UK guidance. Download and view below. www.thelovetank.info/news/kahp-bo...thelovetank.infoKeeping on top of HIV PrEP changes: new information resources launched — The Love Tank CICThe Love Tank’s founding programme - PrEPster - re-launches one of its original information sources ‘Know About HIV PrEP’ to bring PrEP information right up-to-date. 073
The Love Tank CIC @thelovetankcic.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Creating organising spaces for queer South Asian communities in London - read more here. www.thelovetank.info/news/humthelovetank.infoHUM: Queer South Asian Mela creates organising space — The Love Tank CIC60 mobilisers, artists, and activists, gathered in Bethnal Green to participate in sessions with The Love Tank’s outreach team providing STI testing, information, and advice for Queer South Asian peop... 061
The Love Tank CIC @thelovetankcic.bsky.social · 24/03/2026New community-based research conducted in the east London borough of Tower Hamlets highlights on-going and pressing needs. We call for the implementation of key recommendations to improve the health and well-being of trans communities by a range of stakeholders. www.thelovetank.info/news/tnathelovetank.infoTower Hamlets trans needs: new research calls for action — The Love Tank CICNew community-based research, developed in collaboration with the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and The Love Tank, highlights the on-going and pressing needs of trans communities within the eas... 1115
Reposted by The Love Tank CICMichael Marks @drmichaelmarks.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Apply by 11th May to do a PhD @lshtm.bsky.social Work with epidemiologists, social scientists & modellers to understand quality of life measures in Syphilis and develop evidence on cost-effectiveness of interventions & public health strategies. @thelovetankcic.bsky.social @joetucker.bsky.sociallshtm.ac.uk2026-27 NIHR UK Syphilis Research Scholarship | LSHTMThe London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is pleased to invite applications for a 3-year full-time PhD studentship, starting in September 2026.The award will cover a tax-free stipend 0711
The Love Tank CIC @thelovetankcic.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Want to know more about prostate pleasure and health? Check out our newest Little Back Pocket Guide, produced in collaboration with @prostatecanceruk.bsky.social www.thelovetank.info/news/lbgt-pr...thelovetank.infoGuide to prostate pleasure and health launched — The Love Tank CICIn a brand-new collaboration with Prostate Cancer UK (PCUK), The Love Tank has launched the latest in the Little Pack Pocket Guide To series, with a guide on prostate pleasure and health. 031
The Love Tank CIC @thelovetankcic.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Mpox diagnoses in the UK increased in January 2026. Vaccination is available through routine NHS sexual health appointments for eligible groups. @bashhuk.bsky.social @ukhsa.bsky.social @england.nhs.uk www.thelovetank.info/news/mpoxfeb26thelovetank.infoMPOX cases increasing: new data from UKHSA — The Love Tank CICNew figures from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) released today show a sharp increase in the numbers of MPOX cases diagnosed (formerly known as monkeypox) in the UK. 022
Reposted by The Love Tank CICLondon Friend @londonfriend.bsky.social · 11/12/2025We loved the opportunity to work with the brilliant team @thelovetankcic.bsky.social to produce these new harm reduction resources to support our work and peer outreach. Check them out here! 041
The Love Tank CIC @thelovetankcic.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Our recent research shows queer people want more accessible harm reduction information about club drugs. This new work in partnership with Antidote at @londonfriend.bsky.social is a step towards implementing the findings of our community-based research. www.thelovetank.info/news/sdc4allthelovetank.infoNew harm reduction materials for queer clubbers launched — The Love Tank CICNew harm reduction information on five of the most commonly used club drugs has been launched in a partnership between The Love Tank and Antidote at London Friend . 0167
The Love Tank CIC @thelovetankcic.bsky.social · 09/12/2025The UK's gonorrhoea vaccine launch risks perpetuating health inequalities writes @thelovetankcic.bsky.social's @drwilln.bsky.social @benvyle.bsky.social with Jack Haywood and @johnmcsorley.bsky.social in the @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/391/...bmj.comPublic health lessons in equity for the United Kingdom’s gonorrhoea vaccine launchRollout of the gonorrhoea vaccination programme in the UK is potentially game changing, but in its current form it risks perpetuating health inequalities, argue Jack Haywood and colleagues In August... 021
Reposted by The Love Tank CICQueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 01/12/2025Have you heard about The Other Blue Pill? Our documentary - produced for @thelovetankcic.bsky.social and @nat.org.uk - explores the history of PrEP in the UK and how it changed HIV prevention #WorldAIDSDay 🎗️ Listen now 👇🧵wearequeeraf.comThe Other Blue PillThe phenomenal story of the battle for access to HIV prevention drug PrEP in the UK, told in six parts. 13013
The Love Tank CIC @thelovetankcic.bsky.social · 19/11/2025We're developing a collaborative roadmap for people who are DIYing HRT. Find out more here - www.thelovetank.info/news/diyhrtc...thelovetank.infoThe DIY HRT cafe is open! — The Love Tank CICThe Love Tank is running two community knowledge generation events - titled the DIY HRT cafe - to inform a new roadmap for trans people who are self-sourcing hormones. 163
The Love Tank CIC @thelovetankcic.bsky.social · 17/11/2025We're launching a new HIV training programme for primary care staff in Lambeth, Lewisham, & Southwark. The programme aims to increase awareness of contemporary HIV issues and ensure practitioners are able to make appropriate referrals. www.thelovetank.info/news/hiv-tra...thelovetank.infoHIV and PrEP training for South London primary care staff — The Love Tank CICThe Love Tank is launching a new HIV awareness and prevention training programme for primary care staff in Lambeth, Lewisham, and Southwark. 062
The Love Tank CIC @thelovetankcic.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Food for thought: hosting HIV PrEP research dinners. "Hosting dinners like this for Black queer men is a valuable way of including perspectives & creating spaces for us to freely talk about sexual health." @idiosyncraticxl.bsky.social @benvyle.bsky.social www.thelovetank.info/news/bqmdinthelovetank.infoFood for thought: The Love Tank hosts HIV PrEP research dinners — The Love Tank CICThe Love Tank is hosting community-based dinners to better understand the HIV PrEP needs of Black queer men, in a research collaboration with the University of Durham . 074
The Love Tank CIC @thelovetankcic.bsky.social · 27/10/2025The Love Tank urges continued mpox vaccination uptake as new European cases identified. www.thelovetank.info/news/mpoxthelovetank.infoThe Love Tank urges mpox vaccination uptake as new European cases identified — The Love Tank CICThe Love Tank joins other organisations in calling for uptake of mpox vaccinations (formerly called monkeypox) as new cases are identified in Europe and the USA. 0126
The Love Tank CIC @thelovetankcic.bsky.social · 17/10/2025NHS England announces availability of long acting injectable PrEP. The new formulation will be available only to those who cannot take oral PrEP. Around 1,000 people are expected to initially benefit. www.thelovetank.info/news/injecta...thelovetank.infoIntroduction of injectable HIV PrEP opens up access — The Love Tank CICPrEPster at The Love Tank welcomes today's announcement by NHS England that long acting injectable HIV PrEP will be made available on the NHS. 1112
The Love Tank CIC @thelovetankcic.bsky.social · 15/10/2025In North East London and want to sign up to the new online HIV PrEP service? Join one of our multilingual online sessions to take you through the sign-up process. www.thelovetank.info/news/prepwor...thelovetank.infoMultilingual online HIV PrEP sessions launcheD — The Love Tank CICThe Love Tank's HIV PrEP programme - PrEPster - launches five new multilingual online information sessions during October, to assist with enrolment into new London online PrEP servic... 043
Reposted by The Love Tank CICIngrid Young @ingridkyoung.bsky.social · 26/09/2025was 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 053
Reposted by The Love Tank CICQueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 22/09/2025✊🏿 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... 18366
The Love Tank CIC @thelovetankcic.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Celebrating 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...thelovetank.infoPrEPster celebrates 10 years of educating and agitating for PrEP — The Love Tank CICIn 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... 092
Reposted by The Love Tank CICMETRO Charity @metrocharity.bsky.social · 02/09/2025Get free information on the gonorrhoea and MPOX vaccine, and DoxyPEP this #SexualHealthWeek! 💉 Our Pitstop Clinic team have a fantastic selection of free guides and resources, giving you all the up to date information you need, kindly provided by our friends at @thelovetankcic.bsky.social! 142
Reposted by The Love Tank CICEddy - edftmxxx🏳️⚧️ @edftmxxx.bsky.social · 29/08/2025I'm doing the World AIDS Day Red Run in November to raise money for Prepster and @thelovetankcic.bsky.social! Donate to my JustGiving page here: www.justgiving.com/page/edftmxxx Any and all donations appreciated🥰 016017
The Love Tank CIC @thelovetankcic.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Love 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/lovehub25thelovetank.infoLove Hub turns 7! — The Love Tank CICThe Love Tank’s Love Hub – in partnership with Fringe! Film Festival – today announces its most ambitious programme of free activities and events. 032
Reposted by The Love Tank CICIngrid Young @ingridkyoung.bsky.social · 26/08/2025Work with me, @drwilln.bsky.social & @thelovetankcic.bsky.social team to explore health activism 032
The Love Tank CIC @thelovetankcic.bsky.social · 26/08/2025What are the drug & alcohol needs of queer people in the UK? The Love Tank's new research - undertaken by @benvyle.bsky.social - highlights key action-for-change. www.thelovetank.info/news/dareportthelovetank.infoNew research highlights drug and alcohol needs of UK queer communities — The Love Tank CICNew research from The Love Tank highlights the complex and on-going drug and alcohol needs of key queer communities in the UK. 051
The Love Tank CIC @thelovetankcic.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Exciting new post-doc fellow post just announced at University of Edinburgh - working alongside The Love Tank on the new Medicine Without Doctors collaboration. Closing date 02 Oct 2025. elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.comPostdoctoral Fellow LGBTQThe Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society at the Usher Institute within The University of Edinburgh is looking for a 5-year postdoctoral Fellow to work on the Wellcome funded Discovery Award Medici... 01210
The Love Tank CIC @thelovetankcic.bsky.social · 22/08/2025New research demonstrates acceptability of injectable HIV PrEP amongst key UK populations. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 010
Reposted by The Love Tank CICOwen Blacker @owen.blacker.me.uk · 11/08/2025I absolutely love my new Prepster t-shirt from @thelovetankcic.bsky.social crew! 1202
The Love Tank CIC @thelovetankcic.bsky.social · 11/08/2025There'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 0114
The Love Tank CIC @thelovetankcic.bsky.social · 08/08/2025It's been a while since we featured our www.longtimenosyph.info programme - and now comrades in Tbilisi, Georgia have translated our materials for use there. Why duplicate when we can collaborate? Massive solidarity to the work they're doing there. 040
The Love Tank CIC @thelovetankcic.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Imagining 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/ddf03disabilityfutures.ukImagining Palestinian Futures — Doing Disability FuturesIngrid 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... 161
The Love Tank CIC @thelovetankcic.bsky.social · 06/08/2025Attending 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/ukbpthelovetank.infoVaccines into bodies at UKBP — The Love Tank CICThe Love Tank joins forces with east London NHS sexual health clinics to provide sexual health vaccinations at UK Black Pride. 063
Reposted by The Love Tank CICMichael Marks @drmichaelmarks.bsky.social · 05/08/2025I'm going to be doing a 10K run for charity later this year on World AIDS day raising money for @thelovetankcic.bsky.social a fabulous UK sexual health community organisation. Any and all donations to a very worthwhile cause gratefully received!justgiving.com2025 World AIDS Day RED RUN - PrEPsterHelp Michael Marks raise money to support Positive East 051
The Love Tank CIC @thelovetankcic.bsky.social · 04/08/2025“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...gov.ukNHS begins rollout of world-first gonorrhoea vaccine programmeNHS and local authorities begin rollout of world-first gonorrhoea vaccination programme across the country. 052
The Love Tank CIC @thelovetankcic.bsky.social · 01/08/2025A 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 02613
Reposted by The Love Tank CICMichael Marks @drmichaelmarks.bsky.social · 23/07/2025Nothing better than talking syphilis! Thanks @ukhsa.bsky.social @thelovetankcic.bsky.social @typemat12.bsky.social @nicolelieberman.bsky.social @manikkohli.bsky.social & others who came to kick off my NIHR Professorship. Looking forward to working with you & communities to improve UK Sexual Health 1162
Reposted by The Love Tank CICQueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 25/07/2025"This silencing work – which is patently and cruelly transphobic – significantly undermines the value and applicability of the guidance’s proposed HIV education" - Ben Weil, @thelovetankcic.bsky.social www.wearequeeraf.com/section-28-2...wearequeeraf.comRSE guidance is “patently and cruelly transphobic” - community responds to ‘Section 28 2.0’ curriculumIt has taken a "trans exclusionary" approach and received widespread condemnation from the LGBTQIA+ community 13611