British experimental group Coil soundtracked ’90s queer life on ‘Gay Men’s Guide to Safer Sex’

It was only a few decades ago that health practitioners’ guidance for LGBTQ+ people who wanted to have safe sex was a single sentence: “If you don’t want to have HIV, don’t have sex.”

Dissatisfied with the status quo, a resilient queer community looked inward for support and education, leading to the creation of formative (and sensual) short film Gay Men’s Guide to Safer Sex.

The 1992 flick –– which was later updated and re-released in 1997 with additional info –– was pivotal in many ways, depicting filmmaker Rob Falconer and Dr. Mike Youle discussing safe sex tips, developments in HIV research, and the unique struggles of being queer in the nineties. OK, yes, and a revolutionary amount of real gay sex. (What did

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