Sex education charity head and patron warn of ‘scary’ slide back to Section 28

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Is there anyone who had to sit through sex education classes at school who didn’t find it at least a little bit awkward? Especially if you’re LGBTQ+. In this writer’s experience, sex education was very good at informing the heteros about what they needed to do and be aware of but not so much for the gays. The only time gay men were mentioned was the entirely predictable anal sex joke.

This is why Sexpression UK, a near-peer independent charity in the UK that is working to empower young people when it comes to relationships and sex, is of vital importance, especially in the context of rising STI rates in England. Established in 2000 the group now operates across the UK from Aberdeen to

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