The Love Tank CIC
We're a London, UK based non-profit promoting health + wellbeing of underserved communities. We’re the muther-ship of PrEPster, Queer Health, Queers Beyond Borders, & Long Time No Syph.
www.thelovetank.info
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- Our 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/sdc4all
- The 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/...
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- We're developing a collaborative roadmap for people who are DIYing HRT. Find out more here - www.thelovetank.info/news/diyhrtc...
- We'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...
- Food 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/bqmdin
- The Love Tank urges continued mpox vaccination uptake as new European cases identified. www.thelovetank.info/news/mpox
- NHS 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...
- In 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...
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- Celebrating 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...
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- Reposted by The Love Tank CICI'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🥰
- Love 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/lovehub25
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- What 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/dareport
- Exciting 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...
- New research demonstrates acceptability of injectable HIV PrEP amongst key UK populations. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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- There'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
- It'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.
- Imagining 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/ddf03
- Attending 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/ukbp
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- “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...
- A 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
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- New UK HIV PrEP guidelines from @bashhuk.bsky.social @bhiva.bsky.social offer greater access and equity. Read our news story here - www.thelovetank.info/news/prep-gu...
- Important new research on mpox - this research supports the targeted, routine vaccination of gay and bisexual men in the UK.
- 📰In the news!📰 📢Continuing to #vaccinate for #mpox through a routine targeted programme for #gay & #bisexual men delivered by sexual health services will greatly reduce the number of cases & save the #NHS millions, new research has found. More➡️ bit.ly/402nw4m @bristoluni.bsky.social
- “Because people know us it's at 3am on the dancefloor when we got the best responses: people come & chat about what we’re doing - ask for water, earplugs or condoms because they’ve just got lucky. We always get the most stunning responses.” www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/a...
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- The Love Tank's groundbreaking HIV PrEP programme - PrEPster - relaunches for our 10 year anniversary. A totally new website brings PrEP info to a whole new generation of PrEP users and those who could use PrEP. www.thelovetank.info/news/prepster
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- New UK guidelines for prescribing doxyPEP for syphilis prevention launched today by @bashhuk.bsky.social The Love Tank played a key role in community engagement for the guidelines, with @benvyle.bsky.social and @idiosyncraticxl.bsky.social on the writing group. www.thelovetank.info/news/doxysyph
- How do we measure stigma during infectious disease outbreaks? @thelovetankcic.bsky.social worked with colleagues globally to develop a outbreak stigma scale. Reducing stigma is essential for delivering effective outbreak responses. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Want to know more about puberty-suppressing hormones (aka puberty blockers), why the supply of some of them has been banned in the UK, and critiques of the Cass Review? Find out more in our new Little Backpocket Guide - queerhealth.info/lbgt/psh
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- Why the new gonorrhoea vaccine is an incredible breakthrough, and why we need to not miss any opportunities in its implementation. @bashhuk.bsky.social @england.nhs.uk @thelovetankcic.bsky.social's @benvyle.bsky.social writes in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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- As a new gonorrhoea vaccine programme is launched in England, check out everything you need to know about the vaccine. Our vaccine portal includes information on all the currently available evidence to support this programme. www.queerhealth.info/projects/menb
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- New gonorrhoea vaccine programme announced today, along with full mpox vaccine rollout. This is a welcome and much needed investment in sexual health. We must ensure both vaccines reach those who need them including those least likely to visit sexual health services. www.thelovetank.info/news/menb
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- In Hackney & attended chillouts this year? After a successful launch of our peer-led programme we’re looking for more queer people to help lead the way! You don’t need to be an expert to take part - bring your experience & a commitment to community care. Sign up at tinyurl.com/tltaqct
- During the spring of 2015 four HIV prevention activists started building the PrEP education and activist programme, PrEPster. Ten years on, the work of PrEPster is still going strong, housed within it's mothership @thelovetankcic.bsky.social (set up by the same people). More PrEPster coming soon!
- Thank you for this statement - @ukcab.bsky.social We too remain unconvinced by assurances given and are concerned by the precedent set by GSK.
- Delighted to share the new Corporate Bodies podcast exploring why organisations are so weird & what we can do to make them better. Listen to the trailer here and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts! Launching 1st May. corporatebodies.substack.com/p/corporate-...
- Live, work, study or socialise in Hackney? Attend chill-outs or been to one recently? Join our new peer-led programme that makes chill-outs safer together, along with @londonfriend.bsky.social Sign up at tinyurl.com/tltaqct
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- A whopping 75,000 @grindr.bsky.social users accessed our safer chill-out guide in 72 hours thanks to an on-going collaboration. Harm reduction saves lives. Read more - www.thelovetank.info/news/chillouts
- Our Love Hub will return as part of @fringefilmfest.bsky.social on 19-21 Sept 2025 in east London. Got an idea for an event, workshop, panel or performance? Send your brief concepts to maureen@thelovetank.info by 3pm on Friday 2 May. We provide bursaries to develop activities at the Love Hub :)
- Spending time at chillouts? Our Little Backpocket Guide To Safer Chillouts provides essential harm reduction information. Available online in English, Spain, Portuguese, French, Italian and Polish. www.queerhealth.info/lbgt/chillouts
- We are delighted to be working as a collaborator on this new doxyPEP research in the UK. Find out how to take part at doxypep.me/spear
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- “A UK registered company (GSK), rolling-over to a US administration that shows blatant disregard for human rights, sends a chilling signal to partners & sets a dangerous precedent. We join other NGOs & activists in expressing our gravest concern with GSK." www.thelovetank.info/news/pharmadiv
- The Love Tank launches a new pilot programme of peer-led harm reduction for chillouts in partnership with @londonfriend.bsky.social. We're seeking queer people who live, study, work or socialise in Hackney to help shape the pilot. Read more - www.thelovetank.info/news/saferc
- We're calling out for participants with experience of sex work to help create a new health & wellbeing guide. Three community in-person workshops are being held in east London to inform & create the content, as part of our Little Backpocket Guide Series. www.thelovetank.info/news/sww
- Under One Roof - bringing together London's ballroom scene. @idiosyncraticxl.bsky.social: "The event gave space to shine & support each other & create a space where community can come together, access vital health information, walk & think differently about ballroom." www.thelovetank.info/news/uor
- The Lancet publishes implementation considerations for DoxyPEP roll-out, authored by @benvyle.bsky.social @gilmorejnurse.bsky.social @edftmxxx.bsky.social @jgarciaiglesias.bsky.social + others. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
- "We must say, loudly and consistently, that what is happening is entirely unacceptable. Our ethical obligations do not vary according to the whims of politicians. We must not remain silent". Excellent piece by @martinmckee.bsky.social & @bachynski.bsky.social
- We're leaving London! We're packing our bags, rolling up the flags, & jumping on the train to Edinburgh! For 2 days only we join @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social Centre for Biomedicine, Self & Society for a one-off Love Hub special. Thurs 27 - Fri 28 Feb 2025 www.thelovetank.info/news/lovehubed
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- We're honoured to be part of a brand new collaboration with @unistrathclyde.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social - Doing Disability Futures. We're doing two sets of community workshops in Feb & March 2025 as part of this - see link for more info. www.thelovetank.info/news/ddf-wor...
