People of Leeds and surrounding. We got a small crew doing a big ancient woodland restoration job 7th and 8th February and I need a LOT more of you to mangle all this rhododendron. Address – Weston Woods, Weston Lane, Weston, N Yorks. LS21 2HW W3W www.protect.earth/events/otley...

Great to see shOUT, the queer magazine @drwilln.bsky.social, @scottlet.org and I worked on in the mid-90s, appear in this article >> The Queer Norfolk archive was set up in 2022 by Adam Baker, who wanted to bring all of Norfolk's queer history into one place www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Court of Appeal rules Lutfur Rahman acted unlawfully on plans to rip up low traffic neighbourhoods. @saveoursaferstreets.org www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

How liable is an organisation (political party, company, government body etc) that makes it's staff or volunteers use a website they know is not only failing to moderate child sexual abuse imagery but has features that enable it's production?

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

My charity @protect.earth is five years old this week. Some stats. 🧵 - Planted 157,453 trees - Created 4,985m of hedgerow - Removed over 15 acres of invasive species (Japanese knotweed, rhododendrons, bamboo and Himalayan balsam) - Run 5 free hedge-laying courses for Welsh farmers.

2/ In the first of six episodes, we dive into the battle for PrEP access in the UK by looking at the advent of AIDS in the 80s. (Hosted and written by Phil Samba @idiosyncraticxl.bsky.social, guests including Will Nutland @drwilln.bsky.social)

We're developing a collaborative roadmap for people who are DIYing HRT. Find out more here - www.thelovetank.info/news/diyhrtc...

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

This is deeply disappointing from Starmer. The UK *helped design* this 'TFFF' fund, designed to stop deforestation, and supposedly 'continues to back the fund' (in theory). But now isn't putting any money into it 🤯 How embarrassing for the UK. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The Love Tank urges continued mpox vaccination uptake as new European cases identified. www.thelovetank.info/news/mpox

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...

was 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

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...

✊🏿 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...

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

Work with me, @drwilln.bsky.social & @thelovetankcic.bsky.social team to explore health activism

What are the drug & alcohol needs of queer people in the UK? This new community-based research hot-off-the-presses, stunningly authored by @benvyle.bsky.social

Amazing chance to spend 5 years working alongside @ingridkyoung.bsky.social and @thelovetankcic.bsky.social team. The postdoc is based at the University of Edinburgh.

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

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

As we mark 80 years since the atomic bombings of Japan, CND Vice-President Caroline Lucas writes from Hiroshima and asks why are nuclear powers ditching disarmament for a new nuclear arms race? Read more: www.independent.co.uk/voices/hiros...

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

“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

Got the chance to chat with Cosmo about the work we do with Block9 at Glastonbury festival. Big shout out to @ledbydonkeys.org

Finally @lshtm.bsky.social finds its voice - thank you for making this stand, and to the staff and students and alumni who made this happen. www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...

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

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...

3/ Will Nutland, Co-founder and Director of @thelovetankcic.bsky.social, spoke to @wearequeeraf.com about the “significant importance” of this development, and the next steps:

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...

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

Yet another wake up call for Starmer. WTF is he gonna start realising his shift to the hard right is not a successful strategy.

Doctors of the World denounces the use of hunger as a "weapon of war" in Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/doctors-world-denounces-use-hunger-weapon-war-gaza

“An island of strangers?” @teamlabouruk.bsky.social has become the stranger: wtf are doing Starmer?

“We do think it is time to end care worker recruitment from abroad." So who is gonna wipe your bum and chin gribble, Yvette? Foreign care workers kept my Mum comfortable and cared for during her last years. They were heroes. @labouruk.bsky.social - you’ve lost the plot (again).

Struck by the new generations of activists hitting the streets (and beyond) right now. So much thoughtful, respectful, care-focused activism.

My buddy @mark-walton.bsky.social is doing more great work! Check out the new Corporate Bodies podcast exploring why organisations are so weird & what to do to make them better. Launching 1st May - trailer and subscription info below. corporatebodies.substack.com/p/corporate-...

Brilliant article in @gqmagazine.bsky.social from @draaronb.bsky.social

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

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 [email protected] by 3pm on Friday 2 May. We provide bursaries to develop activities at the Love Hub :)

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

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

“No-one has been arrested in a Quaker meeting house in living memory. This aggressive violation of our place of worship and the forceful removal of young people holding a protest group meeting clearly shows what happens when a society criminalises protest.” www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

Staggering to hear Jo White, MP for Bassetlaw, say people are out of work because their "aspirations are so low". Most people not in the "productive economy" are disabled, chronically ill, or they're carers. Good luck picking up those care, needs, Government, if you want all the carers back at work

“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

Israel has chosen to mark the first days of Ramadan by blocking humanitarian aid to Gaza. Still, our government refuses to implement sanctions and defend international law. There is no other way of putting it: this is a resumption of genocide — and our government is complicit.

A filthy, cowardly move by GSK. Total betrayal of the minority communities that put bodies-on- the-line in drug trials for GSK. GSK is the majority owner of ViiV - developer of the first HIV injectable PrEP. www.theguardian.com/business/202...