Chemsex

Chemsex Support Service

Chemsex Support Service

We offer a free and confidential service which is designed to offer support for LGBT people aged over 18 who may need some support relating to chems or chemsex.

We work with everyone individually to assist in making the choices or changes that are right for you, whether you are looking to either do things more safely, cut down or take a break, or stop altogether. Support may include:

  • Sexual health concerns
  • Planning and support around reducing or stopping chemsex.
  • Support around playing more safely
  • PrEP advice, monitoring and support
  • Consent and setting boundaries
  • Access to counselling or sexual or domestic violence services
  • Access to drugs services
  • Access to safer injecting packs
  • Awareness of chems and their effects
  • What to do in an emergency
  • FREE condoms, lube, gloves & dams

We operate on a drop-in basis in a safe, judgement-free space, with direct access and referral to other professional services.

Call the sexual health team six days a week on 0121 643 0821 for more information, or e-mail us at sexualhealth@blgbt.org

This service is run by Birmingham LGBT and supported by Umbrella sexual health services.

Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a common condition in which the balance of bacteria inside the vagina becomes disrupted.

Chlamydia is a Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) caused by bacteria. It is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the UK.

Genital Warts (sometimes called anogenital warts) are a curable sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by human papillomaviruses or HPVs.

Gonorrhoea is a Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) caused by bacteria. It is the second most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection in the UK.

Hepatitis A is a viral infection which affects the liver. It can be passed on in various ways including sexually from some sex acts.

Hepatitis B is an infection of the liver and is caused by the hepatitis B virus which can be passed on sexually.

Hepatitis C is a viral infection affecting the liver. It has usually been associated with injecting drug use but we now know that it can be passed on sexually, particularly with certain sex practices.

Genital herpes is a common infection caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV). It can cause painful blisters on the genitals and the surrounding areas.

Lymphogranuloma venereum, or LGV, is a curable sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by a bacterium (a type of germ) from the chlamydia family.

NGU is inflammation of the male urethra (water pipe) which can occur due to various causes hence the condition sometimes being called Non-Gonococcal Urethritis (NGU).

PID is the name given to inflammation of female reproductive organs: the womb (or uterus) fallopian tubes, ovaries and surrounding tissues.

Pubic lice are tiny parasitic insects that live on coarse human body hair, such as pubic hair.

Scabies is a common and very itchy skin condition caused by a tiny mite called Sarcoptes Scabiei.

Shigella is an infectious bacterial infection. It is often a cause of food poisoning but can easily be passed on during sex.

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by a bacteria.

TV is a curable sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by a protozoon called Trichomonas vaginalis, or ‘TV’. Protozoa are tiny germs similar to bacteria.

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