The Other Blue Pill
By QueerAF
Have you heard about The Other Blue Pill? No, not the one that makes folks - you know (grow). The other one that has revolutionised how people have sex. It’s been a crucial part of ending HIV and is helping people take control of their health too – PrEP.
PrEP stands for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, it prevents HIV by taking a pill before and after sex. It’s available on the NHS in the UK for free now, but to make this happen was a historic battle that many people don’t know.
Meanwhile, around the world, and even in the UK - access to PrEP is far from universal but what is holding us back? What is stopping marginalised people from getting the healthcare they need and deserve? And crucially, what lessons can we all learn from the fight to get it for free on the NHS?
There is a whole movement of people taking this other blue pill and taking ownership of their health. Let’s understand the history to work out: where do we go in the future?
The Other Blue Pill is the phenomenal story of the battle for access to HIV prevention drugs in the UK, told in six parts by the health professionals, activists, and researchers who fought for it alongside stories from the PrEP generation.
Hosted by Phil Samba, it is a QueerAF production for The Love Tank.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Latest episode
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5: Why are so many people still locked out of PrEP access?
Why PrEP is still so difficult for many communities to get hold of -
Truvada tension - why some people didn't want PrEP
The move to PrEP has shifted funds away from people with HIV -
Queers are doing it for themselves
How activists changed HIV services across the UK -
How PrEP has changed the way people have sex
Overcoming a generational divide of condoms, barebacking stigma and p0rn -
We almost didn't get the HIV game changing drug PrEP - why not?
It's the sexual revolution that almost didn’t happen -
Coming soon: The Other Blue Pill
The past, present and future of an HIV gamechanger, PrEP
