Monday June 7th 2021
Cool for the summer - Love workshop
6pm - 7pm on ZOOM
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Our mental health has a huge influence on everything we do, whether that’s how we interact with others, the quality of our work and how well we cope with stress. One area that is rarely discussed, however, is the effect mental health can have on our sexual health.
If you’ve ever felt isolated, have suffered with low self-esteem, or faced peer pressure, you might be familiar with how these feelings can affect our STI risk reduction practices.
We’ll be covering all this and more in our free virtual workshop on Monday 7th June, 6-7pm. This workshop is part of our ‘Cool for the summer’ campaign, where we will be hosting three free virtual workshops in one week with the themes ‘Sex. Love. Life.’
We’ll be looking at some real-life scenarios you may be facing - perhaps everyone in your social circle is on PrEP and having bareback sex, making you feel like the odd one out for using condoms. We’ll discuss how to unpack this feeling of being left out - have you spoken to your friends about this? Where does this pressure come from? Have you been educated about the risks involved?
We’ll also be covering the difficulties of coming to terms with your sexuality if you live within an unaccepting household or are part of a culture or religion that tells you that your sexual preferences are wrong. This can be a very difficult situation to be in, so we will be sharing details about the free and discounted counselling services that we offer at Trade Sexual Health for those who are struggling.
Finally, we’ll be touching on the pressure to ‘make up for lost time’ this summer, as everything reopens, especially for those who have turned 18 in lockdown and may never have been to gay clubs before.
If you like the sound of the topics that will be covered in this workshop, and would like to find out more on how to be cool for the summer, then feel free to come along.
When you leave the workshop, you will have the knowledge and confidence to look after your sexual health over the summer. We look forward to seeing you there!
The workshop will be running on June 7th via Zoom, 6-7pm on ZOOM
