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New York, Philadelphia
As seen in: Broadly, VICE, VICE UK, Salon, Allure, The Intercept, Pitchfork, The Nation, Mic, Resident Advisor (RA) and
Harm Reductionist • Temple Law '26 • Trans gal

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Re-Queering Harm Reduction Means Reclaiming Its Grassroots Spirit

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When the harm reduction movement emerged, survival was front of mind: Policymakers were leaving drug users, sex workers and queer and trans people to die from AIDS. People who used drugs and exchanged sex had no other choice but to design their own infrastructures of care, here defined as networked relations between people, material resources and knowledge, which together make care possible.
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What We Can Learn From Harm Reduction’s Defeats

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By Sessi Blanchard
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The history of the movement, as told in Maia Szalavitz’s recent book, is one of unlikely success. But what about failed experiments like prescribed heroin? fb tw mail Print msg wa sms Bookmark February 15, 2022 Bleachman, a mascot created by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation as a part of a campaign directed at drug users and intended to help slow the transmission of HIV in needle-using communities, 1988. (Photo by Roger Ressmeyer / Corbis / VCG via Getty Images) Bleach saved Maia Szalavitz’s life.
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David Stuart: An Inspirational Leader in Chemsex Harm Reduction

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The harm reduction and LGBTQ health movements have unexpectedly lost a leader, David Stuart. On January 12, the news was publicized by London’s largest sexual health clinic, to which David dedicated eight years of his pathbreaking career as a chemsex support worker. “It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden death of our colleague and friend David Stuart,” tweeted 56 Dean Street.
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