The Sex Agenda Podcast

We’re back with a BONUS episode with Black Venus (she/her) talking all about kink and BDSM thanks to your feedback via our survey. We discuss misconceptions around kink, where to start if you’re a newbie and safe practise. Links to what we discuss can be found via the full references on our website.Even though this season is now over, please do keep sharing your feedback: https://k6h3dy9xmnz.typeform.com/to/g7dpVNQ8 ---The Sex Agenda is a podcast by Decolonising Contraception that is leading the conversation around sex, sexuality and reproductive health among Black and people of colour. Filled with expert knowledge and a good dose of laughter, nothing is too embarrassing or off-limits on this podcast as hosts Dr Annabel Sowemimo (community sexual & reproductive health doctor) and Edem Ntumy (community engagement officer) strive to debunk myths, tackle taboos and initiate difficult conversations. Series edited by Veronique Belinga.

It’s the final episode of Season 2! We end this season with an incredible conversation with Black Venus (she/her) who is a sex worker, performer, facilitator and founder of Sex and Rage, a sex worker led organisation that resists stigma and shame through sex education. We talk about how how self defence and martial arts can be used as a tool for healing and community building, the misconceptions surrounding sex work and why the Nordic model of sex work doesn’t work.We also give a roundup of the latest sexual health news including OnlyFans making a U-turn of their decision to ban sexually explicit content, Texas abortion law, why the false claims around COVID-19 vaccine and fertility are so powerful and frozen eggs and sperm storage limit being increased to 55 years.Links to what we discuss can be found via the full references on our website.What do you think of the podcast? We want to know what you’ve enjoyed or not enjoyed, what you’ve learnt and how we can improve - your feedback could help us secure funding for Season 3! Share your feedback here: https://k6h3dy9xmnz.typeform.com/to/g7dpVNQ8 ---The Sex Agenda is a podcast by Decolonising Contraception that is leading the conversation around sex, sexuality and reproductive health among Black and people of colour. Filled with expert knowledge and a good dose of laughter, nothing is too embarrassing or off-limits on this podcast as hosts Dr Annabel Sowemimo (community sexual & reproductive health doctor) and Edem Ntumy (community engagement officer) strive to debunk myths, tackle taboos and initiate difficult conversations. Series edited by Veronique Belinga.

It's episode 14 which means that this season is almost over! This week, DC collective member Gayathiri Kamalakanathan (they/she) took over as host and spoke with Bava Dharani (she/her) about the challenges international students face when navigating sexuality and queerness in the UK.Bava is a research intern at the Stockholm Environment Institute Asia in Bangkok, Thailand. She uses an interdisciplinary approach to understand the intricacies involved in the decisions people make to migrate, settle and form lives in new places, including what it means to live as a queer, gender-nonconforming racialised person in different parts of the world. We also give a round-up of the latest sexual health and social justice issues including the 'virginity testing' ban, Manchester Pride funding cuts and vaginismus.Links to what we discuss can be found via the full references on our website.What do you think of the podcast? We want to know what you’ve enjoyed or not enjoyed, what you’ve learnt and how we can improve - your feedback could help us secure funding for Season 3! Share your feedback here: https://k6h3dy9xmnz.typeform.com/to/g7dpVNQ8 ---The Sex Agenda is a podcast by Decolonising Contraception that is leading the conversation around sex, sexuality and reproductive health among Black and people of colour. Filled with expert knowledge and a good dose of laughter, nothing is too embarrassing or off-limits on this podcast as hosts Dr Annabel Sowemimo (community sexual & reproductive health doctor) and Edem Ntumy (community engagement officer) strive to debunk myths, tackle taboos and initiate difficult conversations. Series edited by Veronique Belinga.

This week, we talked about Black maternal health with birth activist and doula Mars Lord (she/her). Mars is a triple award-winning doula, mentor, educator, coach and birth activist with over 15 years experience. She worked on the Black Mums Matter Too campaign by Peppy Health and is on the RCOG Race Equality Taskforce and the panel for Birthrights Legal inquiry into Black Maternal Health panel.  Links to what we discuss can be found via the full references on our website.What do you think of the podcast? We want to know what you’ve enjoyed or not enjoyed, what you’ve learnt and how we can improve - your feedback could help us secure funding for Season 3! Share your feedback here: https://k6h3dy9xmnz.typeform.com/to/g7dpVNQ8 ---The Sex Agenda is a podcast by Decolonising Contraception that is leading the conversation around sex, sexuality and reproductive health among Black and people of colour. Filled with expert knowledge and a good dose of laughter, nothing is too embarrassing or off-limits on this podcast as hosts Dr Annabel Sowemimo (community sexual & reproductive health doctor) and Edem Ntumy (community engagement officer) strive to debunk myths, tackle taboos and initiate difficult conversations. Series edited by Veronique Belinga.

This week, Nim Ralph (they/them) joined us for an incredible chat about community organising. Nim is a trans activist and freelance writer, trainer and facilitator at the forefront of UK trans organising. They campaign actively for trans rights, anti-racism, disability and climate justice and also support groups and organisations on deepening their understanding and impact in equity and anti-oppression as well as campaign strategy.We also give a round-up of the latest sexual health and social justice issues including the government’s strategy tackling violence against women and girls, the government’s plans for abortion services in Northern Ireland, birth control and recent research on disabled women experiencing sexual harassment at work.Links to what we discuss can be found via the full references on our website.What do you think of the podcast? We want to know what you’ve enjoyed or not enjoyed, what you’ve learnt and how we can improve - your feedback could help us secure funding for Season 3! Share your feedback here: https://k6h3dy9xmnz.typeform.com/to/g7dpVNQ8 ---The Sex Agenda is a podcast created by Decolonising Contraception collective, an interdisciplinary collective of Black and people of colour, working across sexual and reproductive health (SRH). Hosted by Edem Ntumy (she/her), community engagement officer and Dr Annabel Sowemimo (she/her), community sexual & reproductive health doctor. Each episode gives a round-up of sexual health news, social justice issues and focuses on the work of those working to dismantle the everyday prejudice in our sector. Series edited by Veronique Belinga.

We’re back with Episode 11! Sabah Choudrey (they/them/theirs) joined us to chat about their work supporting trans youth, particularly trans people of colour. We also spoke about their upcoming book 'Supporting Trans People of Colour: How To Make Your Practice Inclusive' which is available to pre-order now. Sabah is a psychotherapist in training and self-described reluctant activist on most things trans, brown and hairy. They have worked with trans youth since 2014 and are currently the Head of Youth Service at Gendered Intelligence and a trustee of Inclusive Mosque Initiative.We also give a round-up of the latest sexual health and social justice issues including painful IUD fittings, Britney Spears’s case raising issue of control over reproductive rights, two cis Black African women being banned from the Olympics over their natural testosterone levels and the policing bill.Links to what we discuss can be found via the full references on our website.What do you think of the podcast? We want to know what you’ve enjoyed or not enjoyed, what you’ve learnt and how we can improve - your feedback could help us secure funding for Season 3! Share your feedback here: https://k6h3dy9xmnz.typeform.com/to/g7dpVNQ8 ---The Sex Agenda is a podcast created by Decolonising Contraception collective, an interdisciplinary collective of Black and people of colour, working across sexual and reproductive health (SRH). Hosted by Edem Ntumy (she/her), community engagement officer and Dr Annabel Sowemimo (she/her), community sexual & reproductive health doctor. Each episode gives a round-up of sexual health news, social justice issues and focuses on the work of those working to dismantle the everyday prejudice in our sector. Series edited by Veronique Belinga.

This week, we had an amazing conversation about the menopause with the wonderful Karen Arthur (she/her). Karen is a 59-year-old grandmother and fashion creative who is committed to helping diversify the menopause scene with her podcast ‘Menopause Whilst Black’, which is now in its second series. Online sex shop Jo Divine have given us a 10% discount code especially for this episode. Head to https://www.jodivine.com/ and use DC2021 in checkout!We also give a round-up of the latest sexual health and social justice issues including women feeling pressured to take long-term reversible contraception, HPV stigma, WHO’s recommendation for ‘women of childbearing age’ to never drink and the need to talk about men and miscarriage.You can check out the full references on our website.What do you think of the podcast? We want to know what you’ve enjoyed or not enjoyed, what you’ve learnt and how we can improve - your feedback could help us secure funding for Season 3! Share your feedback here: https://k6h3dy9xmnz.typeform.com/to/g7dpVNQ8 ---The Sex Agenda is a podcast created by Decolonising Contraception collective, an interdisciplinary collective of Black and people of colour, working across sexual and reproductive health (SRH). Hosted by Edem Ntumy (she/her), community engagement officer and Dr Annabel Sowemimo (she/her), community sexual & reproductive health doctor. Each episode gives a round-up of sexual health news, social justice issues and focuses on the work of those working to dismantle the everyday prejudice in our sector. Series edited by Veronique Belinga.

It’s Episode 9 and this week we were joined by Takudzwa Mukiwa (he/him) to talk about Black men’s health.Taku (he/him) is a public health professional who has worked both internationally and in the UK and is passionate about the involvement of communities in coming up with solutions to address health issues that affect them. He is currently the Head of Social Marketing at Terrence Higgins Trust and the founder of Black Men's Health UK, an initiative to bring attention to health inequalities faced by Black men in the UK.We also give a round-up of the latest sexual health and social justice issues including HIV prevention drugs and ending HIV stigma in Black communities, bum health and NHS Digital.You can check out the full references on our website.What do you think of the podcast? We want to know what you’ve enjoyed or not enjoyed, what you’ve learnt and how we can improve - your feedback could help us secure funding for Season 3! Share your feedback here: https://k6h3dy9xmnz.typeform.com/to/g7dpVNQ8 ---The Sex Agenda is a podcast created by Decolonising Contraception collective, an interdisciplinary collective of Black and people of colour, working across sexual and reproductive health (SRH). Hosted by Edem Ntumy (she/her), community engagement officer and Dr Annabel Sowemimo (she/her), community sexual & reproductive health doctor. Each episode gives a round-up of sexual health news, social justice issues and focuses on the work of those working to dismantle the everyday prejudice in our sector. Series edited by Veronique Belinga.

Darwood Grace (he/him) joined us on the podcast this week to talk about his work with digital safe space for Black fathers called Dope Black Dads. Darwood was part of the original podcast team that worked on bringing Dope Black Dads to BBC Sounds and BBC 1Xtra and has been involved in numerous projects for Dope Black Dads, most recently the NHS Act F.A.S.T stroke campaign.We also give a round up of the latest sexual health news including the companies offering paid leave after pregnancy loss, Billy Porter disclosing he’s been living with HIV for 14 years and women being forced to wear face masks during labour.You can check out the full references on our website.What do you think of the podcast? We want to know what you’ve enjoyed or not enjoyed, what you’ve learnt and how we can improve - your feedback could help us secure funding for Season 3! Share your feedback here: https://k6h3dy9xmnz.typeform.com/to/g7dpVNQ8 ---The Sex Agenda is a podcast created by Decolonising Contraception collective, an interdisciplinary collective of Black and people of colour, working across sexual and reproductive health (SRH). Hosted by Edem Ntumy (she/her), community engagement officer and Dr Annabel Sowemimo (she/her), community sexual & reproductive health doctor. Each episode gives a round-up of sexual health news, social justice issues and focuses on the work of those working to dismantle the everyday prejudice in our sector. Series edited by Veronique Belinga.

We were joined by podcaster, activist & speaker Sangeeta Pillai (she/her) to talk about her work tackling taboos within South Asian communities. PLUS, Sangeeta shares some very exclusive news with us about her podcast Masala Podcast!We also give a round up of the latest sexual health news including the global shortage of midwives, the government dragging its feet to ban conversion therapy and words that lead to the female orgasm.You can check out the full references on our website.What do you think of the podcast? We want to know what you’ve enjoyed or not enjoyed, what you’ve learnt and how we can improve - your feedback could help us secure funding for Season 3! Share your feedback here: https://k6h3dy9xmnz.typeform.com/to/g7dpVNQ8 ---The Sex Agenda is a podcast created by Decolonising Contraception collective, an interdisciplinary collective of Black and people of colour, working across sexual and reproductive health (SRH). Hosted by Edem Ntumy (she/her), community engagement officer and Dr Annabel Sowemimo (she/her), community sexual & reproductive health doctor. Each episode gives a round-up of sexual health news, social justice issues and focuses on the work of those working to dismantle the everyday prejudice in our sector. Series edited by Veronique Belinga.

In this week’s episode, we were joined by Vanajah Srinivasan (she/her) from Abuse Never Becomes Us (ANBU) UK to talk about her work supporting survivors of childhood sexual abuse in the Tamil community.We also give a round up of the latest sexual health news including contraception blood clot risk, unusual period symptoms after getting vaccinated and an HIV vaccine showing promising results. You can check out the full references on our website.What do you think of the podcast? We want to know what you’ve enjoyed or not enjoyed, what you’ve learnt and how we can improve - your feedback could help us secure funding for Season 3! Share your feedback here: https://k6h3dy9xmnz.typeform.com/to/g7dpVNQ8 ---The Sex Agenda is a podcast created by Decolonising Contraception collective, an interdisciplinary collective of Black and people of colour, working across sexual and reproductive health (SRH). Hosted by Edem Ntumy (she/her), community engagement officer and Dr Annabel Sowemimo (she/her), community sexual & reproductive health doctor. Each episode gives a round-up of sexual health news, social justice issues and focuses on the work of those working to dismantle the everyday prejudice in our sector. Series edited by Veronique Belinga.

In this week’s episode, we were joined by community sexual and reproductive health doctor Felicia Yeung (she/her) to talk about the fetishisation of East Asian women, the model minority myth and increasing anti-Asian hate since the start of the pandemic. We also give a round up of the latest sexual health news and social justice issues including anti-trans legislation across the US, women’s anger during Bristol police raids and the rising anti-Asian violence.You can check out the full references on our website. What do you think of the podcast? We want to know what you’ve enjoyed or not enjoyed, what you’ve learnt and how we can improve - your feedback could help us secure funding for Season 3! Share your feedback here: https://k6h3dy9xmnz.typeform.com/to/g7dpVNQ8 ---The Sex Agenda is a podcast created by Decolonising Contraception collective, an interdisciplinary collective of Black and people of colour, working across sexual and reproductive health (SRH). Hosted by Edem Ntumy (she/her), community engagement officer and Dr Annabel Sowemimo (she/her), community sexual & reproductive health doctor. Each episode gives a round-up of sexual health news, social justice issues and focuses on the work of those working to dismantle the everyday prejudice in our sector. Series edited by Veronique Belinga.

It’s Episode 4 and we’re talking all about African women’s sexuality! We were joined by queer feminist writer and organiser Fatima Derby (she/they) who manages the award winning blog Adventures from the Bedrooms of African Women, is a co-organiser of the Young Feminist Collective in Accra and a co-founding member of The Gathering, a space for LBQT women and non-binary people to collectively unpacks and navigate their identities and experiences in ways that are empowering and restorative.In this episode, we also give a round up of the latest sexual health news including undercover police patrolling bars and clubs and unintended pregnancies during the pandemic.You can check out the full references on our website.What do you think of the podcast? We want to know what you’ve enjoyed or not enjoyed, what you’ve learnt and how we can improve - your feedback could help us secure funding for Season 3! Share your feedback here: https://k6h3dy9xmnz.typeform.com/to/g7dpVNQ8

Welcome to episode 3! We spoke with Decolonising Contraception collective member and passionate health advocate Isha Webber (she/her) about fibroids and cervical screening. Isha became interested in sexual and reproductive health outcomes after her experiences with contraception in her early 20s and tells us about her abnormal cervical screening test results, her experience having a fibroid removed and advocating for her health and wellbeing.In this episode, we also give a round up of the latest sexual health news including the recent news that Venezuelan women have lost access to affordable contraception, a study showing periods can help reduce period pain and the latest consultation on women’s health in the UK.You can check out the full references on our website.What do you think of the podcast? We want to know what you’ve enjoyed or not enjoyed, what you’ve learnt and how we can improve - your feedback could help us secure funding for Season 3! Share your feedback here: https://k6h3dy9xmnz.typeform.com/to/g7dpVNQ8 ---The Sex Agenda is a podcast created by Decolonising Contraception collective, an interdisciplinary collective of Black and people of colour, working across sexual and reproductive health (SRH). Hosted by Edem Ntumy (She/her), community engagement officer and Dr Annabel Sowemimo (She/her), community sexual & reproductive health doctor. Each episode gives a round up of sexual health news, social justice issues and focuses on the work of those working to dismantle the everyday prejudice in our sector. Series edited by Veronique Belinga.

It’s Episode 2 and we spoke with the hosts of Brown Girls Do It podcast about religion and the portrayal of women’s sexuality. Brown Girls Do It is a taboo-tackling podcast by British Ghanaian Christian woman Alicia Evans (she/her) and British Pakistani Muslim woman Iqra Choudhry (she/her) where they have difficult conversations about race, local issues and feminism.In this episode, we give a round up of the latest sexual health news including the upcoming public consultation on progestogen-only contraceptive pills and sexual problems due to long COVID symptoms.What do you think of the podcast? We want to know what you’ve enjoyed or not enjoyed, what you’ve learnt and how we can improve - your feedback could help us secure funding for Season 3! Share your feedback here: https://k6h3dy9xmnz.typeform.com/to/g7dpVNQ8You can check out the full references on our website.---The Sex Agenda is a podcast created by Decolonising Contraception collective, an interdisciplinary collective of Black and people of colour, working across sexual and reproductive health (SRH) . Hosted by Edem Ntumy - community engagement officer and Dr Annabel Sowemimo community sexual & reproductive health doctor. Each episode gives a round up of sexual health news, social justice issues and focuses on the work of those working to dismantle the everyday prejudice in our sector. Series edited by Veronique Belinga.

We’re back with Season 2 of The Sex Agenda! In Episode 1, we chat with Courtney Brame (he/they) about herpes stigma and mental health. Courtney is the founder and podcast host of Something Positive for Positive People, a non-profit organisation that connects people who are struggling with their herpes diagnosis to mental health, community support, and education resources in order to help them navigate the stigma.In this episode, we give a round up of the latest sexual health and world news including  racial inequalities of COVID-19 and STI testing.TW: this episode includes discussion of mental health and suicideWhat do you think of the podcast? We want to know what you’ve enjoyed or not enjoyed, what you’ve learnt and how we can improve - your feedback could help us secure funding for Season 3! Share your feedback here: https://k6h3dy9xmnz.typeform.com/to/g7dpVNQ8 You can check out the full references on our website.---The Sex Agenda is a podcast created by Decolonising Contraception collective, an interdisciplinary collective of Black and people of colour, working across sexual and reproductive health (SRH) . Hosted by Edem Ntumy - community engagement officer and Dr Annabel Sowemimo community sexual & reproductive health doctor. Each episode gives a round up of sexual health news, social justice issues and focuses on the work of those working to dismantle the everyday prejudice in our sector. Series edited by Veronique Belinga.

A podcast created by Decolonising Contraception collective, an interdisciplinary collective of Black and people of colour, working across sexual and reproductive health (SRH) . Hosted by Edem Ntumy (She/her) - community engagement officer and Dr Annabel Sowemimo (She/her) community sexual & reproductive health doctor. Each episode gives a round up of sexual health news, social justice issues and focuses on the work of those working to dismantle the everyday prejudice in our sector. Series edited by Veronique Belinga.  Episode 10 - Telling Our Stories is the season finale of Season 1 of the Sex Agenda. Whew, thanks for sticking with us and we are already grinding for season 2 💪🏿For our final episode, we are joined by Decolonising Contraception's very own Bakita: KK (She/her).  Bakita is an amazing poet, writer and advocate for those of African descent living with HIV. She recently wrote an amazing first person article for Glamour UK about her own journey in becoming a community advocate. In this episode, we give a round up of the latest sexual health and world news celebrating the recent Steve McQueen BBC series exploring Black British history including the famous Mangrove hotel and reflecting on what a Democratic President could mean for the world of global sexual & reproductive health. And finally in our growth section we remind ourselves to be unapologetically loud and proud. 

A podcast created by Decolonising Contraception collective, an interdisciplinary collective of Black and people of colour, working across sexual and reproductive health (SRH) . Hosted by Edem Ntumy (She/her) - community engagement officer and Dr Annabel Sowemimo (She/her) community sexual & reproductive health doctor. Each episode gives a round up of sexual health news, social justice issues and focuses on the work of those working to dismantle the everyday prejudice in our sector. Series edited by Veronique Belinga.  Episode 9(99) (someone call the fire engine because we are on fire 😂) we chat to another  Sexual Health Collective , the sexy and artistic, Black Fly Zine with the wonderful Bui. Bui is an artist and researcher devoted to help heal our collective relationships. Bui (She/Her) is a member of Black Fly collective - a group who created the amazing Black Fly zine. The second one is dropping soon!In this episode we give a round up of the latest sexual health news including Lily Allen's new sex toy, the effect of lockdown on couple's sex lives and (argh) the US elections. 

A podcast created by Decolonising Contraception collective, an interdisciplinary collective of Black and people of colour, working across sexual and reproductive health (SRH) . Hosted by Edem Ntumy (She/her) - community engagement officer and Dr Annabel Sowemimo (She/her) community sexual & reproductive health doctor. Each episode gives a round up of sexual health news, social justice issues and focuses on the work of those working to dismantle the everyday prejudice in our sector. Series edited by Veronique Belinga.  It's episode 8 and we are getting a bit saucy bit the incredible Almaz Ohene - Creative Copywriter and Freelance JournalistFounder of sex story website Kayleigh Daniels Dated. Almaz (She/Her) is the Founder of ‘Kayleigh Daniels Dated’ a new web platform combining sexy stories with informative health features to encourage and normalise free and frank discussion about sex, and writes about sexuality for leading publications including Vogue, the Independent, Refinery29 and VICE. In this episode we give a round up of the latest sexual health news including the strict abortion ban that hit Poland last week, the latest Coronavirus Tier 3 sex ban in England, the strange period pad/ essential product scandal in Wales and the findings from the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) into endometriosis. 

A podcast created by Decolonising Contraception collective, an interdisciplinary collective of Black and people of colour, working across sexual and reproductive health (SRH) . Hosted by Edem Ntumy (She/her) - community engagement officer and Dr Annabel Sowemimo (She/her) community sexual & reproductive health doctor. Each episode gives a round up of sexual health news, social justice issues and focuses on the work of those working to dismantle the everyday prejudice in our sector. Series edited by Veronique Belinga. It's episode 7 folks (NOT 8)...another banga.TW: Pregnancy Loss & Abortion . This is part two of our reproductive justice episode where we delve deeper into Abortion Rights for Black women  living in England and what it's like navigating a system with multiple layers of stigma. We chat to the multi-talented Zachi Brewster - reproductive health advocate and doula extrodinaire. Zachi (She/Her) is a Black, queer, sexuality educator, abortion doula and freelance community manager for reproductive wellbeing organisations. She supports individuals through transitional experiences, creates and organises content and builds communities around our shared stories for a diverse range of change-makers in the sexual and reproductive health space. Her work aligns with her personal mission to improve reproductive and sexual health services for all. 

A podcast created by Decolonising Contraception collective, an interdisciplinary collective of Black and people of colour, working across sexual and reproductive health (SRH) . Hosted by Edem Ntumy (She/her) - community engagement officer and Dr Annabel Sowemimo (She/her) community sexual & reproductive health doctor. Each episode gives a round up of sexual health news, social justice issues and focuses on the work of those working to dismantle the everyday prejudice in our sector. Series edited by Veronique Belinga. Episode 6  focuses on queerness in Caribbean communities we speak to Dr Kyle Ring (They/Them) a Sexual Health and HIV doctor working in London. We also give a round up of sexual health news chatting about our Contraception is About Everyone Campaign, honouring the legacy of Supreme Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and more.  This episode discusses Kyle's experience of being a queer man of Caribbean descent and their journey to learn more about themselves through decolonising work. Kyle is interested in a Caribbean history and healing from ancestral trauma and the affects of colonialism. They write a blog on Caribbean history and genealogy (caribbeanportraitcollection.wordpress.com) and curate an instragram account (@in.hair.itance) about hair representation for people of colour. They sit on a number of committees including the British Association of Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) HIV SIG, British HIV Association (BHIVA) External Relations Subcommittee and the HIV Trainees Association Committee. It is also Black History Month in the UK but also worth remembering Black History exists 365 days a year :)

A podcast created by Decolonising Contraception collective, an interdisciplinary collective of Black and people of colour, working across sexual and reproductive health (SRH) . Hosted by Edem Ntumy - community engagement officer and Dr Annabel Sowemimo community sexual & reproductive health doctor. Each episode gives a round up of sexual health news, social justice issues and focuses on the work of those working to dismantle the everyday prejudice in our sector. Series edited by Veronique Belinga. Episode 5 is with the dynamic duo, Kym Oliver & Jumoke Abdullahi, of Triple Cripples. Who were frustrated with the lack of representation and unaddressed discrimination faced by Black and non-Black People of Colour living with disabilities. They joined forces and created a platform to increase visibility & highlight the narratives of this “invisible population, within an invisible population!” We give a round up of sex news including chatting about the dismantling of Public Health England, racism in the abortion sector in the US and the A-Levels fiasco.

A podcast created by Decolonising Contraception collective, an interdisciplinary collective of Black and people of colour, working across sexual and reproductive health (SRH) . Hosted by Edem Ntumy - community engagement officer and Dr Annabel Sowemimo community sexual & reproductive health doctor. Each episode gives a round up of sexual health news, social justice issues and focuses on the work of those working to dismantle the everyday prejudice in our sector. Series edited by Veronique Belinga. Episode 4 is on Power, Pleasure and Patriarchy featuring the polymath Adeola Naomi Aderemi - is multilingual, multi local and multi format artist, scholar, activist, and healer. She received her Masters of Science in Public Health at Birmingham City University, her master's thesis focuses on the socioeconomic impact of violence against women of Sub Saharan Africa. All whilst working as a curator, yoga therapist and editor in chief of Distinguished Diva. She is currently working on raising awareness amongst the general public on issues such as human trafficking, gender equality, women's health and equal representation for voices of women of African descent in global media. We give a round up of sex news including chatting about those new restrictions on Fresher's, the woes of those who suffer from Bartholin's cysts and if keeping lust alive via during the socially distanced, digital age is possible. 

A podcast created by Decolonising Contraception collective, an interdisciplinary collective of Black and people of colour, working across sexual and reproductive health (SRH) . Hosted by Edem Ntumy - community engagement officer and Dr Annabel Sowemimo community sexual & reproductive health doctor. Each episode gives a round up of sexual health news, social justice issues and focuses on the work of those working to dismantle the everyday prejudice in our sector. Series edited by Veronique Belinga. Episode 3 is on The Politics of Black HIV Prevention featuring the amazing activist, writer, researcher and community organiser for Phil Samba. We chat about the quirks of West African parents - 'there's rice at home' 😒 and campaigning for Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV Prevention in Black communities. Phil reflects on his experience of being a queer Black man working in sexual health. We round up the news including Kayne and the history of Margaret Sanger. Love to some people who paved the way - Marc Thompson, Will Nutland (co-founders of Prepster) and Lady Phyll (founder of UK Black Pride). References on our website

A podcast created by Decolonising Contraception collective, an interdisciplinary collective of Black and people of colour, working across sexual and reproductive health (SRH) . Hosted by Edem Ntumy - community engagement officer and Dr Annabel Sowemimo community sexual & reproductive health doctor. Each episode gives a round up of sexual health news, social justice issues and focuses on the work of those working to dismantle the everyday prejudice in our sector. Edited by Veronique Belinga. Episode 2 is on Decolonising Sex Education featuring the amazing sex educator Gayathiri Kamalakanathan discussing her Tamil heritage and how that's influenced her decision to enter sex education. We continue to be obsessed with Michaela Cole's I May Destroy You, chat about THAT Jen Reid #BlackLivesMatter statue and why Black women continue to die in childbirth. Listen to why and how we start to build a fully inclusive sex education curriculum.

A podcast created by Decolonising Contraception collective, an interdisciplinary collective of Black and people of colour, working across sexual and reproductive health (SRH) . Hosted by Edem Ntumy - community engagement officer and Dr Annabel Sowemimo community sexual & reproductive health doctor. Each episode gives a round up of sexual health news, social justice issues and focuses on the work of those working to dismantle the everyday prejudice in our sector. Episode 1 gives an introduction to your hosts, discusses this weeks news including abortion buffer zones, online sexual health screening and Michaela Cole's incredible BBC series - I May Destroy You. We discuss the meaning of reproductive justice and what it means for sexual and reproductive health (SRH) in the UK.