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RFSL has full confidence in the recommendations and concerns expressed by experienced doctors and nurses at some of the country's largest infectious diseases clinics. Therefore, we instead recommend that you who have condomless sex go and get tested regularly for sexually transmitted diseases and in case of symptoms, in order to be able…
Here you’ll find answers to frequently asked questions about mpox – what it is, what the symptoms are, how it’s being transmitted and how you can protect yourself.
Read about some of the work RFSL does within the fields of health and HIV-prevention.
Read more about PrEP – HIV preventative medications. Here you can find what clinic prescribe PrEP in your region.
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is a virus that weakens the body’s immune system and was discovered around 1980. Today, most of the people who are HIV positive in Sweden have access to good and effective treatment, but HIV still cannot be cured.
Getting tested is the only way to know if you're living with HIV or any sexually transmitted infection (STI). By getting tested, you can get treatment…
In some cities, RFSL offers rapid HIV and syphilis testing. These services are open for men who have sex with men and trans people.
Here you can read more about the most common STIs, how they’re transmitted, testing and treatment.
Read more about and register for our HIV/STI testing reminder.
See the documentary “Stockholm, 1982” here!
Read about drugs, chemsex and the support RFSL can give you here.
Shigella is a bacterial intestinal infection that can be spread through sex. Since 2023, the infection has started to spread among men who have sex with…
Since the HIV epidemic began in Sweden, there have been certain rules for blood donation.
LGBTQI people experience more mental ill health than heterosexual cis people. Here you can read more about RFSL’s work with mental ill health and suicide prevention.
For RFSL as a rights organisation it’s a matter of course to stand up for that everybody who has sex for compensation should have access to their human rights and a secure everyday life.