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It was with great sadness that we heard last week that our colleague and friend, Mags Portman, died from a rare cancer aged 44.   Dr Portman was a trail blazer in HIV prevention and we...

Leeds are very excited to announce that on the 3rd Monday of every month, we will be holding a sexual health clinic in our office for Trans+ people. The session will include STI testing, cervical...

Our weekly testing session at Base has been cancelled this week due to staff shortage. We will be back as usual next Wednesday. If you need a test in the meantime, you can come to...

Are you a man who has sex with other men, HIV+ or do you visit London regularly? There has been a drug-resistant outbreak of the little known infection in the UK, and it can be...

We're happy to be able to share our New Year's Eve video: MESMAC Breakfast with Ross and Rachel! Join Ross and Rachel from West Yorkshire Queer Stories as they look back over the year and...

See below for our office closure times over the festive season. All HIV/STI testing drop-in sessions will not be during these times.

‘Think’ is Yorkshire MESMAC’s friendly workshop group in Wakefield.  We meet twice a month usually on a Tuesday evening between 6.30pm and 9pm. We cover topics of interest around health and wellbeing. There is alw...

This year, the 1st December marks 30 years of World AIDS Day, and true to form, Yorkshire MESMAC has been busy in the lead up to this, both with delivering over 300 tests for National HIV Testing...

National HIV Testing Week runs 17th-23rd November 2018. We will be testing in Leeds, York, North Yorkshire, Bradford, Wakefield, Hull and Rotherham.

In response to learning that the ‘Transgender Trend Resource Pack for Schools’ (“TTRP”) has been printed and distributed to schools around the country, Mermaids and Yorkshire Mesmac want to send a clear message to schools that the...

MEPC announces its first ever LGBT+ charity fundraising month at Wellington Place this August

A 10,000 place PrEP trial was never going to meet demand – it’s time to make PrEP available to all who need it.

Yorkshire MESMAC are teaming up with NatCen Social Research in order to conduct a study into experiences of hate crime.

Photo by Jamie Fletcher The first ever Trans Pride Leeds was a resounding success! Well done to all involved for all the hard work that was put into the event, and to everyone who attended...

Tonight from 6-8pm we're running a PrEP support group from our Leeds office. More information below!

The article in The Sunday Times (04.03.18)  is a disgraceful example of gutter ‘journalism’, even from  a cursory reading of the article it is clear that it is based on half-truths, rumour and innuendo. The...

The article in The Sunday Times (04.03.18)  is a disgraceful example of gutter ‘journalism’, even from  a cursory reading of the article it is clear that it is based on half-truths, rumour and innuendo. The...

Due to the snow, the following offices are closed today, Thursday 1st March:  - Leeds -Wakefield -Bradford - York and North Yorkshire (Harrogate, Selby, Scarborough and Northallerton services will not be running) Please keep...

Due to the snow, the following offices are closed today, Wednesday 28th February:  - Leeds- York and North Yorkshire (Harrogate, Selby, Scarborough and Northallerton services will not be running)-Wakefield Please keep an eye...

We are holding at event in Leeds Civic Hall on 23rd January from 9am to 1.30pm looking into the challenges Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans people face in Leeds in relation to mental health and&...

We run weekly Testing Times sessions in Base Leeds, 7 Heaton's Court, Leeds, LS1 4LJ. Here we offer free, rapid HIV tests with results back in 5-10 minutes and Chlamydia & Gonorrhoea pee in a pot...

Yorkshire MESMAC and Leeds Housing Options are working together to provide a free and confidential housing advice surgery for the LGBT Community.

Please note the counselling service at Yorkshire MESMAC cannot respond to crisis emotional / mental health situations.

Along with 140+ other organisations, we have signed to the Prime Minister Theresa May and to the heads of all political parties in the UK, urging them to protect our fundamental human rights, both now and...

Check out the video from the Human Red Ribbon event for World AIDS Day 2017 in Hull

See the poster below for details of the 2017 World AIDS Day event in Rotherham.

It's National HIV Testing Week! We will be testing in Leeds, York, North Yorkshire, Bradford, Wakefield, Hull and Rotherham.

Let's End It. End isolation. End stigma. End HIV transmission. This World AIDS Day join the fight to end the negative impact of HIV.

EMIS is the world's largest survey of gay men, bisexual men and other men (including trans men) who are attracted to men.

We understand that, viewed out of context of Yorkshire MESMAC’s suite of policies including safeguarding of children and safeguarding adults at risk, there is a possibility that this code of conduct could be misunderstood.Yo...

The Bradford Playhouse will be showing a production of RENT between 8th-11th November 7:30pm. Here's some more information about the background of the show.

If you are going to Gran Canaria Winter Pride, you should get a Hepatitis A vaccination.MESMAC Leeds are running a free Hep A vaccination session alongside our usual Testing Times + on Tuesday 24/10/17.It...

Four London sexual health clinics saw dramatic falls in new HIV infections among gay men of around 40 per cent last year, compared with 2015. In addition, preliminary figures from all sexual health clinics in England for 2016,...

Research by the LGBT+ Mapping Project has found that mental health a priority concern for LGBT+ people in Leeds and that 90% of LGBT+ survey respondents had experienced difficulties with their mental health. In response to...

We are working hard to complete the final Heritage Lottery Fund application for the funding for the next phase of the Yorkshire MESMAC LGBTQ+ social history project Queer Stories which will unfold as West Yorkshire...

​Living with and managing HIV can be challenging for many people. Whether it’s coming to terms with a new diagnosis, starting or changing treatment, managing relationships or talking about HIV. Peer support has been prov...

​NHS England has yesterday (Thursday 3 August) announced the start of a pioneering implementation trial to provide HIV prevention drugs to people at high risk of HIV infection.

Hepatitis B and C are infections that affect the liver. They can be passed on through sharing drug taking equipment or unprotected sex. Here's everything you need to know about the causes, symptoms, treatments and...

A new study from UCL, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and Public Health England seeks to discover whether providing free HIV self-tests to men, transgender men and transgender women who have sex with men...

Snapchat have added a super creepy new feature called Snap Map. It means that, depending on your settings, any of your Snapchat friends could see exactly where you are. Here's are guide to staying safe.

Campaigners have expressed they are ‘seriously concerned’ about delays to the long-awaited PrEP trial in England.

In 2015, film maker Nicholas Feustel made a documentary film about the England PROUD PrEP trial. The documentary was shown at community events across the UK, and formed the focus for PrEPster's Pushing for PrEP community...

We’re calling on the next government to stand with people affected by HIV.

Our Testing Times+ drop-in tonight in Leeds has been cancelled due to a maintenance issue with water and toilets. Our drop in on Thursday will go ahead as usual! Apologies for any inconvenience caused.&...

Starting from the 3rd April, Yorkshire MESMAC is offering a new sexual health community outreach service in Rotherham in partnership with the Integrated Sexual Heath Service.

Lesbian and Bisexual Women's Health Week will run from 13th March- 17th March 2017. It has been organised by the National LGB&T partnership.

Read on for some new workshops that we'll be running.

Syphilis is on the increase across Yorkshire so it's important that you get clued up. Here's everything you need to know about the causes, symptoms, treatments and getting tested.

Free HIV testing kit delivered to your house*

Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea are Sexually Transmitted Infections you can get in your cock, throat, vagina or bum.  At Yorkshire MESMAC in Wakefield we can now screen you confidentially for both infections in all areas...

Are you interested in housing and the needs of older people in Leeds? Would you like the opportunity to share your thoughts and ideas with other older people and housing providers? Take a look at...

Our Hull team have produced a video giving the personal experiences of a woman who has undergone Female Genital Mutilation.

Today is York Pride and we are launching a new postal STI testing kit for those of you living in York and North Yorkshire!

Yorkshire MESMAC volunteers, trustees and staff are horrified, saddened and angered at the murder and injury in Orlando. Tom Doyle, Yorkshire MESMAC Chief Executive said, ‘Our thoughts at this time are with those whose hearts ar...

Leeds which has Yorkshire’s largest Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGB&T) community will join together from 10:30pm for speeches, words and tribute leading to a minutes silence at 11pm on Monday 13th June on...

Over 21 million people volunteer in the UK at least once a year and this contributes an estimated £23.9bn to the UK economy. Behind these big numbers is a big contribution.

The National LGB&T Partnership has today published Out Loud: LGBT Voices in Health and Social Care, a narrative account of LGBT needs.

Are you: HIV+, and received your diagnosis in the last 5 years, Aged 18-35 AND Living in the UK (in any part of England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland)? If so, the University of Hull would...

PrEP is an highly effective and safe medication that has been proven to prevent HIV transmission if you take it daily. As yet there's no news about when PrEP will be available on the NHS....

Are you a man who has sex with other men, HIV+ or do you visit London regularly? There has been an outbreak of the little known infection Shigella in London, and it can be caught...

In England in 2013, 59 per 1,000 MSM aged between 15-59 years old were estimated to have HIV. 16% of MSM were undiagnosed.

Pre-exposure prophylaxis is a course of HIV drugs taken before sex to reduce the risk of getting HIV.

Another year, another calendar, but as usual, the Yorkshire Bears are taking the art of calendar making and doing it in style!

To complement our drop-in, click and collect and appoint based HIV testing service, there is now a free HIV online home sampling service.

Getting a HIV test in Leeds has never been easier. You can now order your testing kit and collect it from Yorkshire MESMAC Leeds offices at a time that best suits you.

On Wednesday 1 July 2015 Leeds Sexual Health was launched. This is a new 'integrated' Sexual Health Service designed to offer people contraception, HIV testing and Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) testing and treatment.

​City of Sanctuary Wakefield are seeking enthusiastic volunteers to join their dynamic Women’s group that provide weekly support sessions and activities for women and children in Urban House.