Ben (He/Him) 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@benjaminco.bsky.social
Sexual Health Clinical Nurse Specialist ‘who stammers’
Running for @NAT.org.uk
HAND network UK
Defence Stammering Network @ukdsn
BASHH
ArmyLGBTQI+
LGBTHumanists UK
QARNNS 1* quoted me as “That militant gay”.
Running for @NAT.org.uk
HAND network UK
Defence Stammering Network @ukdsn
BASHH
ArmyLGBTQI+
LGBTHumanists UK
QARNNS 1* quoted me as “That militant gay”.
My 38th run early this morning before teaching to raise awareness of HIV testing and the National AIDS Trust. I used cross country shoes for deeper puddles. @nat.org.uk #HIV #PLHIV #HIVTesting Donate today: www.justgiving.com/page/ben-col...
November 11, 2025 at 10:17 AM
My 38th run early this morning before teaching to raise awareness of HIV testing and the National AIDS Trust. I used cross country shoes for deeper puddles. @nat.org.uk #HIV #PLHIV #HIVTesting Donate today: www.justgiving.com/page/ben-col...
My 37th run today was in early morning cold, just before Remembrance Sunday. Lovely hills to do steady running up with a final sprint. I am running to spread awareness of testing for HIV and the work of the National AIDS Trust @nat.org.uk #HIVTesting
November 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
My 37th run today was in early morning cold, just before Remembrance Sunday. Lovely hills to do steady running up with a final sprint. I am running to spread awareness of testing for HIV and the work of the National AIDS Trust @nat.org.uk #HIVTesting
My 36th run today was in the early dark rain. Good high hills and wooded areas. I am running to promote the National AIDS Trust and to encourage donations @nat.org.uk donate to NAT today 👉 www.justgiving.com/page/ben-col...
November 4, 2025 at 9:23 PM
My 36th run today was in the early dark rain. Good high hills and wooded areas. I am running to promote the National AIDS Trust and to encourage donations @nat.org.uk donate to NAT today 👉 www.justgiving.com/page/ben-col...
My 34th run yesterday. I continue to promote NAT and as the days get darker and more people ride on roads without helmets a head torch is necessary. #HIV #HIVRights #NAT #WorldAIDSDay #REDRUN
October 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
My 34th run yesterday. I continue to promote NAT and as the days get darker and more people ride on roads without helmets a head torch is necessary. #HIV #HIVRights #NAT #WorldAIDSDay #REDRUN
The 30th run took place on July 24, 2025. Every step I don't stop I feel better. I'm raising awareness for the National AIDS Trust. #HIVRightsCharity #TeamNAT #HIVAwareness #PLHIV www.justgiving.com/page/ben-col...
July 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The 30th run took place on July 24, 2025. Every step I don't stop I feel better. I'm raising awareness for the National AIDS Trust. #HIVRightsCharity #TeamNAT #HIVAwareness #PLHIV www.justgiving.com/page/ben-col...
June 11, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Women’s health and the role of genitourinary medicine (GUM) in addressing inequities in access and inequalities in outcomes
With Dame Lesley Regan
Department of Health and Social Care @bashhuk.bsky.social #BASHH2025 #healthhubs #womenshealthhubs
With Dame Lesley Regan
Department of Health and Social Care @bashhuk.bsky.social #BASHH2025 #healthhubs #womenshealthhubs
June 11, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Women’s health and the role of genitourinary medicine (GUM) in addressing inequities in access and inequalities in outcomes
With Dame Lesley Regan
Department of Health and Social Care @bashhuk.bsky.social #BASHH2025 #healthhubs #womenshealthhubs
With Dame Lesley Regan
Department of Health and Social Care @bashhuk.bsky.social #BASHH2025 #healthhubs #womenshealthhubs
Informing optimal responses to STI outbreaks: pandemic preparedness work within the HPRU. Dr Tariq
Principal Clinical Research Fellow @ucl.ac.uk @bashhuk.bsky.social #BASHH2025
Principal Clinical Research Fellow @ucl.ac.uk @bashhuk.bsky.social #BASHH2025
June 11, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Informing optimal responses to STI outbreaks: pandemic preparedness work within the HPRU. Dr Tariq
Principal Clinical Research Fellow @ucl.ac.uk @bashhuk.bsky.social #BASHH2025
Principal Clinical Research Fellow @ucl.ac.uk @bashhuk.bsky.social #BASHH2025
Supporting the implementation of public health interventions using qualitative social science: an exploration of acceptability, barriers and facilitators to Bexsero for gonorrhoea prevention among #GSMSM. Dr Nicholls
Senior Research Fellow, @ucl.ac.uk #BASHH2025
Senior Research Fellow, @ucl.ac.uk #BASHH2025
June 11, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Supporting the implementation of public health interventions using qualitative social science: an exploration of acceptability, barriers and facilitators to Bexsero for gonorrhoea prevention among #GSMSM. Dr Nicholls
Senior Research Fellow, @ucl.ac.uk #BASHH2025
Senior Research Fellow, @ucl.ac.uk #BASHH2025
Advancing Sexual Health Research: Key findings and future directions from the NIHR Health Protection Unit (HPRU) in Blood Borne and Sexually Transmitted Infections (BBSTI) @bashhuk.bsky.social #BASHH #covid19 #mpox
June 11, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Advancing Sexual Health Research: Key findings and future directions from the NIHR Health Protection Unit (HPRU) in Blood Borne and Sexually Transmitted Infections (BBSTI) @bashhuk.bsky.social #BASHH #covid19 #mpox
What is the community approach? @bashhuk.bsky.social #BASHH2025
June 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
What is the community approach? @bashhuk.bsky.social #BASHH2025
June 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Alternative Sex - Reframing Kink, BDSM and Non-Monogamy @bashhuk.bsky.social #BASHH2025 #kink #bdsm #nonmonogamy
June 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Alternative Sex - Reframing Kink, BDSM and Non-Monogamy @bashhuk.bsky.social #BASHH2025 #kink #bdsm #nonmonogamy
@bashhuk.bsky.social #BASHH2025 #chems
Expected drug effects on the sexual event
Narrative synthesis based on systematic literature review and metanalysis of 38 studies (Sept 2018 - Jan 2020) describing chemsex use before or during sex among #MSM in high income countries
Expected drug effects on the sexual event
Narrative synthesis based on systematic literature review and metanalysis of 38 studies (Sept 2018 - Jan 2020) describing chemsex use before or during sex among #MSM in high income countries
June 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
@bashhuk.bsky.social #BASHH2025 #chems
Expected drug effects on the sexual event
Narrative synthesis based on systematic literature review and metanalysis of 38 studies (Sept 2018 - Jan 2020) describing chemsex use before or during sex among #MSM in high income countries
Expected drug effects on the sexual event
Narrative synthesis based on systematic literature review and metanalysis of 38 studies (Sept 2018 - Jan 2020) describing chemsex use before or during sex among #MSM in high income countries
@bashhuk.bsky.social #BASHH2025 #chemsex
Why are we talking about drugs?
• High levels of drug use
• Increasing types / routes of drugs?
• Sexual risk / STI risk
• Linked to sexual assaults
• Complication and harms
Why are we talking about drugs?
• High levels of drug use
• Increasing types / routes of drugs?
• Sexual risk / STI risk
• Linked to sexual assaults
• Complication and harms
June 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
@bashhuk.bsky.social #BASHH2025 #chemsex
Why are we talking about drugs?
• High levels of drug use
• Increasing types / routes of drugs?
• Sexual risk / STI risk
• Linked to sexual assaults
• Complication and harms
Why are we talking about drugs?
• High levels of drug use
• Increasing types / routes of drugs?
• Sexual risk / STI risk
• Linked to sexual assaults
• Complication and harms
@bashhuk.bsky.social #BASHH2025 #sexualwellbeing #sexualhealth
• Could a UK-wide approach be possible?
• Are there risks and how can we mitigate?
• What's the role of BASHH here?
• Could a UK-wide approach be possible?
• Are there risks and how can we mitigate?
• What's the role of BASHH here?
June 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
@bashhuk.bsky.social #BASHH2025 #sexualwellbeing #sexualhealth
• Could a UK-wide approach be possible?
• Are there risks and how can we mitigate?
• What's the role of BASHH here?
• Could a UK-wide approach be possible?
• Are there risks and how can we mitigate?
• What's the role of BASHH here?
@bashhuk.bsky.social #BASHH2025
Supporting gender questioning, transgender and non-binary people attending sexual health service #trabsgender #nonbinary
Supporting gender questioning, transgender and non-binary people attending sexual health service #trabsgender #nonbinary
June 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
@bashhuk.bsky.social #BASHH2025
Supporting gender questioning, transgender and non-binary people attending sexual health service #trabsgender #nonbinary
Supporting gender questioning, transgender and non-binary people attending sexual health service #trabsgender #nonbinary
#BASHH2025 Good session talking “Supporting gender questioning, transgender and non-binary people attending sexual health services”. A good link: www.queerhealth.info/projects/lbgt
June 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
#BASHH2025 Good session talking “Supporting gender questioning, transgender and non-binary people attending sexual health services”. A good link: www.queerhealth.info/projects/lbgt
@waverleycare.bsky.social what is it like to access sexual health service as a trans person in Scotland? #BASHH2025
June 10, 2025 at 11:52 AM
@waverleycare.bsky.social what is it like to access sexual health service as a trans person in Scotland? #BASHH2025
@bashhuk.bsky.social Professor Matt Phillips welcomed everyone to the conference and awareness of #DoxyPEP www.bashh.org/news/1686/ba... #BASHH #BASHH2025
June 9, 2025 at 9:34 AM
@bashhuk.bsky.social Professor Matt Phillips welcomed everyone to the conference and awareness of #DoxyPEP www.bashh.org/news/1686/ba... #BASHH #BASHH2025
23rd 10km run. 8 Jun 25. A lovely morning to raise awareness for the for @nat.org.uk who promote HIV testing and supporting persons, and their families, who are living with HIV.
#HIVrightscharity #TeamNAT #HIVAwareness #PLHIV
#HIVrightscharity #TeamNAT #HIVAwareness #PLHIV
June 8, 2025 at 6:34 AM
23rd 10km run. 8 Jun 25. A lovely morning to raise awareness for the for @nat.org.uk who promote HIV testing and supporting persons, and their families, who are living with HIV.
#HIVrightscharity #TeamNAT #HIVAwareness #PLHIV
#HIVrightscharity #TeamNAT #HIVAwareness #PLHIV
This one made me chuckle
June 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
This one made me chuckle
22nd run. 6 Jun 25. Running in the rain to raise awareness for NAT to raise awareness for HIV testing and support the National AIDS Trust. A good run with some added rain to make it interesting.
#HIVrightscharity #TeamNAT #HIVAwareness #PLHIV
www.justgiving.com/page/ben-col...
#HIVrightscharity #TeamNAT #HIVAwareness #PLHIV
www.justgiving.com/page/ben-col...
June 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM
22nd run. 6 Jun 25. Running in the rain to raise awareness for NAT to raise awareness for HIV testing and support the National AIDS Trust. A good run with some added rain to make it interesting.
#HIVrightscharity #TeamNAT #HIVAwareness #PLHIV
www.justgiving.com/page/ben-col...
#HIVrightscharity #TeamNAT #HIVAwareness #PLHIV
www.justgiving.com/page/ben-col...
21st run. 4 Jun 25. Running to raise awareness for @nat.org.uk to raise awareness for HIV testing and support the National AIDS Trust. A good run with some added rain to make it interesting.
#HIVrightscharity #TeamNAT #HIVAwareness #PLHIV
www.justgiving.com/page/ben-col...
#HIVrightscharity #TeamNAT #HIVAwareness #PLHIV
www.justgiving.com/page/ben-col...
June 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
21st run. 4 Jun 25. Running to raise awareness for @nat.org.uk to raise awareness for HIV testing and support the National AIDS Trust. A good run with some added rain to make it interesting.
#HIVrightscharity #TeamNAT #HIVAwareness #PLHIV
www.justgiving.com/page/ben-col...
#HIVrightscharity #TeamNAT #HIVAwareness #PLHIV
www.justgiving.com/page/ben-col...
2nd run: 13.21 km 1 June. Running to raise awareness for NAT and Fisher House, which offers a "home away from home" for injured service members and their families. Many have served in combat and need ongoing care.
#HIVrightscharity #TeamNAT #HIVAwareness #PLHIV
www.justgiving.com/page/ben-col...
#HIVrightscharity #TeamNAT #HIVAwareness #PLHIV
www.justgiving.com/page/ben-col...
June 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
2nd run: 13.21 km 1 June. Running to raise awareness for NAT and Fisher House, which offers a "home away from home" for injured service members and their families. Many have served in combat and need ongoing care.
#HIVrightscharity #TeamNAT #HIVAwareness #PLHIV
www.justgiving.com/page/ben-col...
#HIVrightscharity #TeamNAT #HIVAwareness #PLHIV
www.justgiving.com/page/ben-col...