Acknowledgements

My gratitude to my peers and friends who have made comments, suggestions and reviewed text. Kate Baker for your hugs and encouragement. Will Devlin for being so utterly right. Mark Platt for your support and for arguing with me. Kenny Hermansen for taking a different stance. Mike Taylor for the passion when I had none. Dr Christopher Whitely for your patience while I butchered and re-butchered text. Steve Worrall and Anthony Worth who were on hand to answer my quickie questions... yeah, right! Dr Mike Youle for your usual panache and expertise. Gay Men's Health Project, Wiltshire; Lesbian and Gay Employment Rights (LAGER); Release; Money Advice; The Libra Project; The Hand Book for Gay Men and The House Party 1 and 2 (HIV Prevention Campaigns) for permission to use and adapt text. Craig Nelson for an extract from his book Find True Love in a Mat-Eat World. Pacific Innovations for permission to use Primal Elements "Boy Boy" soap for the cover. The Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Trust for their support. Darren Brady, Ian Dancy, Simon Ellis, Phil Greasley, Matt Horler, Gary Jefferson, Glyn Mcintosh, Jackie Palmer, Rez, Ian Robinson, Sarah Schenker, Ronnie Seery, Jack Summerside, Grainne Whalley, and Karen Young. Neil Kittle and Lucy Ashby. Alex and Helen. Geoff (things can only get better). Gary (17/03/01, 1.54 - 2.58am), Mick and Debs and the kids for giving me a family to go home to and the lovely Nettle for patching up when I got hurt. Very special thanks to Andrew Biscomb, also to Richard Collier, and Nick Hilton, my publishing editor, at Gay Times Books for their creativity, encouragement and generous support. This online advice guide is an extract from the book TOGETHER, by kind permission of Patriic Gayle and Gay Times Books. The book itself is over 300 pages long and contains:

several chapters more useful advice and information

more in-depth information in some chapters

more pictures and tables

further contacts at the end of each chapter

a comprehensive listing of gay and health organisations Described by Qx magazine as a 'Gay Bible', Together Book is a practical reference work no bookshelf should be without.

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