Welcome to the Safer 2 pack, a no-nonsense guide to safer chems produced by gay men with lived experience. Inside, you will find the following booklets and leaflets. Click the links for a PDF:

  • 0. WELCOME TO SAFER 2 (A5, 12 pages)
    Welcomes readers to the resources, explains background, themes and, for the first time, includes an index for all eight resources.
  • 1. SAFER CHEMS (A5, 36 pages)
    In the 11th edition, a guide to safer chems use, harm reduction including ‘T’, ‘G’ and ‘M’, slamming, come downs, and overdoses (calling 999).
  • 2. HOOK-UP SAFER (A5, 23 pages)
    Sixteen no-nonsense tips to help you remain safer, and providing a spring board to get the best out hooking up.
  • 3. HEALTH AND WELLBEING (A5, 16 pages)
    An overview of health and wellbeing with a focus on the need for connection, ways to boost motivation, and getting out and active.
  • 4. NAVIGATING SUPPORT (A5 28, pages)
    A guide to better understand how NHS, statutory and local authority services work and navigating the support you may need.
  • 5. HIV/ STI/ HCV ‘RISK-O-METER’ (A5, 4 pages)
    An innovative, if irreverent, tool to gauge risks and harms associated with 16 practices relating to sex, chems and sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
  • 6. USING ‘G’ (A5, 12 pages)
    A response to rising ‘G’ related emergency service (A&E) admissions and the most requested harm reduction information topic.
  • 7. OVERDOSES AND CALLING 999 (A5, 4 pages)
    A flow diagram indicating potential outcomes for calling, or not calling for an ambulance, and if the police turn up first.
  • 8. YOUR RIGHTS AND THE LAW (A5, 12 pages)
    Your essential guide to your rights when stopped, questioned, searched, and/ or arrested by the police.
  • 9. SELF CARE (A5, 16 pages)
    A guide to understanding triggers and cravings (knowing the difference), sober sex, loss and grief, grounding and survival kit tools.

These resources are included in all PIP PAC safer chemsex packs.

PIP PAC | GMHC
SAFER 2 (2025)

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