Ask a person if they remember losing their virginity and chances are they’ll be able to summon a rough recollection of what it was like: awkward/earth-shattering/messy — delete as applicable.
For most of us, it’s a rite of passage to get out of the way, so we can move on to the next.
But Nathaniel Hall, 32, a theatre practitioner from Manchester, is unlikely to ever forget the first time he had sex. In fact, the milestone moment has played on a continuous loop inside his head for more than a decade now.
Pushing the rewind button, a 16-year-old Nathaniel contracted HIV after sleeping with an older man – “[he was] between 23 and 26” – with whom he was enjoying a whirlwind romance. He was diagnosed just two weeks after his 17th…
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Attitude (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2019