Gay Man's Guide to Safer Sex
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Gay Man's Guide To Safer Sex is the name of a safer sex instructional documentary produced by Mike Esser and Tony Carne of Pride Video in association with the Terrence Higgins Trust
Terrence Higgins Trust
Terrence Higgins Trust is a British charity that campaigns on various issues related to AIDS and HIV. In particular, the charity aims to reduce the spread of HIV and promote good sexual health ; to provide services on a national and local level to people with, affected by, or at risk of...

 in 1992. The film was directed by David Lewis and featured a soundtrack by John Balance
John Balance
John Balance , born in Mansfield, England, was the founder of the experimental music group Coil, along with his partner Peter Christopherson...

 and Peter Christopherson
Peter Christopherson
Peter Martin Christopherson, a.k.a. Sleazy was a musician, video director and designer, and former member of the influential British design agency Hipgnosis....

 of Coil
Coil (band)
Coil were an English cross-genre, experimental music group formed in 1982 by John Balance—later credited as "Jhonn Balance"—and his partner Peter Christopherson, aka "Sleazy". The duo worked together on a series of releases before Balance chose the name Coil, which he claimed to be...

. The medical information included in the film is presented by Mike Youle
Mike Youle
Mike Youle is a British doctor specializing in HIV treatment. Notably he introduced the concept of pre-exposure prophylaxis to a wider audience at the XVI International AIDS Conference, 2006 in Toronto, Canada in 2006...

, a British doctor specializing in HIV treatment.

The film won in the Best Special Interest Category in 1992's British Videogramme Association
British Video Association
The British Video Association is a video home entertainment organisation established in 1980. It has suggested according to the figures that around six million people in the UK have missed out on the revolution of High Definition....

 awards.

Soundtrack

Coil provided the music. Some of the material is reworked, some is exclusive to the movie. The tracks timings given represent the demo version and are in order of their chronological appearance in the film.
  1. "Theme from Gay Man's Guide To Safer Sex" – 8:13
  2. "Exploding Frogs" – 8:40
  3. "Nasa Arab 2" – 4:12
  4. "Theme From Gay Man's Guide To Safer Sex Reconstruction" – 7:49
    • "Exploding Frogs" is a radically remixed version of "Omlagus Garfungiloops" from Stolen & Contaminated Songs
      Stolen & Contaminated Songs
      Stolen & Contaminated Songs was the first of two albums recorded and produced by the band Coil in 1992. This CD includes outtakes and unreleased songs from Love's Secret Domain album....

      .
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