I wanted to write to let you know that I have been successful in getting a book published from a grant you awarded me several years ago*. It is with a major academic publisher and has also been awarded open access funding from the University of Manchester. The “in person” book launch was held in Manchester on the 24^th June 2025 and the online event will be on July 2, 2025.

The book is called: “The Moral Lessons of Chemsex” published by Routledge. It is a major review of chemsex from the 1960s through to current day, the core of the book is built around the interview portion of the research that STIRF funded.

Support, care and peer support for gay and bi men engaging in chemsex – Nagington – 2022 – Health & Social Care in the Community – Wiley Online Library  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/hsc.14081

I just wanted to write a personal thank you for the support that the research grant gave in producing this book (along with the other publication I wrote to you about a couple of years ago). It has been an absolute pleasure to work on this topic and it would not have been possible without the funding which STIRF provided. It has provided an invaluable way for me to develop knowledge in this area and to build future research collaborations on the topic of chemsex, and sexual health more broadly.

Dr Maurice Nagington

* Chem-sex, HIV, mental health and other health outcomes amongst gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM): a longitudinal qualitative interview project.