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Synthetic lubricants

Images

  • Conquer AIDS : the safest weapons, condoms and lube / Gay Men Fighting AIDS (Organization) ; photo: Hywel Williams.
  • A heterosexual couple, a gay couple, and a lesbian couple with a latex glove, condom and lubricant representing an advertisement for safe sex by the Gay Men's Health Crisis. Colour lithograph by Charlie Pizzarello, 1993.
  • Bodywise Limited of Richmond, Middlesex  UK Liquid Silk : water-based 5ml.
  • A naked man pulls on a glove as his partner raises his legs with a lubricant gel dispenser and glove in the foreground and the message: "a glove for each fist"; advertisement for safe sex by AIDES. Colour lithograph by Alberto, 1995.
  • Oil and condoms don't mix : Baby oil, vaseline, olive oil, butter : If it contains oil keep it away from condoms ... / Health Education Authority.
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Catalogue

    • Ephemera
    • Online

    Lubricating jelly : water soluble for general lubricating needs : 5g / Sutherland Health Ltd.

    Sutherland Health Group. | Date: Sutherland Health,
    • Ephemera
    • Online

    Bodywise Limited of Richmond, Middlesex UK Liquid Silk : water-based 5ml.

    | Date: [1994?]
    • Ephemera

    Sex ephemera. Box 1.

    • Pictures
    • Online

    A woman's pair of jeans and a man's pair of trousers on a chair with a message addressed to Virginie: "When you make love with Pierre, think about protection ... to avoid spreading sexually transmitted diseases and HIV"; advertisement for the SIDA Info Service by the Ministère de la Santé Publique et de l'Assurance Maladie. Colour lithograph.

    | Date: [between 1990 and 1999] | Reference: 672263i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Multi-coloured condoms with the message in French: "Condom and gel: the inseparable couple ... pleasure without risk"; including a list of condom makes from Bartoline to Wet; an advertisement by the Agence française de lutte contre le SIDA and SPG, Santé et Plaisir Gai. Colour lithograph.

    | Date: [between 1990 and 1999] | Reference: 672514i
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