It just has a different name, and it is used in sexual contexts, which can make for scandalous headlines,” Stuart said. “Slamming is no more popular among gay communities than injecting is within other communities. “So for some people who use drugs, and who seek a greater high as their use develops, it can be a natural evolution”.Īlthough referred to as ‘slamming’ in the gay community, the term has other names which are more recognisable to a universal audience – such as ‘shooting-up’ and ‘blasting’. Stuart said: “Slamming is a faster and more powerful way to affect the receptors in our brains, creating a greater high.
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Stuart has been raising awareness for safer ways for gay and bisexual men to engage in slamming since its growing popularity.
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PinkNews talked to David Stuart, who manages the chemsex support services at sexual health clinic 56 Dean Street. On my body it’s all very ‘au naturel.’ I don’t spend so much time grooming and that’s absolutely perfect for me.Slamming gives the user a greater high when compared to more common practices of taking chems, however health bodies have warned that the trend could be linked to the rise of HIV infection rates in England.
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“I haven’t got a massively hairy chest, but I do have a really hairy ass and a nice full beard and I like that a lot. However, I’ve also had partners who would be classed as twinks as well as proper fully-fledged daddies. “I do personally find guys with a bit of scruff to be more attractive – it’s just personal taste. Anyways, I’m classed as an otter and I can’t even swim properly, so that’s really funny.”
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Lots of men grow old and maybe get a bit broader around the waist, but where is the threshold between being an otter and a bear? Is it in the size of your waist or is it your age after all? I’ve never really understood that personally. “Being an otter is, somehow, entirely a phase. I prefer to think of my build as slender anyways though. Gareth, a self-proclaimed Otter living in Berlin says: “I would class myself as an otter since I’m hairy in all the right places, apparently masculine and skinnier than a cub or a bear. What an otter says about being an otter (Image supplied by Gareth) When a lot of otters get older, they may well become bears ‘physically,’ even if they don’t prescribe to the bear community or go to bear events. Some have claimed that being an otter is part of a transitory phase between twink and bear. Otters don’t focus on masculinity as a behaviour type or “masc for masc.” There are loads of femme otters, and some non-binary otters too. The ‘masculine aesthetic’ part isn’t key to otterness. Hold on, isn’t this more toxic masculinity? (/tambako) Otters look similar to what you might call the “guy next door” type. It seems that a lot of guys could be seen as otters, whether they identify as one or not.Ī cisgender male, with a traditionally masculine aesthetic, someone who has an ‘average’ level of body hair, a bit of scruff, fluff, fur, whatever you’d like to call it. Hold on (you may be thinking)… isn’t that a lot of guys? A lot of guys may be otters without realising it
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Almost never as hairy as a bear, and perhaps not as lean or boyish as a twink, but if you had a body size and hairiness scale of ‘twink to bear,’ you’d find otters comfortably taking up a good chunk of the middle ground.