What is chemsex?
Chemsex is sex in combination with taking drugs in order to enhance the sexual experience.
Chemsex is sex in combination with taking drugs in order to enhance the sexual experience.
Chemsex (or kemsex as you sometimes say in Swedish). It is not uncommon to encounter this phenomenon in destinations where many people like to travel on holidays such as Copenhagen, London, Berlin and Paris. It is sometimes openly requested at clubs or dating apps.
No matter how exciting it may seem to have sex for many hours, perhaps with a whole bunch of guys at a party – is the same problem that can arise in the short or longer term as with drugs in other contexts. Several preparations can quickly give an addiction, side effects, difficulties in predicting how the substance will affect, dosage, depression – the list is long and not as exciting to read. The loss of control and the overconfidence in moments of intoxication can have consequences and there has been a link at group level to more STIs and HIV infections. PrEP may be important to consider in order to provide protection against HIV.
Sex experts have compiled facts about some common drugs that you can read about here (swedish).
Do you have questions or concerns about drugs and chemsex?
We have a counselor you can talk to. Whether you want support to stop using drugs or not, RFSL Rådgivningen Skåne is here for you to make you feel as good and be as safe as possible. You can contact the counselor completely anonymously and free of charge by sending an e-mail to samtal@skane.rfsl.se