Clyne Hamilton-Daniels MSc, BA (hons), GMBPsS
Exploring chemsex, queer health, and digital worlds through my PhD.
Chemsex 101 A Queer Harm Reduction Guide
This is a sex-positive harm-reduction guide created to give people the information, context and care that most services still struggle to offer within chemsex. Across 36 pages, it breaks down the realities of chemsex with honesty and clarity: GHB/GBL, mephedrone, crystal meth, dosing and spacing, mixing risks, consent, comedowns, mental health, and the role digital platforms play in shaping queer sex and risk.
This the guide blends clinical insight, community experience, digital culture and public-health research into one accessible, evidence-informed resource. It avoids moralising, judgement or scare tactics; instead, it centres dignity, autonomy, pleasure and safety - recognising that queer people deserve culturally competent support, not stigma. Chemsex 101 is for anyone connected to chemsex in any way.
That includes queer men (msm), trans and non-binary people, people who use chems, people who are curious or questioning, partners and friends wanting to understand more, and clinicians, practitioners, educators and community workers who want to approach the subject with sensitivity and accuracy.
Articles:
Queer Health, Chemsex, and Digital Survival
In 2025, I began publishing a series of essays exploring the intersections of queer life, chemsex, and digital culture. From The Dopamine Loop, which reframes chemsex as a cycle engineered by both neurochemistry and app design, to Harm Reduction as Radical Empathy, which insists on dignity and survival over stigma, and Digital Ghosts, which confronts the silence around those lost to overdose or disappearance - each article became part of a wider experiment in unapologetically queer, gritty storytelling.
Unlike traditional public health communication, which often sanitises or simplifies, my writing leans into raw imagery, lived experience, and community voices. The result has been both academic and deeply personal: work that sparks dialogue on social media, circulates within queer networks, and has begun to attract interest from international audiences, podcasts, and policy conversations. Together, these articles have shown not only the urgency of addressing chemsex and queer health but also the power of communication strategies rooted in culture, empathy, and survival.
Chemsex Scholar:
A Social Media Experiment
In August 2025, I launched @chemsexscholar, a digital experiment designed to test whether unapologetically queer, gritty visual storytelling could challenge stigma and spark open conversations about chemsex. Unlike traditional health communication, which often relies on sterile or clinical messaging, this project leaned into bold aesthetics and community-driven narratives.
Within weeks, the platform reached tens of thousands of viewers across Instagram and other digital spaces. The response was immediate and powerful: people shared their own experiences, invited me onto podcasts, and initiated dialogues that extended far beyond social media. The project quickly gained international interest, illustrating not only the scale of need but also the appetite for communication strategies that are culturally relevant and rooted in lived experience.
Master of Science (MSc)
Chemsex: What’s the problem? An investigation into sexual and mental health issues, with associated sexualised drug use, addictions and depression amongst men who participate in Chemsex parties.
This dissertation explores chemsex and its links to sexualised drug use (SDU), mental health, and sexual health risks among men who have sex with men (MSM). Using discourse analysis of secondary interviews, it examines participants’ accounts of liberation, intimacy, body image, stigma, and disinhibition. Findings show drugs enable both connection and harm, generating cycles of empowerment, addiction, and vulnerability. While UK policy acknowledges chemsex risks, it neglects psychological needs. The study calls for holistic interventions integrating harm reduction, psychosexual support, and sober sex promotion.
Previous Educational Research
Master of Science (MSc)
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) - What are the experiences of older adults living with HIV regarding medication adherence and its impact on their daily lives?
This review investigated how older adults living with HIV experience antiretroviral medication adherence and the ways it shapes their daily lives. Drawing on ten qualitative studies of people aged 50 and above, seven themes were identified: psychological challenges, social relationships, health and wellbeing, resilience, and existential reflections. A central finding was the “will to live,” which underpins adherence and fosters a sense of ownership over living with HIV. The review highlights that adherence is not only a clinical process but also deeply shaped by social, emotional, and existential realities of aging with HIV.
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