The ladies discuss whether someone’s vaccination status is a dating dealbreaker, if dating apps should introduce a sexually transmitted infection (STI) status badge, and whether there are medical conditions that they would like potential love interests to declare upfront, after dating apps Tinder, Hinge, and Bumble sign a partnership with the UK government to show a ‘vaccine status badge’ on user profiles and UK sexual health doctors warn of a surge in the rate of sexually transmitted diseases as dating resumes post lock-down.

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LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE 

https://unitedmelaningroup.com/es079(Website – Show notes)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-57379034(Article – Covid vaccine stickers come to dating apps in UK – Zoe Kleinman for BBC News)

https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/sexual-health-doctor-warns-sti-after-lockdown-124728978.html(Article – Sexual health doctor warns UK could face a surge in STIs when lockdown ends – Marie Claire Dorking for Yahoo Life UK)

https://www.healthline.com/health/chronic-illness/how-to-tell-your-date-about-your-chronic-illness(Article – Love and Disability: How to Tell Your Date About Your Chronic Illness – Ardra Shephard for Healthline)

https://edition.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/10/25/health.telling.partner.secret/index.html(Article – 8 tips for telling your partner a health secret – Marti Trgovich for Health.com via CNN)

https://blackdoctor.org/should-you-ask-about-mental-health-history-when-dating/(Article – Should You Ask About Mental Health History When Dating? – BlackDoctor.org in conversation with Kyla M. Gordon)

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/sexually-transmitted-infections-stis/(Explainer – Sexually Transmitted Infections – NHS)

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/genital-herpes/(Explainer – Genital Herpes – NHS)

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/sickle-cell-disease/(Explainer – Sickle Cell Disease – NHS)

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/diabetes/(Explainer – Diabetes – NHS)

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/diabetes/(Explainer – Diabetes – NHS)

https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/(Explainer – Mental Health Conditions (including depression, eating disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder [PTSD] – NHS)

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/multiple-sclerosis/(Explainer – Multiple Sclerosis – NHS)

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Join Monah, Nushy Rose and Sophie Hannah, three smart, curious and opinionated highly-melanated women, as they and their guests discuss everything from current affairs to pop culture, and everything in between. No subject is off limits for these ladies, especially when it comes to issues affecting British communities of colour. Get ready to laugh, learn and liberate your mind, because if there’s one thing you can guarantee, it’s that the Ethnically Speaking ladies will be giving it to you straight!

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