Tuppy Owens

Rosalind Mary "Tuppy" Owens (12 November 1944 – 28 February 2025) was an English human rights and sexual health activist, therapist, consultant, campaigner, writer and adult model. From 1984, the Sex Maniac's Diary was published as The Safer Sex Maniac's Diary and provided the first visual instructions to the public on how to put a condom on securely; it also reviewed condoms and offered safer sex advice, all at the beginning of the outbreak of HIV.

In the 1990s, after more than 30 years living in London, Owens moved to a croft in the north of Scotland.

Owens was the editor of a forthcoming website, The School of Sex for Disabled People, which was being created by sexually experienced disabled people and those who provide them with sexual services.

Owens had been writing her autobiography when diagnosed with vascular dementia. She completed The Sex Lady on the Hill: The Extraordinary Legacy of Dr Tuppy Owens, with the assistance of her friend Emma Buckett, and it was published in 2024.

Death Owens died from vascular dementia in Scotland, on 28 February 2025, at the age of 80.

Award Owens won the 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award from the European Lifestyles Awards. She is also a Winner of the Innovation Award of Sexual Health and Human Rights UNESCO 2015. She was a finalist (Lifetime Achievement) in the Directory of Social Change Awards 2015.

Publications Photographs of caterpillars in Trinidad Scientific American: August 1967 Sexual Harmony. London: Highbury Press, 1969 Love in the Open Air. London: Cand Haven Ltd., 1970 The Sex Maniac's Diary. London: Cand Haven Ltd., 1972-1995 (from 1987 called The Safer Sex Maniac's Diary) Column in Club International. London: Paul Raymond Publications, 1975–6 Take Me I'm Yours. Edinburgh: Paul Harris Publishing, 1978 Mothercare Diary. London: Reader's Digest, 1980 Practical Suggestions. London: Outsiders Trust, from 1980 to present Emotions in Focus — catalogue of the Exhibition of the same name which opened at The Round House in 1983 (International Year of Disabled People). London: the Outsiders Trust, 1983 INSIDE. London: the Outsiders Trust, 1984–1998 and 2002–present The Sex Maniac's Bible. London: Cand Haven Ltd., 1989 The Sex Maniac's Address Book. London: Cand Haven Ltd., 1989 Little Book of Delights (annually). London: the Leydig Trust, 1989–present The Organ monthly. London: Cand Haven Ltd., 1990–1993 The Making of Sensations. New York: Rhinoceros, 1993 Introduction to Half Dressed, She Obeyed. Stockport: Divine Press, 1993 The Politically Correct Guide to Getting Laid. London: Cand Haven Ltd., 1995 The Sexual Skills and Needs of Disabled Men — A Female Perspective Sexuality & Disability Journal. New York: Kluwer Academic/Human Sciences Press, 1996 Planet Sex — The Handbook. London: Cand Haven Ltd, 1996 Disabled People Make the Best Clients presented at the ICOP Conference, Los Angeles 1997 and then globally A column in Desire 2000–2008 Contributions to The Sex Book. London: Cassells, 2002 Foreword to Baby Oil and Ice. London: The Do-Not Press, 2002 Columns in Forum and Erotic Review, 2005–2009 Content for the Sex and Disability section of the Lovers' Guide website 2007 Philip's Aspidistra: the Owens' Bequest in About Larkin, Journal of the Philip Larkin Society No 24, October 2007 Sex and Disability, an article on TheSite.org, Youthnet, 2009 Chapters in A Guide to Sexual Dysfunction in Men. Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd., 2010 Ten Things to Know About Sex and Disability. London: Royal College of Art and Imperial College, 2010 Chapter entitled Disability and Sex Work in book Queer Sex Work, Taylor and Francis Books 2014 Supporting Disabled People with their Sexual Lives, — a clear guide for health and social care professionals with Claire de Than. Jessica Kingsley 2014 The Sex Lady on the Hill: The Extraordinary Legacy of Dr Tuppy Owens with Emma Buckett. Pom Publishing 2024