'We tease guys who are virgins'

Gary [not his real name] is a 16-year-old schoolboy. He spoke to BBC Scotland's health correspondent Eleanor Bradford about his sexual experiences.

I'm at the clinic with a friend, he's here to get condoms because you get them for free here.

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Her parents don't know that, but mine do. They don't say anything about it, as long as I'm protected.

I have conversations with my dad about being careful and I sometimes speak to my mum about it.

I also talk to my dad about relationship stuff - if me and my girlfriend are arguing or having problems.

I get information about sex from different places - school, my friends, my mum and dad. One of my friends told me about this place.

Only one of my friends had lost his virginity by the time they were 16, apart from me.

Most of the boys tend to start having sex around the age of 15 or 16.

Sometimes we slag each other off about things like that - if people haven't lost their virginity.

There was no peer pressure for me and my girlfriend to have sex, we just wanted to.

But we're always careful, there's no chance she could get pregnant.

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