Category: STIs/STDs
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STI vs STD: Is it important?
The term “STD” (sexually transmitted disease) is increasingly replaced by “STI” (sexually transmitted infections). Is this change (which started as early as the late 1990s) a matter of political correctness? An effort to reduce stigma affiliated with disease? Or are there real distinctions between infection and disease, hence adopting a more medically accurate term? The…
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How I Contracted HPV and What I Did About It
This post is written by Tashia Amenerio, founder of the non-profit HPV Awakening. She writes from her personal experience why she is pushing for HPV be reportable- meaning sexual partners must legally inform each other of their status- and why she urges you to sign the petition to get the FDA to approve HPV testing…
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HPV Awakening
The US faces an HPV epidemic, yet there is still little known about the virus. A Florida-based grassroots organization, HPV Awakening, is fighting to expand research about the virus to provide resources for treatment and prevention. Public awareness is in desperate need of an energy boost. HPV is the most prevalent and rapidly spreading STI…
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Where to Go for Safer Sex: Our Resource Recommendations
We are celebrating Valentine’s Day 2013 by acknowledging some of the most lavish, smart, and intriguing safer sex resources out there and giving them our thank yous for their hard work. For safer sex guidelines we applaud and recommend you check out the following… Planned Parenthood: A non-profit health organization that offers reproductive health care…
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Contraceptive Contraptions: A history of the condom
A site about condoms and condom stories is never complete, and neither is the lavish, outlandish history of the device. It’s history is full of insights into human character with all its flaws and foibles. The invention of the latex condom is relatively new in modern history. However, the principle to protect against sexually transmitted diseases…
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Condoms Make Me Horny! Tips for making condoms more erotic
I’m sure you know, or at least have heard of someone who claims that condoms make sex feel less good. Condoms (and other safe sex tools) don’t have the best reputation. It doesn’t help that we rarely see safer sex happening in media representations of sex that is hot, fun, or romantic. But it doesn’t…
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More Condoms In Pop: The need to popularize safer sex
A recent study by researchers at Stanford Medical School reveals that a large portion of young women are irresponsible in bed, meaning they ain’t protecting themselves. The year-long study collected data from 1,194 sexually active females aged 15 to 24 who visited Planned Parenthood clinics and were beginning contraceptive pills, patches, injections, or vaginal rings…
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Pill to Reduce the Risk of HIV, but Not Without a Condom!
For the first time in history, the FDA has officially approved a drug shown to reduce the risk of contracting HIV. According to USA Today, the pill Truvada is approved as a preventative measure for people who are at high-risk of contracting the disease through sexual activity, like those with partners who are HIV positive. …
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Willful Ignorance of HIV Alienates 4 Year Old from Pre School
It is startling that in 2012 it’s possible to ignite hysteria and spread ignorance about risks of transmitting HIV in public places. A daycare in Northland, New Zealand has removed a four year old boy from their Center because he is HIV positive. According to the NZ Herald, just 48 hours after the mother told the daycare…