What Living with an STD Took From Me

What living with an STD took from me.

Full disclosure: The title of this post should probably read, ‘What I allowed to be taken from me while living with an STD,’ but something about that seems a bit less poignant. So, humor me, for a moment, as I embrace the mellow-dramatic today. Anyhow. I was sitting on the couch a couple of weeks ago [...]

Once You Have an STD You Can’t Get it Again – So False

Once you have an STD, you can't get it again - so false!

This guest blog post was written by Dr. Lisa Oldson, Medical Director for SexualHealth.com (beginning after the STD Awareness Month intro). It’s STD Awareness Month! Today’s myth: ‘Once you have an STD, you can’t get it again’ and why that’s so false! We’re implementing The STD Project’s month-long myth busting series: So True, So False! Yeah, we [...]

When Left Untreated STDs Can Cause Infertility – So True

Why Untreated STDs Can Cause Infertility

It’s STD Awareness Month! Today’s myth: ‘When left untreated STDs can cause infertility’ and why that’s so true! We’re implementing The STD Project’s month-long myth busting series: So True, So False! Yeah, we think we’re as cool as E! Promoting awareness, education, and acceptance doesn’t always have to be super-serious.  Really, though, these myths often perpetuate [...]

Why Talking About STDs is Healing – Happy Hump Day Podcasts

Why Talking About STDs is Healing

Hiya, folks! We’ve got an interesting podcast in store for you today – I think it’s bound to inspire, and it further outlines the foundation of The STD Project and why we talk about STDs all of the time – out loud! See what you think… What to Expect When You’re Expecting…a Podcast In an [...]

STI Prevention: 5 Things You Should Know about Condoms

5 Things You Should Know about STI Prevention with Condoms

This guest post was written by Liz Sabatiuk, Social Media Manager for Bedsider. We think it’s safe to say that good sexual decision-making – not to mention good sex – goes hand in hand with good communication and trust. That’s why we are so on board with The STD Project’s vision to ‘achieve modern-day STD prevention by [...]

HPV & HSV1 – The Year of 2 STDs – Interviewing the Author – Happy Hump Day Podcasts

Interviewing the Author of the STD Interview - HPV & HSV1

As promised, today, we’re interviewing Lindsey Wahowiak author of our most recent STD Interview as well as the xoJane post titled, ’The Year of Two STDs or Why My Vagina Has Been on Hiatus.’ Not only was it an absolute delight having Lindsey on the show, she’s agreed to come back and chat with us again [...]

The STD Project’s Post Featured on BlogHer

BlogHer Chose to Feature The STD Project

An incredible complement and a wonderful opportunity to reach additional readers who are living with an STD, the BlogHer Publishing Network chose our post as a feature today! Aside from being honored and ecstatic simultaneously, we’re even further encouraged to continue our work. This is just the beginning of a very progressive movement, folks. BlogHer [...]

How to Tell Someone You Have an STD II – Outside Point of Views

How to Tell Someone You Have an STD

Having come across a handful of articles written about how to tell someone you have an STD lately, I thought it helpful to bring them all together in one post along with The STD Project’s previous article sharing how we think it best to tell someone you have an STD. We also wrote about when [...]