World AIDS Day 2013 and Beyond – What YOU Can Do Now

What You Can Do Now for World AIDS Day

World AIDS Day is December 1st This year, The STD Project had the privilege of participating in multiple events to both commemorate those who lost their lives to AIDS as well as celebrate the leaps and bounds achieved in the fight to end HIV/AIDS. While I was delighted to take part in those events, I was [...]

What’s the Big Deal with STDs Anyway? Happy Hump Day Podcasts

Happy Hump Day Podcasts - What's the Big Deal with STDs

Happy Hump Day, readers!!! It seems this Wednesday came up rather quickly. Nevertheless, today’s topic should make for some interesting conversation! Edit: The STD Project had a bit of a technological meltdown Wednesday – hence, our publish date actually landing on a Friday (not hump day, but a jolly day of the week anyhow). Right [...]

Can People with an STD Have Casual Sex? Happy Hump Day Podcasts

Happy Hump Day Podcasts - People with an STD and Casual Sex

What to Expect When You’re Expecting…a Podcast These podcasts are short and sweet – today’s podcast runs about 12 minutes and answer’s a common question we get here on the website. Most podcasts will answer one, sometimes two questions.  Should you have a suggestion for an upcoming podcast topic, feel free to share! We love [...]

Don’t Want to Contract or Transmit an STD? Trendy Prevention

Don't Want to Contract or Transmit an STD? Trendy Prevention

This post is co-authored by the CloverUp Club and The STD Project’s administrator. The STD Project was recently contacted by one of the young entrepreneurs from the CloverUp Club. They wondered if I’d be interested in sharing their products with my readers and/or writing about my experience trying out their condom service. After a wonderful [...]

STD Prevention – Your Ultimate Reference Guide

Your Ultimate Reference Guide to STD Prevention

Whether you’re living with an STD or you are unsure if you have an one, preventative education is paramount to reducing your risk of contracting an STD or transmitting one to someone else. As a compilation post, this page will get updated with new links as posts are written and as they relate to overall [...]

What Is Safer Sex – A Comprehensive Approach

A Comprehensive Approach to What Is Safer Sex

Safe Sex vs. Safer Sex Sometimes ‘safe sex’ and ‘safer sex’ are used interchangeably, however, safer sex is a more accurate term and is preferred by sexual health experts. The term safer sex is used instead of safe sex because any kind of sexual activity with a partner is never guaranteed to be 100 percent [...]

Is There an Age Limit for Sexual Health, Safer Sex, or STI Testing?

Is There An Age Limit for Safer Sex, Sexual Health, and STI Testing

This guest post was written by Anthea Morris, Director of Better2Know. In Hollywood, the answer to that question used to very much be: yes, there is, and it’s about the time that no one will body double for you anymore, as body doubles are far too sensible (vain) and doing other things with their lives (having [...]

Eradicating the Stigma – Genital Herpes and STDs

Genital Herpes - Changing the Stigma

A Nice Follow-Up to Yesterday’s Post – STD Hater-Aid This morning, I read a great article about eradicating STD stigma and the stigma associated with genital herpes specifically. It’s a rather long article and you can find it in its entirety here, but for those of you with as short of an attention span as [...]