Chlamydia and Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 – STD Interviews

STD Interviews - Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2

This interview came in as an anonymous submission via the contact form, and from there the author and I exchanged a few emails. She said, ‘Writing about my situation really makes me feel a lot better.’ Consequently, she’ll be posting a follow-up to this interview (which I’ll link through to once she does) in short [...]

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 [...]

Living with HSV – ‘The ‘someone else’…was me…’ – STD Interviews

STD Interviews - Living with HSV

This interview came to us as an anonymous submission via the contact form. What’s great about this post is that it amalgamates the two story-telling formats we have on The STD Project rather beautifully – STD Interviews and free-form writing. The author chose to answer the interview questions, which, can be a nice point of [...]

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 [...]

Molluscum – ‘One of my friends wouldn’t let my kids in her house…’ – STD Interviews

STD Interviews - Molluscum

Thanks to our most recent submission to the STD Interviews, we now have a male’s perspective about living with molluscum contagiosum. Molluscum doesn’t get a lot of attention, and the people who contract it can feel incredibly alone because of the lack of information, support groups, and stories available in print or on the internet. [...]

The STD Project Update – News and Upcoming Events

News and Events for The STD Project

What an exciting month it’s been! There are so many great things happening at The STD Project, I’m nearly at a loss for where to start. Not all days are glorious, and often the fight to end stigma tries my patience and understanding to the nth degree, but lately, we’ve been making such astonishing progress; [...]

The STD Project in Now Magazine (UK)

Now Magazine Interviews Jenelle Marie from The STD Project

For my first ever magazine interview, it turned out well. A writer approached me to do the feature and then put what we talked about in our phone conversation into a chatty type of article to appeal to Now’s audience. The magazine chose to take some creative leaps with my story, but I’m told this [...]

Genital Warts, HPV, and Immunosuppressive Therapy – STD Interviews

An STD Interview - Genital Warts

It’s estimated that about 10 million people in the United States (3.6 percent of the population) are immunocompromised. But that’s likely an underestimate because it only includes those with HIV/AIDS (diagnosed and undiagnosed), organ transplant recipients, and cancer patients; there’s a sizable population that takes immunosuppressive drugs for other disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel [...]