And we’re back (again)!!! After the holidays and a long-distance move, the STD Podcast is back up and running!!! Same great content, just a little different scenery – I’m still organizing my office and video motif, but overall, I couldn’t be more pleased, because The STI Project is now in Asheville, NC!!! We’re global, actually, […]
HSV2 & Suicide – Don’t Do What I Did, Get Help – STI Interviews
A quick search through my inbox indicates that around 10% of all the interviews we’ve done mention considering suicide or suicide attempts after a herpes diagnosis, and in the case of this interviewee, after a malicious and intentional HSV2 transmission. The good news is, the vast majority of all herpes transmissions are not malicious or […]
HSV2 and HPV – All Adventurous Women Do – STI Interviews
This interview reminds me how important access to empathetic, inclusive, and comprehensive resources can completely change the outcome of an HSV2 diagnosis. Sure, getting diagnosed with herpes isn’t ideal, but it’s also not the end of the world or even the end of dating, relationships, and sex. It can definitely feel that way at first, […]
Genital Herpes, HSV2 – On Casual Sex with Herpes – STI Interviews
From the author, posted anonymously with her permission: First of all, I’m really glad this site exists and conversations like “can people with STDs have casual sex?” are being talked about. I don’t think there are enough resources for what to do once you have an STD, and how to live a normal and happy […]
Safer Sex for Lesbians and Girls Who Have Sex with Girls
When you think about girl sex, the first thing that comes to mind is not usually your potential for risk or needing to practice safer sex. In some ways, that makes sense: unplanned pregnancies are not a concern when you’re a girl who’s enjoying sex with another girl, so traditional contraception geared toward planned conception […]
First HPV, Then Herpes – Just Another Skin Condition – STD Stories
This essay was submitted anonymously after the author visited some of our STI Interviews. She chose to write a short story, as opposed to answering the more traditional STD interview questions. First off, I just want to thank you. It’s such an amazing and uplifting experience to read about someone who is doing so much […]
Herpes – It Makes You Accept People – STI Interviews
What better way to turn lemons into lemonade than to take a herpes diagnosis and use it to help your friends. We hear this a lot, at The STI Project, that once someone shares their experience with their friends, they become the resident STD guru, and we think that’s awesome. Most people don’t know who […]
HSV2 – 3 of My Friends Have it Too – STI Interviews
Thank goodness for interviews like this! All of the perspectives shared on The STI Project are anonymous, authentic, and absolutely necessary, but I love to see the progression that happens after the initial shock and shame. While every experience in our life alters our perspective and changes how we view subsequent related events, that change […]