This guest post was written by Ms. Blue of MetAnotherFrog.com. Now, before I get into the ins and outs of how yours truly, a sex-lovin’ singleton, approaches the issue of safer se, I think I need to give you all a bit of insight into what I learned about sex and STIs years before I ever […]
The STI Project Forecast: Mostly Great with a Chance of Awesome
Being smack dab in the middle of hurricane season and all, I thought it’d be fun to parlay my update for The STI Project into a little bit of weather chatter. Brilliant, right?!?! Maybe not. However, it’s entertaining for the moment, so, I’m going with it. As always, I’ve plenty of things to share with […]
Living With an STI – A Legacy – The STI Project Loses a Friend to HIV
Mourning the Loss of a Beautiful Soul The STI Project lost its first friend to HIV/AIDS this week, Mirvan Ereon. I have been mourning since; I was not at all prepared for how this would affect me and quite honestly, I felt a little silly being so taken aback as I had only just recently […]
HIV & Hep C Coinfection – An Overview
1 out of 3 People with HIV have Hep C When a person is infected with two or more different viruses, it is called a coinfection. Infection with the hepatitis C virus (HCV or hep C for short) is the most common coinfection in people with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Complications of an HIV […]
STI/STD Testing – An HIV Positive Result – A Healthcare Worker’s Story
This guest post was written by M. Juliana Golden of TransmitInfo.org. Just Another STI/STD Testing Day Work that day began just as it had every other day; little did I know, it would be one of the most impactful days of my career – giving my first HIV positive result. Fulfilling my duty as a medical assistant […]
What Does HIV Look Like – Pictures of STIs/STDs
Pictures of STIs/STDs When looking for pictures of STIs/STDs on google or any other search engine, you’re bound to come across incredibly graphic, disgusting, and down right scary pictures of STDs. While these pictures are sometimes real depictions of specific STIs/STDs, they are often the very worst case scenarios and can be meant to scare […]
STI/STD List – Different Types of Viral STDs
There are 3 different kinds of STIs/STDs: bacterial, viral, and parasitic. Like bacterial STIs/STDs, viral STIs/STDs often give no warning signs or symptoms. This means you can contract it and infect a sexual partner without knowing it and serious complications which can cause irreversible damage can progress silently before you ever recognize a problem. Viral […]
STI/STD Testing Windows – When To Get Tested for STDs
STI/STD Testing Windows When it comes to STI/STDs and specifically, STI/STD testing windows, you want to make sure you’re testing at the right time – lest you receive a false negative or positive, right? If you have an STI/STD, you want to know with certainty so you can treat it or start managing it, and […]