Let’s talk about Susan. She is a 38 year old professional female – single, dating, fit, goes out a lot with friends on the weekend. Susan is a hard-working, terrific woman who seems to have mapped out a great life for herself. Susan is also what I would consider a ‘serial monogamist.’ She dates a […]
HSV2 – This is My Life Now – STI Interviews
This interview came in as an anonymous submission via the contact form after the interviewee found The STI Project’s website and also happened upon an article we wrote for Take Part, which, was syndicated by Yahoo News. As we spent the first part of this year working on external outreach, it’s delightful to hear our efforts were […]
I Have HSV2! *does golf clap*
Stop the presses, people; I have herpes – genital herpes – and more specifically, I have the herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV2)! Enthusiasm and exclamation marks intended. No, but, really, I’ve actually known I’ve had herpes for years and years (14, as of the date of this post)…. So, why this post in the […]
Living with Herpes – The ‘Someone Else’ Was Me – STI Interviews
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 STI Project rather beautifully – STI Interviews and free-form writing. The author chose to answer the interview questions, which, can be a nice point of […]