General Information
SEXUAL ACTS AND RISKS Considered Completely Safe: Mutual masturbation Today, mutual masturbation is unquestionably the preferred sex act of the health conscious, or if you are unsure of yo…
CONDOMS Why you should use one: When used correctly - and used every time you have sex - latex condoms provide some protection against sexually transmitted diseases, such as herpes, gonorrhea,…
DEPRESSION AND GUILT Unsafe Sex Among Gay Men Linked to Depression Homosexual men with long-term, low-grade depression are almost twice as likely to have had unsafe casual sex in the last six mo…
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
CHLAMYDIA Also known as: NGU, Nongonococcal Urethritis, UU, Ureaplasma urealyticum, Urethritis How you get it (Exposure): Unprotected sucking or fucking. It is often a sexually transmitte…
LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM (LGV) How You Get It (Exposure): LGV is transmitted in the same way as Chlamydia, through unprotected oral or anal sex or other sexual contact. Warning Signs (Symptom…
MOLLUSCUM How You Get It (Exposure): Molluscum spreads from one person to another during any close physical skin to skin contact. Though most often the transmition occurs during sex, the virus…
CRABS Also known as: Pediculosis Pubis How You Get It (Exposure): Crabs are probably the easiest STD to catch. Usually they pass from one partner’s pubic region to another’s during close phys…
GENITAL WARTS Also known as: Condyloma, Venereal Warts, Anal Warts, Human Papilloma Virus, HPV How You Get It (Exposure): The human papillomavirus spreads between sexual partners during clo…
PROSTATITIS How Do You Get It (Exposure): When bacteria from your urethra enter the prostate through a duct that connects the two, you can develop prostatitis. Putting unsterile toys or othe…
SCABIES Also known as: Sarcoptes scabiei How You Get It (Exposure): Although the infection can spread between partners during sex, any form of close contact is more than enough for the bug…
GONORRHEA Also known as: GC, “Clap”, VD, “Drip”, Urethritis, Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, PID How You Get It (Exposure): Gonorrhea is spread via sexual contact: specifically anal, oral or v…
SYPHILIS Also known as: VD, Louies disease How You Get It (Exposure): Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the corkscrew shaped bacteria (spirochete) Treponema pallidum. T…
HEPATITIS A Also known as: Infectious Hepatitis How You Get It (Exposure): Hepatitis A passes between people via a “fecal/oral” route. Rimming an infected partner can give you the virus, …
HEPATITIS B How You Get It (Exposure): Hepatitis B virus can be found in an infected individual’s blood, semen and other bodily fluids. You are contagious before you know you are sick and for …
HERPES Also known as: Cold Sores, Herpes Simplex, Genital Herpes, Oral Herpes How You Get It (Exposure): Herpes is spread between partners during sex. There are rare cases described in med…
HIV/AIDS How You Get It (Exposure): HIV is present in four major body fluids. They are: - VAGINAL - SEMEN - BLOOD - BREAST MILK HIV transmission is not possible without…
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