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Finding Out You Have an STD

This post was submitted anonymously. Yesterday I found out that I have genital herpes. And I feel that, as soon as I say that, everyone starts judging and assuming that I have slept around, or am some sort of a slut. Bu…
What Happened to Sex Ed?

Recently there was a big hooplah about some porn star in LA that had contracted HIV. You mean it's NOT okay to sleep around unprotected?! Oh my goodness! Seriously? Like, did we all seem to forget about our Sex Ed cl…
STDs: The Gift That Just Keeps On Giving

About a month ago at my birthday party a friend of mine, we’ll call her Susan, took me aside and asked if we could go somewhere private because she really needed to talk to me. Now Susan is 19, I had assumed she w…
Can Oral Sex Lead to Oral Cancer?

In the 11th grade I was educated on all of the diseases you could catch when becoming sexually active. I believe most of the topics that were discussed were used to scare the students out of unwanted pregnancy and disea…
Alaska's Gonorrhea Rate Climbs 69% from 2008 to 2009

Alaska's gonorrhea rate is about 144 reported cases per 100,000 people. That's right. According to a new U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report, those sexually active Alaskans are trading gonorrhea like…
Think You Have Herpes? Just Pee on Your iPhone

Here's a way to insure no one will ever borrow your phone again: pee on it. Developers have created an STD-testingapp that lets you pee on a computer chip and plug it into your phone, which will then tell you the sourc…
How To Avoid HIV: Wear a Damn Condom!

We all know that sex is the most profound and intimate way to express your love for someone. We also know that for many, it’s a way to past the time. Whatever your reasons are to get physically intimate with some…
HPV: Separating the Myths from the Facts

As every ad for the HPV vaccine has been telling us these days, HPV, or Human Papillomavirus, is a disease that can cause cervical cancer in women. If you're like me, the idea of visiting your gynecologist haunts your d…
The Worst Way to Admit That You Have an STD

As a freshman, I took plenty of large lecture classes. Now, when I say large, I’m talking absolutely packed—if it were a bag of chips, it would be packed to the very brim. So in this lecture of about 300 p…
It's Not Sexy, But It's Necessary-- Admit If You Have An STD Before Sex

You need to buck up. I know, I know, telling that hott guy that you have the syph isn't the best form of foreplay, but it sure as hell beats trying to apologize later. Deciding not to tell a sexual partner about an STD s…