PLAY BUT PLAY SAFE

From California to Massachusetts, we're taking the Play But Play Safe message coast to coast! #

Celebrate Pride Month with this free event, "Never Too Late?" Free premiere screening presented by Cap City AIDS Fund, at The Sofia - B Street Theatre, on Wednesday, June 21 from 5:30-7:30 p.m.

"Never Too Late?" Free Premiere Screening Celebrate Pride Month With This Free Event!

Studies show that distributing condoms in schools does not increase s*xual activity among teens but does increase contraceptive use.

California bill would require all public high schools to hand out free condoms The California legislation aims to reduce pregnancies and s*xually transmitted infections, which disproportionately affect youth of color.

If you don’t yet have an easy way to get tested regularly, this is a new way to do it, in a way that’s just about as easy as doing an at-home Covid test.

Grindr joins major public health push to distribute free at-home HIV tests In an effort funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the popular gay dating app will help distribute 1 million test kits nationwide.

A glimmer of health hope – for the New Year. At the LGBT Center, condom dispensers are debuting this new year at about ten locations throughout the Sacramento area - including Sac Buddies, Valley Hi-North Laguna Library, and a Sacramento barbershop. You can read the full article in the recent issue of Outword Magazine, https://issuu.com/outwordmagazine/docs/712_health_1-12-2023web/6

"George believes stigma is now the worst aspect of living with HIV. It’s not just prejudice among individuals, but political inertia at the highest levels. He believes strongly that more could be done to eradicate HIV transmission."

HIV-negative men with HIV-positive partners talk love, s*x and stigma “When you reduce someone to just that fact, that they’re HIV-positive, it feels very myopic. And it’s not the 1980s, right...

As government buildings and private businesses around the world went red for World AIDS Day, Sacramento HIV/AIDS activists have been working to turn California's State Capitol dome red - only to be repeatedly declined by Assemblyman Ken Cooley. A simple flip of the switch could literally have helped save lives. Cooley's decision may have kept the dome dark this past December 1, but it brought light to the outrageous sigma and fear that lives on around HIV. Read the full article in Outword's most recent issue. https://issuu.com/out.../docs/710_holiday_shop_two_2022web/4

As government buildings and private businesses around the world went red for World AIDS Day, Sacramento HIV/AIDS activists have been working to turn California's State Capitol dome red - only to be repeatedly declined by Assemblyman Ken Cooley. A simple flip of the switch could literally have helped save lives. Cooley's decision may have kept the dome dark this past December 1, but it brought light to the outrageous sigma and fear that lives on around HIV. Read the full article in Outword's most recent issue. https://issuu.com/outwordmagazine/docs/710_holiday_shop_two_2022web/4

Mayor Steinberg, and other local leaders and activists gathered on World AIDS Day, asking the Sacramento community to step up to help keep everyone healthy.
Sacramento is one of 40 HIV hotspots in the country and 1 in 7 don't know they are positive, so the virus continues to be spread.

Call to action on World Aids Day as Sacramento listed as top hot spot for HIV cases The CDC said one in seven people are infected with HIV and don't know it.

When you talk about s*xual pleasure as a big component of s*x and your s*x life, then you turn it into something that needs to be talked about.

Using a condom frees up your mind to feel pleasure!

Bringing Sexy Back — To Fight H.I.V. Most safer s*x campaigns focus on danger and disease. Acknowledging the importance of pleasure — and how to make safe s*x good s*x — could make them more effective.

Last year the rate of syphilis cases reached its highest since 1991 and the total number of cases hit its highest since 1948. HIV cases are also on the rise, up 16% last year.

'Out of control' STD situation prompts call for changes NEW YORK (AP) — Sharply rising cases of some s*xually transmitted diseases — including a 26% rise in new syphilis infections reported last year — are prompting U.S. health officials to call for new prevention and treatment efforts.

Sacramento Monkeypox Cases have tripled in seven days.
With this new round of monkeypox infections hitting Sacramento, in a one-week period, another 19 people have contracted the virus. Check out the full article in this week's Outword issue. https://issuu.com/.../docs/701_even_more_prdie_7-28-22web/4

Sacramento Monkeypox Cases have tripled in seven days.
With this new round of monkeypox infections hitting Sacramento, in a one-week period, another 19 people have contracted the virus. Check out the full article in this week's Outword issue. https://issuu.com/outwordmagazine/docs/701_even_more_prdie_7-28-22web/4