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by: Sherman Caffentzis

Thu, 20 May 2010 23:04:53 +0000

I am so grateful for your article post. Awesome.

by: Jack Carter

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 01:01:22 +0000

I have a friend who got cervical cancer because of HPV. right now she is under going chemotherapy and some anti-cancer drugs. . .

by: Agnes

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:35:19 +0000

Sho-to-ka-ka-a-like:)

by: Laura

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:22:37 +0000

I always love reading your posts, and I try to spread the knowledge on to others. Sometimes I feel that my knowledge of STI’s and the myths surrounding them and is lost because I am in a long-term committed relationship with someone who is STI free. (We’ve both been tested). I just try to spread the word to other people I know!

by: Zelig

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 04:44:59 +0000

Interestingly, the biggest resistance I’ve seen to barrier methods hasn’t been from heterosexual males, it’s been from women who have sex with women. I remember one woman who said, as a sex educator she preached barrier methods, and she insisted that the men she slept with use them, and wouldn’t tolerate any dissent. However, she refused to use dental dams with other women, and found that this was pretty widespread.

by: Jo-Anne

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 04:25:51 +0000

Oh, and your comment about the use of barriers being a pain in the ass vs. preparing a large potluck had me howling!

by: Jo-Anne

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 03:32:33 +0000

Well written Heather and speaking very much of the truth. The two most recent women I’ve dated were women who have never been with men and I was quite amazed at the beliefs about health that they held, especially the gal from Europe. She felt VERY strongly that she never needed to get a pap done as since she was a lesbian, she was absolutely not at risk for STIs and lesbians had a lower rate of cervical cancer anyways. Sad really…

And there is most definitely a huge stigma towards lesbians with STIs. Makes me think about the scene in Go Fish were it comes to light that one of the gals slept with a man, and the jury of her peers passing judgement rings so true.

by: Mya

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 23:05:34 +0000

Actually, you get Herpes when the virus IS shedding! Sorry about the misinformation. I meant to say that a person may not be showing any symptoms of an outbreak, but this still doesn’t mean the virus isn’t shedding.

Also, I know a few couples where one of the partners has Herpes, but with medication and through the use of various forms of protection they’ve managed to prevent the non-infected partner from getting the virus.

by: Mya

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 19:32:25 +0000

So glad you posted this today!

I’m sincerely shocked by the false sense of security
women have in regards to sex with other women.
I dated a woman who has herpes, who will forever have to live with thee aforementioned STD because
she had unprotected sex one night. Sadder still, is the fact that the partner she was with knew she had an STD and selfishly passed it on to my friend. People really don’t understand how easy it is to “get” herpes: just a fateful kiss and smack!…you have Herpes Simplex! Then you have oral sex with someone else and wham!…your partner has Genital Herpes! Even if the virus isn’t “shedding” or you’re on some form of medication to prevent outbreaks, you are still swimming in dangerous waters…your partner still has a 10% chance of contracting the virus.