About HIV What is HIV and how is it spread? HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a long-term infection that damages the body’s immune system or it’s ability to fight off diseases. It spreads through blood, semen, vaginal fluids, and breast milk. You can get or give the infection by: Having vaginal, anal, or oral sex […]
Don’t Want to Contract or Transmit an STD? Trendy Safer Sex
This post is co-authored by the CloverUp Club and The STI Project’s administrator. The STI Project was recently contacted by one of the young entrepreneurs from the CloverUp Club. They wondered if I’d be interested in sharing their products with my readers and/or writing about my experience trying out their condom service. After a wonderful […]
STD Prevention – Your Ultimate Reference Guide to Safer Sex
Whether you’re living with an STI/STD or you are unsure if you have an one, safer sex and preventative education is paramount to reducing your risk of contracting an STD or transmitting one to someone else. As a compilation post, this page will get updated with new links as posts are written and as they […]
What Is Safer Sex – A Comprehensive Approach
Safe Sex vs. Safer Sex Sometimes ‘safe sex’ and ‘safer sex’ are used interchangeably, however, safer sex is a more accurate term and is preferred by sexual health experts. The updated term is used instead of safe sex because any kind of sexual activity with a partner is never guaranteed to be 100 percent safe. […]
STDs and Shaving, Waxing or Vajazzling
Lightning Bolts? Hearts? Bald? Whatever your preference, there’s certainly no doubt of the huge industry centered around what you do and don’t do with your pubic hair. Bikinis are getting smaller, porno is chock full of shaved genitals, celebrities are talking about their newly vajazzled lady-bits, and as a result, everyone wants to hop on […]
What Is An STI – STD?
Official Definition: What Is An STI? Sexually transmitted infections (also known as STIs, or STDs for ‘sexually transmitted diseases,’ or VD for ‘venereal diseases’) are infections that are commonly/have a high probability of being spread from person to person through unprotected intimate contact. STIs can affect guys and girls of all ages and backgrounds who […]
STD? What Now? Your Ultimate Reference Guide to Living with an STD
If you are living with an STI/STI/STD, most websites stop at the basic health information surrounding STDs like symptoms, expectations, treatments and testing. That information is useful, but at The STI Project, we go one step further into the grey area most people avoid, because it’s often incredibly subjective. Having lived with a sexually transmitted […]
How To Get an STD Test in the UK – STD Testing
This guest post was written anonymously after the author experienced both of the STD testing services outlined below. So, for whatever reason you realize it’s STD testing time (and let’s face it, there are loads of great reasons) and you are in the UK, what do you do? How To Get STD Testing in the […]
