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Last Updated on February 18, 2021 by Jenelle Marie Pierce, CSE, Executive Director It’s always so refreshing to read about supportive friends and family members – people who don’t judge someone who has contracted HSV2, but instead, embrace them. Bravo to this interviewee’s support network, because they are the one’s getting it right. Many people … Read more
Last Updated on February 18, 2021 by Jenelle Marie Pierce, CSE, Executive Director Having experienced how painful it can be to have your personal information circulated in a rumor, I’m thoroughly impressed by this interviewee’s resolve to move forward and remove the toxic people from her life. Whether true or not, details about your health, … Read more
Last Updated on February 18, 2021 by Jenelle Marie Pierce, CSE, Executive Director Thank you, interviewee, for your honesty and candor about disclosing to past partners. It’s so important that we don’t beat ourselves up over the decisions we regret and instead, learn from those experiences. You are not alone in having made that choice, … Read more
Last Updated on February 18, 2021 by Jenelle Marie Pierce, CSE, Executive Director Were you judgy about people with herpes before you were diagnosed? Yup? Us too. Did you think only certain kinds of people contracted HSV? Yup? Us too. Were you sure that HSV2 wasn’t something you ever had to worry about? Yup? Us … Read more
Last Updated on February 18, 2021 by Jenelle Marie Pierce, CSE, Executive Director We believe that advocacy can take many forms. Not everyone needs to or should ‘come out’ publicly; that’s not necessary to be an advocate for yourself and/or others. Sometimes, just sharing your story anonymously, like this interviewee has, is all that you … Read more
Last Updated on February 18, 2021 by Jenelle Marie Pierce, CSE, Executive Director When we think about medical practitioners, it’s easy to forget that they’re just people, like the rest of us. Some of them are well-informed, empathetic, and thorough, while others project their own stigma onto us as they’re handing out a new diagnosis. … Read more
Last Updated on June 4, 2020 by Nancy Carteron, MD, FACR This guest post was written by Jessica Winter, one of the founders of Sex Toy Education, a website dedicated to providing professional information about adults toys for all people. Humans are one of the few species on the planet who happily engage in sex … Read more
