Become an Advocate! Would you like to promote awareness, education and acceptance too? Say yes. Maybe you’re living with an STI/STD but not quite ready to run around shouting it from the rooftops like we do. That’s cool with us. Maybe you know someone who’s been affected by an STD, but you don’t how to […]
Advocate! Sexual Health & STI Awareness Months & Days – Q2
Become an Advocate! Would you like to promote awareness, education and acceptance too? Say yes. Maybe you’re living with an STI/STD but not quite ready to run around shouting it from the rooftops like we do. That’s cool with us. Maybe you know someone who’s been affected by an STI, but you don’t how to […]
Advocate! Sexual Health & STD Awareness Months & Days – Q1
Become an Advocate! Would you like to promote awareness, education and acceptance too? Say yes. Maybe you’re living with an STI/STD but not quite ready to run around shouting it from the rooftops like we do. That’s cool with us. Maybe you know someone who’s been affected by an STD, but you don’t how to […]
Herpes 1 & 2 – ‘Today is day one.’ – STI Interviews
On day one of his STD diagnosis, this interviewee set out to do research and found The STI Project. Armed with an incredibly positive outlook and loads of resources at his fingertips, this 26-year-old is likely to work through the typical challenges one faces when being diagnosed with a highly stigmatized infection with ease – […]
Safer Sex Myths – STD Prevention – Happy Hump Day Podcasts
It’s STD Awareness Month – Every Month! Well, not really, but we think it should be! During STD Awareness Month, this past April, we began doing research on all of the myths surrounding STDs. What we originally thought would last through the month has blossomed into a much larger series, because there were so many […]
How STDs and The STI Project Have Impacted My Life
This guest post was written by NSH, a Facebook friend of Jenelle Marie’s who responded to her call for submissions asking friends, family and acquaintances for their perspectives about The STI Project and how their opinions have evolved as the website’s taken shape. NSH is currently living with an STI/STD. I Thought She Was Nuts I have […]
HPV & Bacterial Vaginosis – I Trusted Him – STI Interviews
Aside from the experiences mentioned below, this interviewee also recently had an encounter with a friend who had been exposed to herpes. She says she understands first-hand how confusing STDs still are to a lot of people. Her friend found out she tested negative, but this latest occurrence enforced for her how important continued awareness […]
STD Symptoms – An Overview by STI/STD
This is a general overview of common STD symptoms for the STDs listed. Click the red links to find detailed descriptions of symptoms specific to that STD and links to pictures of the STDs that can present visual symptoms. Chancroid Within 1 day – 2 weeks after getting chancroid, a person will get a small […]