This was a random submission via The STI Project’s contact form – we just love getting these – we, meaning, me!! 🙂 Thank you for sharing your story – sometimes the mere act of writing it down can be incredibly healing and it will most certainly serve your purpose of letting others know they are […]
HIV Did Not Deter Me – STI Interviews
I met Mirvan through fellow twitter contacts – I like to refer to them affectionately as: all my rockin’ tweeps! Mirvan’s photo even conveniently matches The STI Project’s theme and branding design – how’s that for well-matched?!?! So, it made sense to ask him to share his story with our readers when he said he’d […]
Dr. Awkward and the Not-So-Awesome Genital Herpes Diagnosis
So far, The STI Project’s spent a lot of time writing about the positive aspects around contracting an STI/STD (See: The Top 5 Reasons Living With an STI/STD Has Positively Influenced My Life, for example), and how it doesn’t have to hinder opportunities and relationships, but to be truly authentic as I’m encouraging all of […]
Safer Sex Guide – How to Reduce Your Risk of STIs
If you’re like me, you’d like to avoid additional STIs. If you’re not like me (I already have genital herpes, have had scabies and vaginitis – read about my story), you’d like to avoid STIs all together! If you’re not like either of those examples, maybe you’d like to prevent transmission of an infection or […]
Sexual Activities That Put You At Risk for STIs/STDs
Think you may have contracted or transmitted a sexually transmitted infection or disease? Worried about the weekend you just had and what you did over the course of too many beverages or while finally getting some alone time with a new hottie? Here are the things you could be at risk of contracting or transmitting […]
Free HIV Testing!!! YEY!!!! – STI/STD Testing
Free STI/STD Testing National HIV Testing Day (NHTD) is an annual campaign originally coordinated by the National Association of People with AIDS to encourage people of all ages to “Take the Test, Take Control” and is now continued by a number of other organizations supporting HIV testing. Too many people don’t know they have HIV. In the […]
Molluscum Contagiosum – STI Interviews
Just a quick thank you from The STI Project to the individual who shared this story – participating in the STI Interviews is one of the best ways to help others facing similar circumstances and will go a long way toward breaking the stigma!! It is also very difficult to do – sharing a personal […]
Gonorrhea: Becoming Drug-Resistant Says the WHO
Gonorrhea’s Progressive Resistance Gonorrhea has progressively developed resistance to the antibiotic drugs prescribed to treat it (cephalosporin antibiotics). The emergence of cephalosporin-resistant gonorrhea will significantly complicate the ability to treat the bacteria successfully, since there are few antibiotic options left which are highly effective. Scientists believe overuse or incorrect use of antibiotics, coupled with the […]
