The STI Project is Underway!

By Jenelle Marie Pierce

Last reviewed on September 22, 2019 by Stacy Sampson, DO

As a post intended to welcome you to all things The STI Project, this will be short and sweet.

Welcome, friends; take a look around.

You may have seen this poster (in a slightly different format) in subways, bus stops, or on telephone poles – cool.

* This was the very first post originally written on March 13, 2012 as I was learning how to make a post, seeing what they looked like once posted and then later, how to add links and pictures for interest. Even looking back on this original post, I know I’ve learned so much – it’s amazing to think posting initially seemed like such a process. Thankfully, this has become the easy part of maintaining a website and the more complicated tasks include figuring out how to optimize my site for search engines and how to delve into my web analytics to see what my readers like most!

All of this is a beautiful learning process and I am excited to be doing this in an effort to normalize STDs/STIs and eradicate stigma.

I’ll get there sooner or later!* 🙂

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About Jenelle Marie Pierce

Jenelle Marie Pierce (she/her/hers) is the Executive Director of The STI Project: Breaking the Stigma® and its child sites; the Founder of the herpes activists network, HANDS; the Spokesperson for Positive Singles; and a Tri-Chair of the Communications Action Group at the National Coalition for Sexual Health (NCSH). As an STI+ Sexual Health Educator and content creator, Jenelle has been dismantling stigma by reclaiming STI narratives® through awareness, education, and acceptance since 2012. Current bylines can be found in O.School, SELF, HepatitisC.net, Kinkly, PornHub's Sexual Wellness Center, and Allure. For fun, Jenelle stays active as a group fitness instructor and also spends time camping, snow shoeing, hiking, skiing, kayaking, growing things, running through sprinklers, and building sand castles. Learn more about her here, or find her on social media: Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, or Tumblr.

Jenelle Marie Pierce (she/her) is the Executive Director of The STI Project: Breaking the Stigma® and its child sites; the Founder of the herpes activists network, HANDS; the Spokesperson for Positive Singles; and a Tri-Chair of the Communications Action Group at the National Coalition for Sexual Health (NCSH). As an STI+ Sexual Health Educator and content creator, Jenelle has been dismantling stigma by reclaiming STI narratives® through awareness, education, and acceptance since 2012. Learn more about her story on her bio page, or find her socially below.