Condoms vs. Bareback Sex at Gay Male's Wellness Top
While \"gay guys's health\" as a concept-- aging, psychological wellness, relationships, physical fitness-- attempted strongly to obtain some respect at the 2010 Gay Male's Wellness Top in Ft. Lauderdale, HIV\/AIDS continued to dominate much of the workshops and also discussions. The evergreen issues of condom tiredness and barebacking handled to take over time as well as vex workshop leaders with a stubborn dilemma: Exactly how do you rate of interest gay males in condoms when numerous have already selected sero-sorting, barebacking, as well as risk reduction strategies?
In this video blog access of \"My Fabulous Illness,\" I met with two collections of workshop facilitators directly after they led team sessions on condoms, casual sex, and much safer sex strategies. You'll satisfy \"Center,\" a Nashville HIV advocate that meant to assist in a group of males using condoms for casual sex-- and located himself with an area filled with barebackers. Next, Jacques as well as Robert of \"M\" Feet Lauderdale, a program of Broward Residence in Ft. Lauderdale, discuss concentrating their initiatives on gay males ages 18-30, since older gay men have a tendency to be much less teachable when it involves more secure sex.
And then, remarkably as well as ironically, I sat down with the original bareback poster kid, Tony Valenzuela, who notoriously rode nude astride an equine on the cover of POZ Magazine for a 1999 post on barebacking. Tony has surprisingly little unwell feelings about the judgment as well as temper aimed in his direction when he truthfully discussed his preference for vulnerable sex. Instead, he praises men that make use of prophylactics and also thinks responsibility is key. He sums up his sights in these meticulously selected words: \"Condoms are a sacrifice.\"
Do you think we are \"post-condom\" in the gay area, or will there constantly being 2 sexual cultures: negative guys using condoms, and also positive gay males that are less inclined to do so? Exactly how vital is sero-sorting (restricting sex partners to those who share your condition) to the brand-new formula?
