Sex Ed Enthusiast

16 | STIs - HIV & AIDS


Listen Later

In the early 80s, the AIDS epidemic took the world by hold and fueled the already existing anti-gay rhetoric. In today’s episode, Meredith combats misinformation by providing you with medically accurate and scientifically proven information about HIV and AIDS. In this episode, she goes through the difference between HIV and AIDS, how HIV is transmitted, the different stages and symptoms of HIV, different modes of testing, and a brief history of the epidemic. FIND HIV SERVICES NEAR YOU! ⁠⁠HIV.gov Services Locator⁠⁠


Connect with your host, Meredith Brewer

  • Podcast Website – ⁠sexedenthusiast.com⁠
  • Instagram – ⁠instagram.com/sexedenthusiast⁠

  • Resources mentioned in this episode:

    • CDC – ⁠HIV Basics⁠
    • HIV.gov – ⁠About HIV & AIDS⁠
    • HIV.gov – ⁠Find HIV Services Locator⁠
    • CDC – ⁠PEP & PREP⁠
    • History of HIV/AIDS

      • ⁠CDC National Prevention Information Network⁠
      • ⁠University of California San Francisco⁠
      • ⁠HRSA Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program⁠
      • ...more
        View all episodesView all episodes
        Download on the App Store

        Sex Ed EnthusiastBy Meredith Brewer (she/her), CHES®