PrEP & Play: Conversations for Safer Sex

On this episode, I'm joined by Rob who shares his experience of Living with HIV.

In this re-release of the World AIDS Day Episode, I discuss the history and significance of World AIDS Day with AIDS Alabama South's Director of Prevention, Chance Shaw. Development Coordinator, Antonio Britto, also joins me discuss how AALS will be celebrating World AIDS Day with Dining out for Life.

In this episode, I'm joined by Dr. Bryan Kutner, Assistant Professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. We discuss his research on anal health and pleasure, including topics such as safety, toys, and talking to partners and healthcare providers. Additional resources can be found on the Anal Pleasure and Health website, with specific sources listed below.

b-Vibe’s Anal Academy: Comprehensive, celebratory and inclusive workshops, videos, podcasts and answers to FAQs. Very gender inclusive with fun images!

How To Clean Your Ass Before Sex: A quick visual guide on rectal douching, as a downloadable PDF in multiple languages. This starts with advice from an anal health medical expert, Jonathan Baker, PA-C, advising on the content.

Douching (by the Queer Health Podcast): Hosted by LGBTQ MDs at New York University — best practices, myth-busting, and a transcript on the science!

Lube: What Is It, Types, How to Use It: A brief article that summarizes medical recommendations for the use of lubricants during anal sex.

The Bottom’s Digest: Butt and gut education about food and bottoming, including recipes and guides.

Some of the resources are from companies that are trying to sell products. We’ve decided that their information is accurate, reliable and sex-positive – but we don’t endorse any specific products.

In this episode, I'm joined by Dr. Bryan Kutner, Assistant Professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. We discuss his research on anal health and pleasure, including topics such as anatomy, stigma, cleanliness, and lubrication. Additional resources can be found on the Anal Pleasure and Health website, with specific sources listed below.

b-Vibe’s Anal Academy: Comprehensive, celebratory and inclusive workshops, videos, podcasts and answers to FAQs. Very gender inclusive with fun images!

How To Clean Your Ass Before Sex: A quick visual guide on rectal douching, as a downloadable PDF in multiple languages. This starts with advice from an anal health medical expert, Jonathan Baker, PA-C, advising on the content.

Douching (by the Queer Health Podcast): Hosted by LGBTQ MDs at New York University — best practices, myth-busting, and a transcript on the science!

Lube: What Is It, Types, How to Use It: A brief article that summarizes medical recommendations for the use of lubricants during anal sex.

The Bottom’s Digest: Butt and gut education about food and bottoming, including recipes and guides.

Some of the resources are from companies that are trying to sell products. We’ve decided that their information is accurate, reliable and sex-positive – but we don’t endorse any specific products.

On this episode, I'm joined by AIDS Alabama South's Clinical Director and Nurse Practitioner, Rachel Carter. We discuss hormonal birth control options including IUDs, implants, the shot, the patch, the ring, and the pill. We also discuss ease of use and potential side effects for each of these.

In this episode, I'm joined by Rachel Carter, Nurse Practitioner and Director of Clinical Services at Shell Health (the on-site clinic at AIDS Alabama South). We discuss several different non-hormonal birth control options, their efficacy, their ease of use, and possible side effects. This includes copper IUDs, barrier methods like condoms, and fertility awareness methods.

In this episode, I'm joined by Dr. Alftan Dyson who is a Clinical Pharmacist, an HIV Specialist, and Head of Strategic Medical Partnerships at ViiV Healthcare. She answers my questions about the history of PrEP leading to the development of long-acting injectables for HIV prevention.

In this episode, I'm joined by AIDS Alabama South's Community Outreach Specialist, Devin Burton, and Development Coordinator, Dr. Antonio. We discuss conversation to have before having sex for safety, consent, and intimacy.

In this episode, I'm joined by Rachel Carter, Shell Health's nurse practitioner and Director of Clinical Services. We discuss Post-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV and bacterial STI prevention.

In this episode, I'm joined by Kaitlyn Burkett as we discuss PrEP! We will cover different types of PrEP, efficacy, adherence, and some common misconceptions.