We catch up with our fave herpes educator Courtney Brame for some updates and additional facts about a common virus that many of us live with, and Elle had new experience with. Let’s talk herpes again!

1:00 he gets more topless-views

3:00 a big herpes survey

7:00 clinically massive outbreak

11:00 sex workers + herpes 

14:00 consented to not using barriers

17:00 sexual infidelity is a possibility

21:00 herpes location vs Type 1 or 2

23:00 why do lab tests during outbreak?

26:00 20TALKSWIRL2

29:00 sex toy snafu, unrelated

32:00 what is a “normal length” outbreak

36:00 May 2024 results survey + St Louis MO

40:00 how might one get herpes?

43:00 can you get tested without an outbreak?

47:00 sex as a polyam person

51:00 Courtney got a sex toy too small

54:00 jolihamilton.com

58:00 a Feeld app match gone awry 

1:03:00 saying no to sex

1:06:00 $2.45Million lawsuit about herpes transmission

1:15:00 elle0ellepdx on TT

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