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Recent STD Advice & Tips

• Condoms Handed Out at Earth Day Celebrations

  In honor of Earth Day, 1,200 Center for Biological Diversity volunteers distributed condoms at more than 80 college campuses across the United States.  According to Amy Harwood, chair of the group’s population campaign, there’s no better day than Earth Day to get people talking about overpopulation and its environmental impacts.  Read more →

• MSM in Manhattan Beach Increased Risk of STDs in Public Bathroom

  Last month when lifeguards noticed suspicious activity in the Marine Avenue headquarters bathroom in Manhattan Beach, California, they notified police.  After setting up surveillance at the restroom and monitoring discussions on several websites, police arrested eighteen men for various charges including soliciting, indecent exposure, loitering around a public restroom for Read more →

• Los Angeles Porn Actors Required to wear Condoms

  Two months ago Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa signed an ordinance requiring actors in adult movies filmed in the city to use condoms in order for producers to get approved for a filming permit.  For years the AIDS Healthcare Foundation has lobbied for the regulation, arguing that it’s essential to Read more →

• Dating with an STD in Los Angeles

  It is estimated that 19 million people in the United States are diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease, or STD, every year–nearly 6% of the population.  What happens to these people after diagnosis?  Do they climb up under a rock and await death, dying an old and lonely hermit or Read more →