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STI prevention
Sexuality educators set the record straight:
Submitted by Elizabeth on 7 February 2011 - 3:44pmTalking about sexuality does not increase sexually transmitted infections, despite what non-experts report.
Contact: Megan Andelloux
401-345-8685
Contact: Aida Manduley
787-233-0025
In yet another attempt to shut down access to quality sex education, South-Eastern New England conservative advocates hit the sex panic button in a multi-state, email and phone campaign to colleges all over New England last week.
On February 3rd and 4th, certified sexuality educator and sexologist Megan Andelloux (AASECT, ACS) received word that numerous colleges and university faculty received a document stating that colleges who brought sex educators such as Ms. Andelloux onto their campuses were linked to the increasing rate of transmission of HIV in RI. Furthermore, among other misleading “facts” that were “cited,” the author of this bulletin claimed that Brown University was facing an HIV crisis, which is false.
Female condom
Submitted by Chris OSullivan on 3 December 2009 - 2:13pmA new advancement in barrier protection.
Today’s conference call was a report on the development of the new version, FC2. They’ve taken the feedback from users and agencies into account and have definitely improved the product. FC2 is made from nitrile, so it doesn’t have the seam or the plastic bag sound. It’s also at least 30% less expensive than the first version (the cost per unit decreases with higher volume), and it’s still latex-free.
http://magazine.goodvibes.com/2009/12/03/report-on-the-new-version-of-th...
