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Std prevention should be the focus. The message is...

2011-08-25T13:59:34.337-06:00

Std prevention should be the focus. The message is not reinforced enough.

A tip for girls is to not ask, just put it in your mouth and put it on... as weird as it sounds it does work very well.

I tend to disagree about featuring stories about m...

2009-12-02T15:41:13.703-07:00

I tend to disagree about featuring stories about members. There are some that would never be featured. I think that it would be unfair. GP is not a popularity contest to see who is the most successful or what is going on in their life. Although accomplishments are great to share and be proud of, I do not think this is the forum to do it in.

I think featuring stories about members of our com...

2009-12-02T15:24:22.931-07:00

I think featuring stories about members of our community and other newsworthy material is a great idea! We are not always aware of everything, so if you have suggestions, I would encourage you to email us, so we can review and feature appropriate stories!

Still, HIV/STD prevention is always going to continue to be our focus. Reinforcement messages of prevention practices are an important way to stress the relevance of the very real HIV/STD issue that exists within our community and the necessary precautions everyone should be taking to avoid exposure.

But we are always open to new ideas!

Thanks, Anonymous.

Jesse

p.s. Great responses Derrick and Smitty. I agree 100%

Well Said Smitty. I wonder if a lot the upset feel...

2009-12-02T12:33:19.364-07:00

Well Said Smitty. I wonder if a lot the upset feelings about our high emphasis at Genesis Project on HIV is a result of stigma's of HIV, or maybe we as community our not ready to face the truth, that we our just as vulnerable as any other community in the world. We may not have the population, or the highest number of people infected with HIV in our local community in comparison to other cities, but HIV has continued to rise in the our community. In the last two years there has been more then a 25% rate increases in infection here. Which causes me to wonder, is it because it is becoming more of reality for people that we are trying to deny its insistence or the importance of prevention? I think we should all take a real hard look at why prevention education is so important, and what would happen if we stop educating and talking about safe-sex, stop trying to get this message out there. I think the consequences are clear, but are we ready to deal with this as a community head on, or are we going to avoid the problem until it is so large, it can no longer be ignored.

(Please Note: I do care deeply about those infected with HIV, and I think they our equal as anyone, and I would not my prevention messages to speak otherwise. However I think most can agree, even those who our infected with HIV/AIDS that prevention should be happening, and no one wants to live with HIV/AIDS if they can avoid it)

Stories about safe sex is important!! Especially ...

2009-12-02T11:31:11.358-07:00

Stories about safe sex is important!! Especially right now. Over the last 12 months there have been 30 confirmed cases of HIV in the area, so it is obvious that it needs to be discussed. We cannot brush it under the rug or just pretend that the gay community is not having sex. It is great that there are gay men out there being successful in life that is a great honor, but GP is a prevention program. HIV will change your life forever and until we start talking about more and more we as a gay community in southeast Idaho will continue to avoid the topic or just brush it under the carptet.

Great Comments Tyler, I agree. HIV gets a lot of a...

2009-12-01T23:54:05.201-07:00

Great Comments Tyler, I agree. HIV gets a lot of attention, mainly because its is the most threating virus that can be prevented by a condom. Its important to remember though when you use a condom that you are protecting yourself from a multitude of infections, all of which are important to be aware of.

Anonymous I agree that a lot of the postings on here focus on HIV, testing, and Safe-Sex, I am not surprised given a main goal of our project is HIV prevention, and we do it as part of state requirements, but mainly because its important for us to act a community speaker on the subject. However we also do want to recognize other things in the community and people. It sounds like you have a lot of information on the community, and the accomplishments of some of our community members. We would love to hear more details and to recognize these individuals, and their community efforts on our blog. Please feel free to submit stories you feel relevant, and we will be more then willing to post them, after reviewing them.

Derrick

2009-12-01T23:51:21.009-07:00

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I remember one time I went to a presentation about...

2009-12-01T23:23:29.062-07:00

I remember one time I went to a presentation about using a condom at the Utah AIDS Foundation in Salt Lake City. I think we all get carried away fearing and worrying about catching HIV. But as they pointed out, HIV is only one of a million different diseases you can catch and can prevent by using a condom. Some of these are curable and some aren't. But all them are miserable and often absolutely gross. They even showed us pictures of what some of these diseases look like down there. Let's just say that it was not easy to hold the refreshments they had just fed us down. Seriously guys, HIV is not the only reason why one should wear a condom.

This blog is lame. There seems to be only stories ...

2009-12-01T23:11:55.716-07:00

This blog is lame. There seems to be only stories about safe sex on here. Even the stories about other things some how have at least a small mention of safe sex. Not that it isn't an important subject and that the intentions aren't beyond good, but this is only contributing to the stereotypical notion that ignorant (or inexperienced as I like to say) "outsiders" often have that gay men only care about sex or that gays are the only ones who can contract HIV (the reference to HIV testing every other story seems to have). I know that these type of articles are important and that GP has to do this to secure their state funding. However, I doubt it would hurt to feature positive things different gays in the area are doing. For example, I know of gay man in the area is a very talented classical musician and is planning a performance tour next summer. I know another who is very good at photography and just won a photo contest. And these are to just name a few. I know there are great things that others in the area are doing and achieving and it would be great to feature things like that. At least then if an "outsider" happens to come across this site, he'll see that homosexuals aren't all about sex and trying not to catch HIV, but are full of so many diverse abilities and talents.

I went and got tested last night. I was surprised...

2009-11-24T07:28:15.525-07:00

I went and got tested last night. I was surprised and saddened at what the nurse told me. She asked how old I was and I told her. She then said you are 32 and you still have not contracted HIV. This was very shoking to me. I told her I have not contracted HIV because I take precautions. Guys please be play safe. There have been times that I haven't always done the right thing, but I have been lucky. When you get caught up in the moment a condom is sometimes the last thing you worry about, but make it your priority. The consequences are life changing. . . Okay, okay I am done with the soap box :)