How to practice safer sex.

don’t-get on PrEP if your insurance or state programs cover it-in the us of a
I recently moved back to states from Istanbul and Florence. Neither country covered it. first thing off the plane-doc appointment to obtain. take everyday and test every 3 months.
Of course this is for peeps who are negative but my last BF was + and i never asked him to do the condo thing since i was on the pill 💊
I’m sure there are other situations where this does not apply…please correct me if I’m wrong

porn4jesus wrote:don’t-get on PrEP if your insurance or state programs cover it-in the us of a
I recently moved back to states from Istanbul and Florence. Neither country covered it. first thing off the plane-doc appointment to obtain. take everyday and test every 3 months.
Of course this is for peeps who are negative but my last BF was + and i never asked him to do the condo thing since i was on the pill 💊
I’m sure there are other situations where this does not apply…please correct me if I’m wrong

Please don't tell people not to use safer-sex practices (of which PrEP is one).
Unless I misunderstood you?

HIV is not the only nasty sexually transmitted infection out there. There are others, not all of which are necessarily blocked by condoms, but many are. Not all of them always display overt symptoms, either. Also note that PrEP is not 100% effective at preventing HIV. PrEP alone will not keep you safe, especially if you're having sex with people who have not all been tested for a broad panel of STIs. Condoms and PrEP both help, but the only way to really stay safe is to limit sex to committed relationships in which each person is known to be negative (and not just for HIV).

By the way, in many countries it is possible to obtain generic emtricitabine/tenofovir (sold as Truvada for PrEP in the US) pretty cheaply, e.g. from India if necessary.

That actually reminds me to ask, is it possible to get STDs from a virgin? The last time I had sex around 3 years ago was with a guy who I've known for a long time and knew for a fact he was a virgin before we fucked. We always used condoms for anal and since then I've not felt any different but I've not gotten tested either (from what I can tell there's nowhere around where I live where you can get free tests).

How are you defining Virgin?

Marmaduke wrote:How are you defining Virgin?

Like, never touched anyone sexually period. Dude was even more of a shut-in than I am.

That in mind, what is it you think the S and the T stand for?

idk I thought there could be some crazy weird thing you can get just from the act of sex itself on principle or something. All sorts of germ transference can happen when bodily fluids are exchanged through multiple orifices right?

Ok, on a broad point, there are no known diseases which infect on principle. God may choose to punish you on moral principle, but that’ll be after you die. No need worrying yourself over it now.

STDs are sexually transmitted. I suppose, to offer you the benefit of the doubt, transmission could occur through sharing unwashed sex toys. But the chances would be very small, and I’m gonna go out on a limb and say your shut-in friend isn’t attending toy-based orgies where nobody actually touches each other. I don’t think anyone attends those.

I don’t mean to seem rude, it’s just hypochondria is often best addressed by critically appraising the question you’re asking yourself.

I suppose there are germs (including, IIRC, one of the hepatitis viruses) that can be transferred from mother to child or through improperly sterilised dental/medical equipment. It is certainly possible for a virgin to carry a sexually transmissible infection.

How common this is, I don't know, but it sounds like you don't have symptoms of anything and your concern is purely theoretical.

No you're right, I'm being overly paranoid. It's just something that's been on my mind lately since during my brief time on Grindr there's an entire section on profiles purely dedicated to when someone was last tested. So I started to wonder if that was something I should worry about considering I've gone untested since my last sexual encounter, regardless of the condition of said encounter.

Really this stems from an incident where with my first time with another guy, no protection was used and months later I had one of those perpetual month-long colds and made the mistake of self-diagnosing on Google (I was a young and very stupid 19 year-old) which whipped me into a panic that I had HIV or something only to get tested (after confessing what happened to my parents, that was fun...) and find out I had nothing. So ever since then I've had that paranoia loom over me, no matter how hungry I am for more cock. Only reason sex happened with the friend later on was because I knew him personally.

Although mostly straight, I have given oral sex a couple of times without the other guy wearing a condom. It seemed to me that the pleasure I derived from the act was mostly due to the sensual feeling of my mouth on his skin, and feeling how his cock reacted without any barriers to dull the pleasure both for him and me. I have heard that the chance of getting AIDS from giving oral sex is extremely low. Anybody have some real facts/stats about this issue?

René wrote:I suppose there are germs (including, IIRC, one of the hepatitis viruses) that can be transferred from mother to child or through improperly sterilised dental/medical equipment. It is certainly possible for a virgin to carry a sexually transmissible infection.

How common this is, I don't know, but it sounds like you don't have symptoms of anything and your concern is purely theoretical.

Zika virus can be sexually transmitted as well.

Twilight66 wrote:Although mostly straight, I have given oral sex a couple of times without the other guy wearing a condom. It seemed to me that the pleasure I derived from the act was mostly due to the sensual feeling of my mouth on his skin, and feeling how his cock reacted without any barriers to dull the pleasure both for him and me. I have heard that the chance of getting AIDS from giving oral sex is extremely low. Anybody have some real facts/stats about this issue?

Same here, giving oral with a condom just doesn't make sense. I think it's virtually impossible to transmit aids through oral..

GaySpacePirateKing wrote:How safe is it to RECEIVE a blowjob a) whilst wearing a condom b) whilst not wearing a condom.

Yeah how about that?

I had sex (well tried to) with another man today. Unfortunately he could not get it in without any lube. But I am worried if I would have caught an STD. I did not suck his cock or have his cock near my arse without a condom on, but before he put the condom on he tried to put it on inside out then put it on properly before going near my arse could I catch an infection? Also he spunked on my face and a tiny bit of cum may have gone in my mouth, how likely am I to have caught an STD?

I understand there is a new pill. Sort of a morning after pill, you take itimmediately after and then 1 hour after sex or somesuch

Petite wrote:

Twilight66 wrote:Although mostly straight, I have given oral sex a couple of times without the other guy wearing a condom. It seemed to me that the pleasure I derived from the act was mostly due to the sensual feeling of my mouth on his skin, and feeling how his cock reacted without any barriers to dull the pleasure both for him and me. I have heard that the chance of getting AIDS from giving oral sex is extremely low. Anybody have some real facts/stats about this issue?

Same here, giving oral with a condom just doesn't make sense. I think it's virtually impossible to transmit aids through oral..

It's still possible but it is said that your stomach acid will kill the HIV bacteria. Risk is possible if you have mouth ulcers or sores.

I have performed oral sex on hundreds if guys and never with a condom...ugh!...but there will always be some risk.

Simon :-)