Video: Damon Does PrEP

Damon L. Jacobs shared his PrEP experience with us in March.

Below is the intro to an interview he just did (May 13, 2013) on PrEP with TheBody.com.

As a licensed therapist working with people living with HIV, Damon Jacobs heard about pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as an HIV prevention strategy. When he found himself newly single after being out of the dating game for almost a decade, he re-entered a dating pool that was not at all condom-friendly. To deal with this, and to finally come to terms with his distaste for condoms, Damon began taking PrEP in July 2011 to stay HIV negative.

Now, almost two years later, he's never missed a single dose -- and he's become an advocate for education around PrEP, though he acknowledges that it may not be the right strategy for everyone. From dispelling myths around anti-condom attitudes to advocating that people be able to talk to their doctors about all aspects of their sex life, Damon reminds us that sex isn't dirty, and we can have sexual pleasure, but we have to be smart and know our own bodies.

Read the rest of the interview on TheBody.com. Watch Damon below :)

I wake up; I have my breakfast; I have my vitamins; I have my coffee. That was already an established routine in my adult life. Those are important things I do to take care of myself and start the day right. PrEP was just one thing to add into that. It wasn't anything that was inconvenient. It hasn't been something I've forgotten. It's just with the vitamins now. It's on the same little thing that the vitamins sit on, so I don't forget.

"Sex is not the enemy, ignorance is" - ButtaFlySouL

Can a Pill Revolutionize Sex for Gay and SGL Men of Color?

ButtaFlySouL will be performing at a community talk show on sex, love, and PrEP at Chicago's Center on Halsted - Wednesday, May 22 - reception 6p, show starts 7p.

Popular vlogger Ken Like Barbie  and social guru David Dodd host. Free food. Special guests. Great conversation.

PLEASE JOIN US! All welcome - gay men of color and allies.

Learn more about the event.

Learn more about PrEP.

"The ‘use a condom every time’ message just doesn’t work for everyone..."

Center on Halsted - May 22

“The ‘use a condom every time’ message just doesn’t work for everyone. The goal is to increase protection from HIV – and having more strategies like PrEP in our prevention toolbox can help us achieve that.” - Ken Like Barbie

Popular vlogger Ken Like Barbie (pictured left) and social guru David Dodd are hosting a FREE community talk show - "Can a Pill Revolutionize Sex for Gay and SGL Men of Color" - at Center on Halsted in Chicago May 22, from 6p to 9p.

The amazing ButtaFlySouL is performing. Twice.

There will be good food, good conversation - lotsa fun. Will you join us?

Learn more about the event. Learn more about PrEP.
 

Just Adding PrEP to the Mix.... Join us May 22 at Center on Halsted

“We’re not throwing condoms out; we’re just adding PrEP to the mix.”
- David Dodd

The very charming duo of David and vlogger Ken Like Barbie are hosting a FREE community talk show - "Can  a Pill Revolutionize Sex for Gay and SGL Men of Color" - at Center on Halsted  in Chicago May 22, from 6p to 9p.

The amazing ButtaFlySouL is performing. Twice.

There will be food, fun, good conversation.

Hope to see you there.

Learn more.

VIDEO: David Dodd and Ken Like Barbie Preview Their May 22 Community Talk Show on PrEP

The details:

Can a Pill Revolutionize Sex for Gay and SGL Men of Color?
Presented by Project RSP!
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Center on Halsted, 3656 North Halsted in Chicago – 3rd floor, Hoover-Leppen Theatre.

Social guru David Dodd and award winning vlogger Ken Like Barbie co-host this event, featuring Vocalist, Poet, Actor and Humorist ButtaFlySouL, star of ButtaFlySouL for President, PrEP researcher Dr. Sybil Hosek from John Stroger Hospital, and a young man of color who is using PrEP.

This event is an all-ages, free community talk show directed to young gay men of color and their allies. From 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. there will be a casual reception with appetizers from Hearty Boys. At 7:00 p.m. the doors to the theatre will open with a performance by ButtaFlySouL. David and Ken will then lead an interactive, lively, and fun discussion with the panelists and audience around sex, love, lust, and a new FDA-approved form of HIV protection called “PrEP” which involves taking a medication every day. ButtaFlySouL will close the program with a second special performance specially created for this event.