PICS from the Community Talk Show "Can a Pill Revolutionize Sex for Gay and SGL Men of Color?"

On Wednesday, May 22, more than 60 folks joined Project RSP! (Ready, Set, PrEP!), My PrEP Experience, hosts David Dodd and Ken Like Barbie, entertainer ButtaFlySouL, Gustavo Varela and Sybil Hosek at Center on Halsted to discuss a revolutionary new way to protect ourselves from HIV called PrEP. Some pics from this community talk show below - more on the Project RSP! page on FB.

The Chicago Black Gay Men's Caucus, and others, Tweeted about the event.

Check out the right hand side of this blog for info and links to learn more about PrEP. Another community talk show on PrEP will be held later this year on the south side of Chicago. Watch this space!

The event was made possible through the collective efforts of the following organizations: Blackstone Avenue Marketing, Clubhouse Productions, Gilead Sciences, High Society Entertainment Group, John Stroger Hospital, K Dock Media, My PrEP Experience, National Youth Pride Services, PrideIndex.com, Rails Marketing Group, United Black Pride, and AIDS Foundation of Chicago.

 

Let's Talk About PrEP People! Join Us Tonight at Chicago's Center on Halsted

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

Join us to discuss/debate.

All the info you need is below and at this FB link. Doors open 6p for appetizers and socialzing, show starts at 7p with ButtaFlySouL. Free, fun, food, FABULOUS. Watch the promo video.

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[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.