Recruiting Young Gay Men in 6 U.S. Cities for Important PrEP Study

Condoms are not the only way you can have safer sex! Are you a young gay man between the ages of 15 and 17? Interested in new methods of preventing HIV, like PrEP?

Project PrEPare is an innovative HIV prevention study designed to explore the safety, acceptability and feasibility of PrEP among young gay men and other men who have sex with men who are at risk for HIV infection in the United States.

The study is taking place at clinical sites across the U.S. in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Chicago, New Orleans, Boston and Denver. Click here to quickly check if you are eligible to participate.

“Considering that young men who have sex with men continue to be disproportionately affected by the HIV epidemic in the United States, we are excited to gather youth-specific data on PrEP - the newest addition to the ‘toolbox’ of HIV prevention interventions,” said Dr Sybil. Hosek.

More information about the study and city-specific contact information can be found on the Project PrEPare website.

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.