That little squirt!
We were a little dubious when we first heard about Ravi Narain's claim that his organic anti-bacterial product company, Citrofresh, had successfully created an invisible condom. The design was a "non-hazardous, non-toxic" post-intercourse spray "that dealt with emergency disease control and prevention for HIV, human influenza A virus, SARS and human rhinovirus."
It seems the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's was equally unimpressed. They chastised Citrofresh for false claims that they could "offer a global solution to reduce and eventually stop the spread" of HIV/AIDS. Mr Narain faces up to $400,000 in fines for misleading investors.
It was probably nothing more than Windex in a fancy bottle ... though considering the state of some men's crotches, maybe it's time for that lemon fresh scent!
HIV up in NYC. What to do?
A recent report of young men in New York City has discovered a startling trend: the rate of HIV infection is on the rise. The group with the fastest-growing rates -- almost doubling between 2001 and 2006 -- were young men between the ages of 13 and 19. Over the same period, the number of new H.I.V. diagnoses in men under the age of 30 who have sex with other men increased by 33 percent.
The city’s health commissioner, Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, warned that “unless young men reduce the number of partners they have, and protect themselves and their partners by using condoms more consistently, we will face another wave of suffering and death from H.I.V. and AIDS.”
Responses to the story as it appeared in the New York Times have been varied. Some blame drug use. Others blame bareback porn.
One reader argued it was a mix of several things. "Between crystal meth, the vogue of “bareback” porn, and the ignorance the younger generation has of how serious HIV is, unsafe sexual practices have become more commonplace than at any time since I came of age."
Maybe we need to take a different approach to get the message of safer sex out there...
Just checking
Okay, guys... it's that time of the month. Drop your pants and start checking!
For what, you ask? Well, not to rain on anyone's parade, but testicular cancer is a very real concern. It mainly affects men between the ages of 20 and 39, but if found early -- as a lump on one of your testes -- most cases can be treated. And finding it is as easy as rubbing your testicles between two fingers.
But rather than listening to us preach, we found a couple funny videos to help make our point!
It's in you to give... but you can't
The President of Costa Rica, Oscar Arias, did the unthinkable last week: he signed an executive decree permitting gay men to donate blood in his country. Gasp!
"President Arias has always treated us with equality, (and) has made it clear that we are humans and have the same rights. For us it is a victory of a fight that began last October, when (we) started collecting signatures", said Alberto Cabezas, the activist who organized the challenge to end the prohibition against gay and bisexual men giving blood.
Tough restrictions still exist in the US and Canada. But "gay people are allowed to donate," argues Peter MacDonald, a regional director of Canadian Blood Services. "It’s men who have slept with other men that would be deferred."
Which begs the question: what the hell is Peter smoking?
Porn stars in crystal campaign
Tweaker.org, the well-known crystal meth harm reduction website, has recruited a bevy of studly porn stars for its current social marketing campaign. Among them you may recognize Mario
Cruz, Michael Brandon, Parker Williams, Matthew Rush and Matt Cole.
“Hot Sex
Without Crystal” ads can be seen in gay publications, on the street and in bar bathrooms throughout San Francisco. The stars will also be appearing on a series of trading cards with
hot sex tips on the reverse side. Collect them all: they'll be worth something on e-Bay someday!
The HIV denialists
In the March 12 issue of The New Yorker, Michael Specter delves into the world of HIV denialists and the damage they are doing to the health of African communities. And it is thanks to the Internet that crackpot HIV conspiracy theories gain credence:
Profile of a penile enhancement entrepreneur
Some boys grow up to be doctors. Others lawyers. But Brandon Reece? He grew up to be a personal trainer -- for penises. And according to Kansas City's The Pitch, he's glad he did. The owner of PenileFitness.com, he has created a booming business by claiming he can help men find inches they never knew they had.The Reece method doesn't require pills or pumps. Instead, he encourages men to use their own hands to manually lengthen their own trouser snakes. It's as simples as pulling on your pud, he says.
> CONTINUE READING Profile of a penile enhancement entrepreneur
AIDS group sues Viagra maker
California-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation is suing Pfizer Inc. for pushing the impotence drug Viagra as a recreational sexual enhancement tool. The organization claims that Pfizer’s marketing of Viagra is partly responsible for HIV and other STD infections among gay men. How? According to AHF, “Pfizer has created and contributed to the perception of Viagra as a safe, sexy, lifestyle, recreational drug, to be frequently used regardless of the degree, or even existence of [erectile dysfunction].”
Sizing up
Pornography has been blamed for all sorts of social ills. Everything from violence and venereal disease to drug use and divorce has been attributed to commercialized sex. Now, porn is even being blamed for widespread penis anxiety among Western men.
FDA warns of online sex drugs
Some men will do anything to get a good boner. But the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is urging them not to buy their male enhancement drugs online. That's because such drugs, often marketed as "dietary supplements," may contain harmful undeclared ingredients -- and no erection is worth dying over!
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