Ep. 27 Pt. 2 | Herpes & Hooking Up: Advice for safer sex and STI disclosure (w/ Courtney Brame)
Courtney Brame
Herpes Awareness Advocate, Founder of Something Positive for Positive People
Ari interviews Herpes Awareness Advocate & Activist, Courtney Brame. Courtney and Ari chat about how a sex-averse society makes it easier for STI transmission, and Courtney gives advice on how to have casual, safer, communicative sex while being an STI-positive person.
Burning Questions answered in this episode:
✨ Should you put your herpes status on your dating profile?
✨ How to handle rejection of an STI-positive status
✨ Why condoms and barrier methods misguide conversations around what’s considered “safe” sex
✨ What is the STARS method of STI disclosure?
✨ How do we uncouple sex from pleasure, and pleasure from our own value to one another?
Resources & Mentions
Something Positive for Positive People: https://www.spfpp.org/
Courtney’s Podcast: https://www.spfpp.org/podcast
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