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 from partners after disclosing a positive STI 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?
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Something Positive for Positive People: https://www.spfpp.org/
Courtney’s Podcast: https://www.spfpp.org/podcast
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