It amazes me how many women know about having safe sex but often they do not use that knowledge. How we just take the word of the person we are getting naked with as the truth and virus free? If that was a foul proof method we wouldn’t have the STD (sexually transmitted disease) problems we have today!

Growing up in South Africa you learn about HIV and AIDS early on, advertisements and education run ramped in my birth country. Thank goodness that in the Gay community we are a little more educated and pushy about HIV/AIDS education, but still it is the boys doing all the work and putting the information out there. Lesbians remain quiet and some even unaware of the risk of having unsafe sex. I even had a young Lesbian tell me that Lesbians cannot get STDs? Sorry, My Darlings but we are very much susceptible to contracting an STD; in fact no person or groups of people are immune to the spreading of disease. Disease is spread through action, not sexual identity or preference.

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