This is Audio Smut’s approach to the realities of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). In this episode, there will be no doctors, no textbooks, and no high school volleyball coaches trying to scare you out of having sex. Just real people sharing real life experiences.
Imagine it’s your high school sex-ed class. Mrs. Green is going to play a movie and you are very excited. The room goes dark, the movie begins. You’re already a little aroused: you’ve seen pornography before, but never in public with all of your friends. And then you see vaginas destroyed forever from unprotected sex and penises oozing mystery slime, never able to ejaculate normally again! Encrusted growths! Rotting flesh! You carry a mortal fear of STIs for your entire adult life, and then you get one.
This episode first launched at our Sex-Ed event hosted at Shag. Special thanks to Positive Singles and all of our amazing guests!
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STI HOTLINE
We set up a hotline for anonymous callers to share their personal stories about sexually transmitted infections. This endeavor was a huge success. We have selected a few for your listening pleasure.
HAMBURGER MEAT
Laura Herberg interviews Jenelle Marie, founder of the award-winning website, The STD Project. Jenelle tells her story of contracting herpes and the effect that it has had on her emotional well-being, relationships and sex life.
SILENCE = SEX
Jordan Arsenault is an artist, journalist and activist. He tells us about the trials and tribulations of being a hot, gay man living with HIV. He describes his experiences of having sex in spite of stigma and awkwardness. Jordan ends up turning the disappointment of recurring rejection into rage. He has made it his mission to educate people about the impacts of serophobia. Check out his work here.