Village People, Sex Over The Phone, 1985. After a four album downward spiral that began with 1980’s Can’t Stop The Music, Village People’s ninth and final album scored a moderate hit with this tribute to two new phenomenons, commercial phone sex lines and safe sex. Ray Stephens made his only appearance as lead singer on this album, replacing Ray Simpson …
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The Magic Condom
Cute ending. What’s the music, ABBA?
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CNN On Pope’s Condom Comments
Pope: Condom Use Increases AIDS
The Pope has made his first ever statement about safe sex and AIDS. Unbelievably, he says that condom use actually increases the spread of HIV. Pope Benedict XVI said on his way to Africa Tuesday that condoms were not the answer in the continent’s fight against HIV, his first explicit statement on an issue that has divided even clergy working …
Read More »Eric Leven – Why Are We…
Here’s the latest safer sex PSA from filmmaker/activist Eric Leven. Possibly NSFW, the clip is short and to the point. Leven: “Amongst the hundreds, if not thousands of bareback videos out there, there might as well be one or two of these.”
Read More »Virginity Pledgers More Like To Get Knocked Up
So much for those creepy purity balls and abstinence pledge cards. Teenagers who pledge to remain virgins until marriage are just as likely to have premarital sex as those who do not promise abstinence and are significantly less likely to use condoms and other forms of birth control when they do, according to a study released today. The new analysis …
Read More »FDA Approves New Female Condom
Last week the FDA approved a new version of the female condom, which is promised to be less expensive and more comfortable than the original, two factors which may have inclined few gay men to try the product. In 1993 the FDA approved Female Health’s original female condom. The product’s domestic appeal was limited, with just 10% of 34.7 million …
Read More »NY Man Charged With Faking HIV Result, Barebacking With Duped Partner
An HIV-positive New York man faces eight years in prison on charges that he forged an HIV-negative test result in order to convince his girlfriend to have unprotected sex with him. Department of Investigation Commissioner Rose Gill Hearn says Duane Lang could spend up to 8 years in prison if convicted of reckless endangerment and possession of a forged instrument. …
Read More »Hotter = Safer?
A study from the University of Toronto concludes that gay men considered sexually undesirable tend to have riskier sex. Gay men who are not considered sexually desirable are more likely to engage in risky sexual behaviour, according to new research out of the University of Toronto. They may also develop psychological problems as a consequence of feeling undesirable. Professor Adam …
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