Broadway Bares

 

Morning

Happy Summer Solstice

Here in the Northern Hemisphere, today marks the Summer Solstice. Tomorrow marks the slide toward winter and those Down Under start the rise toward Summer. I wish I had enough money to chase the sun and live an Endless Summer.

Sunday is the annual Broadway Bares produced by Broadway Cares - Equity Fights AIDS.

With this administration eliminating USAID funding, HIV/AIDS will come roaring back. That makes it even more essential to raise funds to fight this horrible disease which devastated the theatre community. I lost some very talented friends over the years.

Please consider making a donation: broadwaycares.org

World AIDS Day

 A scheduled post

WORLD AIDS DAY

Please take a moment to remember those who lost the battle, those who are still fighting the battle. 

And, remember that HIV/AIDS is not 'gone.' Safe sex practices are still needed, despite PReP medication, despite the antivirals that make HIV virtually undetectable. Masturbation / mutual masturbation is still the safest sexual activity there is, followed by fellatio and cunnilingus.

If you are not in a long-term, monogamous relationship always insist on using condoms for penetrative sexual activities. 

Give thanks to Dr. Anthony Fauci, who is, once again, doing his utmost to safely guide us through another viral attack.

With Your Pants Down

 

Sat marked 40 years since the same affliction was found in five gay men in LA. Two had already died. It took months before the INH and the CDC realized they had a communicable virus spreading and gave it a name. HIV-AIDS has killed almost 40 million people worldwide.

Safe Sex practices were encouraged in the early days. Masturbation, mutual masturbation brought about the jack-off clubs which still exist today.

Yes, now there are drugs which keep the virus at such low levels as to be undetectable, and the claim is that is can't be spread through sexual contact. And there are drugs called PReP drugs, like Descovy, which are supposed to keep those at high risk from even contracting it.

People ---- particularly young people ---- are not paying close enough attention. HIV-AIDS is still an STD-STI. Today, there are still more than 1.2 million people in the U.S. living with HIV-AIDS. The PReP pharmaceuticals highly recommend Safe Sex Practices: Masturbation, Mutual Masturbation, Frottage, and the use of condoms in addition to the drug.

Particularly after such a long, long haul dealing with COVID-19, everyone is eager to get back to 'normal.' Normal is good. Normal is fine. But don't let normal catch you with your pants down 

and unprepared.

History Repeats

 

December 1. World AIDS Day. A day to remember those who have succumbed to the disease, but also to make people aware of the fact that HIV/AIDS is still around.

The Granddaddy of all ribbon campaigns

Group masturbation grew out of the AIDS crisis with the opening of Jack Off Clubs to encourage men to have safe sex. The New York Jacks was among the first - if not the first - to open. Masturbation was encouraged by activist groups as an alternative to anal or oral sex before much at all was known about the virus. Of course, the backlash was harsh. Men didn't want to give up what they enjoyed, what is a natural urge: Sexual contact with another person.

Just like COVID-19, the more science was applied, the more we knew what we could and couldn't do to keep ourselves safe.

Now, here we are again. And masturbation is again being encouraged as a means of safe sexual release. Though, now, we are asked to remain completely alone in the endeavor. It's hard - if you'll pardon the pun.

Sex is important to our health and welfare,

but safe sex is paramount to our health and welfare.

Fellow blogger Sixpence has done a very wonderful post of the subject today. WAD 2020 It's really worth your time to go check it out.