Topics :: safe sex

Origami Condom Founder on the Next Phase of Protection

By Holly Grigg-Spall | Wednesday May 15, 2013
EDGE speaks with Danny Resnic, the founder of the condom company Origami, to learn how his brand of unique condoms differs from standard condoms that currently monopolize the market.

GMHC Presents The Bottom Line on Rectal Microbicide Research

By Winnie McCroy | Sunday Jan 27, 2013
Jim Pickett from the International Rectal Microbicide Advocates brought the community together on January 24 at GMHC for an update on the struggle to find effective rectal microbicides to help stem the spread of HIV transmission.

Re-Thinking Our Sexuality

By Chris Sosa | Sunday Jan 13, 2013
Despite progress on other fronts, the constructs and prejudices of heteronormativity continue to pervade our private lives and complicate our personal relationships.

Ballot Measure Mandates Condom Use for Adult Films

By Rachel Breitman | Friday Nov 2, 2012
As Election Day approaches in Los Angeles, community members are torn over Measure B, legislation that would mandate that adult film stars use condoms on set.

The Best of the Gays: Sex and Romance

By Matthew S. Bajko | Tuesday Apr 17, 2012
The winners for sex and romance are crowned in Bay Area Reporter’s second annual Best of the Gays readers poll.

Manhunt Cares Creates New "Sex Over 40" Resource for Older Gay and Bisexual Men

Wednesday Aug 10, 2011
They say straight men get better with age, but is the same true of gay men? For a community with so many obsessions around beauty and image, the idea of turning 40 can be brutally intimidating.

Is Masque The New Revolutionary Sexual Enhancement Product?

Tuesday Jun 7, 2011
After years of research and development, Masque has been designed by a team of scientists who have created a formula combining flavor blockers microencapsulated in a paper-thin, dissolvable, oral gel strip.

Sticky Fingers :: Profiling the Modern Hustler

By Shaun Knittel | Friday Mar 4, 2011
Ever thought about "play for pay"? EDGE walked the walk and talked to today’s modern rent boy. What can you get for your dollar’s worth? Shaun Knittel pulled the curtain back to reveal why they work so hard for the money.

Health Officials: No Promiscuous Use for HIV Prevention Drug

By Kilian Melloy | Monday Jan 31, 2011
A study last year demonstrated that a drug used to treat HIV could also help protect HIV- people from contracting the virus. But the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now says that only those at high risk should take the medication.

Flavored Lube in Safer Sex Kits Provoke Outrage in N.H.

By Kilian Melloy | Thursday Jan 6, 2011
Parents grew angry and school administrators were also displeased when an AIDS prevention group visited a New Hampshire school with free safer sex kits that contained not only condoms, but also flavored lubricant.