"Puritads" at work

Via Truthdig, here's the latest technology in youth sex:  

4parents.gov is, clearly from the url, a USA government-owned site devoted to promote sexual abstinence among youth "until marriage". Of course, since gay marriage is not recognized as such in the United States (except for some isolated states and towns), the site promotes total abstinence for homosexuals. The Vatican must be cheerful about it. But there are some other pearls on the site, check it at your own risk.

Along with the usual teen movie where main roles are going to have sex before graduation but decide not because "I want my first time to be special"... it may not be proof enough for some people, but add all those sex scandals and here you are: a truly puritan society. No wonder, weren't those in the Mayflower puritans, after all?

Technorati tags: Sex abstinence, Media, Teen sex, USA

A Plastic Plate

This is a short by Barakat TV, in their own description: "It is the eid (Sham El Nesem - or Spring Feast) and an Egyptian family is sitting down to have a festive meal. Everyone is asking and inquiring: will he come? Are you going to allow him to come? What are you going to do? Will he bring his guy friend with him? Disapproval and sorrow are manifest on everyone's face. Meanwhile, in front of a mirror, where we hear a voice-over of a young man, talking about wanting to go home for the last time. His mother allowed him to come home. His sisters and his brothers are reluctant. He goes in and there is awkwardness in the air..."

 

Technorati tags: AIDS, Ramadan, LGBT

Lube against HIV?

Starpharma has announced last week on the International AIDS Society conference in Sydney, Australia, that their sex lubricant called VivaGel allegedly blocks both HIV and HSV-2 genital herpes virus. Trials in humans are being conducted right now in Australia, Kenya and the United States.
Apparently the lube has not been tested with gay males, on the company's site there can be obtained a PDF report on some test conducted with 36 males. Though the lube microbiocidal lube seems to have caused minor dermatological problems on some of the participants, if proven to block from 75% to 100% of viral transmission that's going to be great news. Let's take it with a pinch of salt, however. Read the complete story here.