September's Safety Net Message

Stay safe, play safe! Condoms can prevent HIV if used correctly, every time. Get a sampler pack with many varieties at HGLHC!

"Stay safe, play safe! Condoms can prevent HIV if used correctly, every time. Get a sampler pack with many varieties at HGLHC! -- from your friends @ Safety Net"

Once you've sent it out, don't forget to answer 5 questions here:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WK5LTTN


You could win $25 to VIP!

Thank you for all that you do for the community.
-Jamie

Respect Yourself-- Protect Yourself!

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Just for Fun!

My mom bought this for me. I guess she understands my sense of humor!

It's CLOBBERIN' HIV TIME!

August's Safety Net Message

Every 9 1/2 minutes, someone in the US is infected with HIV. Know your status, get tested this month!

Didja share this? Answer 5 questions and you could win a $25 gift card to VIP! Oooh la la! http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/C25BMHR


Where did the estimate that every 9½ minutes someone in the United States gets HIV come from?


--In 2008, CDC developed new estimates for the annual number of HIV infections—which suggest that about 56,300 new HIV infections occur each year. This estimate is a national average. CDC arrived at the 9½ minutes figure by dividing the number of minutes in one year by the 56,300 new HIV infections that were estimated for 2006. This result indicates that, on average, one new HIV infection occurs every 9.34 minutes in a year. For more information on the 56,300 estimate visit the HIV Incidence section of the CDC HIV Web site: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/incidence.htm

HIV Infections and the Law

Shared from our friend Josh:


Regarding the discussion on non-disclosure of HIV+ status. This is a case from Australia.

Most prosecutions for infections have been in the US and Canada, a trend that drew condemnations in Vienna 2010, but this is an increasing trend. Prosecutions have involved both hetero and MSM.

All of these cases so far involve people intentionally lying about their + status, or tampering with condoms to reduce their effectiveness and increase risk of transmission.

The concerns that have been raised include scaring people from getting tested (ie. if you know you're + and infect someone, you could go to prison). Another issue though is that a court could rule that all unsafe sex carries strict liability. In other words, not knowing your status is not enough of a defense.

In other words, the + partner is responsible for ANY infection resulting from unsafe sex if he knew or "ought to have known" there was a risk of transmission. Just as individuals do not have the right to consent to be stabbed or seriously injured, a court could rule that the right to private, consensual sex (ie. Lawrence v. Texas 2003) does not extend to transmission of a dangerous pathogen.

Taken to its logical conclusion, I fear that these well-intentioned measures aimed at a few reckless, or even callous individuals, could be used by a right-winger on the bench to all but re-criminalize gay sex, or sex between / with HIV+ individuals.

In the end, it proves that each individual must rely on themselves for protection. While trust is great, latex is better.

--Josh

http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/man-with-hiv-exposed-others-court-told-20100805-11jv2.html

Safety Net Team Luau @ Tommy's!

Have you ever seen a bear in a grass skirt? Come on down to Tommy's Restaurant on Wednesday, July 28th around suppertime to check out the Hawaiian Luau party brought to you by HGLHC's Safety Net project!

Congratulations to this month's Safety Net team member "T," who won a $25 gift card to CVS for sending out the previous Safety Net message and for completing the quick survey!

Wanna get in on the fun and help keep our community safe from HIV? Be a part of the team! Txt "SAFETY NET" to Jamie at 860-268-3777. We'll send you a quick message once a month that you can forward on to your friends to remind them about HIV testing and bring you news about HIV in CT. Fill out a quick survey once per month and you can win cool prizes and gift cards!

See you at Tommy's!

<3 -- Jamie

Ka-BOOM!

Hey, y’all! Here’s the Safety Net message to send out as soon as you can:

Did you see fireworks this weekend? Don’t forget your HIV test, firecracker! ;) from the Safety Net Team

Once you’ve sent the message to your friends (especially to men who love men), take our quick survey here for your chance to win a $25 gift card to CVS this month!

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YKDPQWQ

Thanks team! Xoxox,

-Jamie

Last Ones Out of the Closet?

According to CNN, it's bisexual men. What do y'all think?

"I think a lot of bi people are afraid to come out because there is pressure on both sides."
--Joshua Verbeke, 29-year-old bisexual

http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/06/28/bisexual.male.last.closet/index.html

May's Safety Net Message

What did the penis say to the condom?.... “Cover me, I’m going in!”

check out our FREE XL condoms @ HGLHC . Get some! 860-278-4163 or info@hglhc.org

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Send this message out to your friends via text message, email, Facebook, or Twitter and fill out this survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CSBZY5T
 
You will then be entered into a drawing for a $10 DunkinDonuts gift card!

April's Safety Net Winner!!

Congratulations to our own BRYAN  D (the really cute photo at left), the Safety Net volunteer who won this month's giveaway!! BRYAN is a Safety Net volunteer who completed the monthly survey to report his involvement with the project (basically, to report the # of txt, email, or FB messages sent/if he posted it as a FB status message) and won this month's drawing for a $10 GIFT CARD TO TISANE, a really cool coffee/tea house and bar serving delish Euro-Asian food (their gay night = Tuesday night, and queer women's night is the 1st Sunday of each month, FYI), and a SEXY GIFT BASKET!! Gooooo BRYAN!!

Volunteers, make sure you take ONE MINUTE to complete each month's short sur...vey that asks how many messages you sent to your friends (or even if you posted it on FB!) and you could be entered to win a great giftcard. Even if you don't want the giftcard (you selfless individual!), we still really need the numbers to analyze how the project is doing!!

Sorry, B, couldn't resist putting this cute topless photo of you up on the Safety Net blog.... what can I say, bbs, you're too cute! This was taken at an MPowerCT fun BBQ and Karaoke event, btw....
 
Stay tuned for May's message, coming up soon! Thanks to all of our volunteers! and if you're interested in becoming a Safety Net volunteeer, then just drop me a quick line-- even just "safety net"-- via email or txt! email: jamieb@hglhc.org or txt or call me at 860-268-3777
 
Thanks, y'all. You're amazing. <3

-Jamie B, Safety Net Team