Planned Parenthood® Advocacy Fund Massachusetts

Have trouble remembering your appointment?

When you book an appointment at PPLM, you can sign up for email, text, or call reminders! http://pplm.org/appointments

Looking for a leadership or volunteer opportunity that involves teaching peers about sexual health? Apply for the Get Real Teen Council! Application deadline is 2/28/13 

http://bit.ly/GRTC2013

Do you love free condoms, lube, safer sex kits, and prizes? …who doesn’t?! Join Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts this Saturday for the Wellness Fair at AIDS Walk Boston and 5K Run to benefit AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts.

It doesn’t matter if you’re running, walking, or just want to show your support - the Wellness Fair is open to all from 11AM-2PM. Stop by and get healthy!

For National Condom Week we shared the importance of using condoms. Now let us know: Where did you wear it? It’s a cool new website developed by Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest. “

Check-in” your safer sex activity not matter where you are and find more info about condom use and where to find the nearest PP center.

Look how many people are already telling us where they wore it in MA! Be PROUD to wear protection.

Did you pinch the tip? Roll it down to the base? …not sure what the heck we’re talking about? Watch this short video on how to use a condom! Using a condom incorrectly increases the risk for STIs and unintended pregnancy.  Yeah, it’s important.

Once you know how to use a condom, get to your nearest PPLM health center for free condoms and lube so you’re prepared to protect yourself!

ipracticesafesex:

What std is known as the clap?

Gonorrhea

What is Gonorrhea?

Gonorrhea, a curable STD commonly called “the clap”, is caused by a bacterium called Neisseria gonorrhoeae. These bacteria can infect the mucous membranes of the genital tract, the mouth, the rectum, the throat (pharyngitis), or the eye (conjunctivitis). It is contracted through oral, vaginal, or anal sex. After spreading into the uterus and fallopian tubes, gonorrhea can result in pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), causing ectopic pregnancy and infertility in as many as 10 of infected women.

Those between the ages of 15 to 29 years make up approximately 75 percent of all reported cases of gonorrhea found in the United States. Pregnant women risk spreading gonorrhea to their newborn infants during delivery causing eye infections (conjunctivitis) or pneumonia.

If a person has been treated and cured of gonorrhea, they can be reinfected if they are exposed to it again. The risk of getting HIV infection (the virus that causes AIDS) increases with gonorrhea. Many patients with gonorrhea also are infected with chlamydia.

Facts for Thursday. Be sure to use protection and get tested if you’re sexually active!

(via hiohmegan)

Hilarious, retro safe sex ads from MTV. “Sex is no accident.”

Check out all three videos and print ads.

Via Jezebel.

Boston College Students for Sexual Health held their second annual Sex Toy Bingo last week - complete with sex toy prizes, sexual health facts, and safer sex resources from Planned Parenthood!

standupforwomen:

This weekend is Daylight Savings Time! In addition to setting back your clocks (yay for gaining an hour!) what else should you be doing? Why checking the expiration dates on your condoms of course. Because there’s nothing worse than reaching for a condom, only to realize it expired five years ago…

(cartoon by Natalie Dee)