Safer SM: Practical guidelines and advice on AIDS prevention within SM play
SM, AIDS, Risk reduction
"We developed this pamphlet with the help of experts in the field of education, as well as people experienced in safe, sane, and consensual BDSM." Includes information on HIV transmission, SM risk reduction, SM etiquette, lubricants, cleaning toys, watersports, rimming, fisting, piercing, shaving, whipping, drugs and alcohol, electricity, douching and enemas, your rectum, and your vagina.
AIDS Action Committee of Toronto, Safer SM Education Project
<a href="https://sexualminoritiesarchives.wordpress.com/">Sexual Minorities Archives</a>
1996
Chris Barcelos
AIDS Action Committee of Toronto
Print pamphlet
English
AIDS-Safe S/M: AIDS Prevention for Gay Men into S/M
SM, HIV/AIDS, Gay men, Safer sex
"Gay men who enjoy S/M have always relied to a high degree on their imagination, mutual trust, and an awareness of limits and possible dangers. In the face of the AIDS epidemic even more ingenuity and risk-assessment are called for if S/M sex is to be AIDS-safe and exciting."
Includes general information about AIDS transmission and suggests risk reduction techniques for bondage, toys/equipment, whipping, ass scenes, enemas, fisting, lubricants, piercing, shaving, and abrasion scenes, watersports and scat.
AIDS Action Committee and DREIZEHN: The Boston Gay S/M Fraternity, Boston, MA
<a href="https://sexualminoritiesarchives.wordpress.com/">Sexual Minorities Archives </a>
1987
Chris Barcelos
AIDS Action Committee
Print pamphlet
English
Can We Talk?
AIDS, Safer sex, Risk reduction
Tri-fold pamphlet produced by the Harvey Milk Lesbian & Gay Democratic Club and distributed by the AIDS Project Hartford. "AIDS, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, is a serious crisis affecting everyone, but especially gay men. We wrote this brochure to inform men of unsafe, possibly safe, and safe sexual practices. And just as importantly, we want this brochure to help all of us gain the strength to make the necessary changes in our sexual lives--changes that will help us experiences sexuality which is sensuous, satisfying <em>and</em> safe. These risk reduction suggestions are based on guidelines developed by gay-identified health professionals....Remember guys, we're all in this together."
Harvey Milk Lesbian & Gay Democratic Club
<a href="https://sexualminoritiesarchives.wordpress.com/">Sexual Minorities Archives</a>
1985
Chris Barcelos
Harvey Milk Lesbian & Gay Democratic Club
Pamphlet
English
Revolution Begins Here: A Revolutionary Sexual Health Zine for Youth
Youth, Safer Sex, Revolution
This zine is intended to provide accurate information and resources to young people that are sexually active or just thinking about it.
Cascade AIDS Project, Beth Myrick
http://archive.qzap.org/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/306
2006
Chris Barcelos
Cascade AIDS Project
Zine
English
What's Right for You: Safer and Healthier Sex
Gay Men, STIs, Safer Sex
"The epidemic isn’t over, but today we know a lot more about it. Although HIV/AIDS is preventable and manageable, staying negative is not automatic. HIV still affects gay men more than any other group, and gay men are still more likely than anyone else to get infected with HIV. Safer sex can be complicated, and that means different things to different people. We hope this booklet will help you make the decisions that are right for you."
Gay Men's Health Crisis
http://www.gmhc.org/files/l_whatsrightforyou.pdf
c. 2016
PDF Pamphlet
English
Safer Sex
Safer Sex, HIV, STIs
"This brochure will teach you how to reduce your risk of getting HIV and other STIs. Many people already have safer sex to protect themselves and their partners from unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Safer sex is about what you do, not who you are. HIV is spread through blood, semen (cum), vaginal fluids and breast milk. Some STIs, like herpes, can spread through skin-to-skin contact, including areas not covered by a condom."
Whitman-Walker Health
https://www.whitman-walker.org/new-safer-sex-guide-released/
2011
Anya Katz
PDF Pamphlet
English
Making It: A Woman's Guide to Sex in the Age of AIDS
HIV/AIDS, Sex, Sex and Drugs, Lesbians and Bisexuals
"This publication is designed to present facts and help promote an understanding of how coping with AIDS is different for each woman--heterosexual, bisexual, lesbian, rich, poor...It has suggestions on how to make the changes necessary for our survival. Because we are each different, not everything will work for everyone. Learning to be creative, to plan in advance, to stand firm on safer sex and drug-use decisions, and to seek support from others, are at the heart of these changes."
Cindy Patton and Janis Kelly; Illustrated by Alison Bechdel
Oberlin College Library
1987
Anya Katz
Firebrand Books
Print
English
Safer Sex Handbook for Lesbians
Safer Sex, Lesbians
"As sexually active women we need to consider our personal responsibilities, concerning safer sex. Silence and misinformation about women-to-women transmission of HIV has created confusion, anger, and fear among us. The reality is that we can and do transmit HIV and other STDs--such as chlamydia, yeast infections, herpes, trichomoniasis, to each other. Despite the lack of research and information there are documented cases of women-to-women transmission of HIV and STDs in our communities."
Cynthia Madansky and Julie Tolentino Wood; Photography by Lisa Ross
Mount Holyoke College Peer Health Educators Archives
1993
Anya Katz
Lesbian AIDS Project- Gay Men's Health Crisis
PDF Scan
English
How to Have Sex in an Epidemic: One Approach
HIV/AIDS, Safer Sex, Sex Practices
"The question on every sexually active gay man's mind these days is: "How can I avoid AIDS?' Since no one knows for sure how gay men are developing AIDS, you may wonder how rational guidelines to prevent the disease can be formulated. Obviously, we believe that such guidelines can be formulated, but it is important to bearm mind that the guidelines offered in this pamphlet are based on the particular theory regarding the cause of AIDS to which we subscribe. This means that we will have to briefly discuss the different theories about how AIDS develops in gay men."
Michael Callen, Richard Berkowitz, and Joseph Sonnabend, MD
https://richardberkowitz.com/category/4-how-to-have-sex-in-an-epidemic/
1983
Anya Katz
News From The Front Publications
PDF Pamphlet
English
Play Fair!
STIs, Safer Sex, Self Care
"Several Months Ago, Mother Superior noticed a lot of sniffing, coughing, grimacing, twitching, scratching, and farting around the convent. Several of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence were complaining about itchy pussies, burning buttholes, sore balls, swollen glands, discharges, scratchy throats, rashes, cramps, lumps, and tingling between their legs. Besides hiring a resident Roto-Rooter specialist and replacing the hinges on the bathroom doors weekly, the convent’s consumption of toilet paper, aspirin, Band-Aids, and air freshener grew so much that Mother Superior was forced to ask the Pope for a larger slush fund
just to keep the order afloat. Embarrassed by such outrageous expenses and alarmed by the illness—
and in some cases the downright collapse—of the Sisters, Mother Superior made it her business to get to the bottom of this unhappy situation on the very morning she found a crab walking up her leg. What she discovered might gross you out, but these findings may prove useful in preventing or eliminating similar situations in your life. It seems that the Sisters were suffering from numerous Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Gonorrhea, syphilis, herpes, scabies, intestinal parasites, hepatitis, warts, and HIV (not to mention the deadly guilt) are all rising at an alarming rate in our world. WE give these diseases to ourselves. WE can do something to stop this. Self-Care is the purpose behind this pamphlet. Please read it and share it with your friends. If everyone makes an effort towards Self-Care, we will all be better off. Not to mention we can have a much better time."
Recreation SanFrancisco Mother House; Seattle Abbey of St. Joan (revised)
http://opi-perth.weebly.com/uploads/5/6/7/4/5674131/playfair_english.pdf
1999; 2002 (revised)
Anya Katz
PDF Pamphlet
English