Planned Parenthood Now Offering PrEP in West Hollywood, More Locations to Come

[dlwickham]

http://accidentalbear.com/planned-parenthood-now-offering-prep-in-west-hollywood-more-locations-to-come/


The Planned Parenthood location that recently opened in West Hollywood Los Angeles is offering HIV-preventative drugs including Truvada. I will keep a close eye on any new stories that arise.

“We will be providing these services at our sites over time,” said Sue Dunlap, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood L.A. “We’re going to start with PrEP and PEP here in West Hollywood, because we know it’s the place where there is the most need.”

KPCC reports PP will offer Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) drug Truvada, a once daily pill that reduces the risk of contracting HIV to near zero when used with condoms, as well as a cocktail of anti-retroviral drugs used for Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) within three days of being exposed to the virus.

[shenmue]

1. Yes!

[Betty Karlson]

2. That is so right it is touching.

And one more reason for LGBT to stand with women in the fight against GOP hatred and its obsession with other people's lives.

[closeupready]

3. I watched a VICE segment on HBO this weekend about current events

going on with regard to HIV research - the history of the pandemic, how things stand today globally, prevention, vaccines, and a possible cure, etc.

Towards the end of the report, there was coverage about PrEP, including Castro footage of young men in t-shirts, "PrEP Whore" or something like that. What does that mean?

I guess in my mind, if the means exists to lower a sexually active person's risk of acquiring a sexually transmitted infection, then what is controversial about deploying that means? ??

I don't live in San Francisco, and haven't been there for over 20 years, but are gay people there stigmatized by other gay men for being sexually active?

If that is so, then I have to say, San Francisco really is passé now. Makes me sad - every country needs place like SF. Or the SF of an earlier time.

[nightscanner59]

4. I don't "get" that either.

But think it may fall into the category of advertising "availability" or, sort of just a rude natured way of saying "get prepared, I am" that I'm seeing on gay dating sites lately.
I lost 5 great friends and my lover to AIDS in the late 80's before better treatments and now, pill form prophylaxis was available. None of them could tolerate the AZT treatments available at the time.
They're gone. But there's still no pill to repair the canyon size hole that ripped in my heart.

[closeupready]

5. Yes, I know what you mean.

Did you watch it, also? There is a segment where they interview an older guy who'd been involved with a beautiful man who died of AIDS, though the guy they were talking - while HIV+ - was one of those rare AIDS-resistant folks who do not seem to experience any concurrent decline in their health. While watching him talk and cry, it was so sad, that I also cried, thinking selfishly of my own friends who've passed away. Sigh.