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Flavored condoms and oral sex It is safe to use flavoured condoms for oral sex. The flavors and colors added to these condoms are the same additives that are used in food products and are safe to swallow. Flavored condoms and penetrative...
Vaginal douching For people who were born with a vagina (natal vagina), your vagina is a self-cleaning organ. Douching flushes out the healthy bacteria, changing the pH of the vagina. This can then make it easier for infections to...
Some people enjoy oral sex, while other people do not. Some prefer to give or receive oral sex, but not the other way around. It is helpful to talk with your partner or partners to share what you like and find out what they like....
There may be many reasons why you might want to find other ways of being sexual. You may want to have sex that has a lower chance of STIs. You may want to wait until you know someone better. You might be waiting for your STI test...
When there is dryness, there is more chance that tender anal or vaginal/internal genital skin will tear, or a condom will break. Not only is it painful to have small tears, it is also easier to get or pass an STI if the skin is broken....
Sexual desire and pleasure spans a lifetime; it is not uncommon for people to masturbate from their teens into late adulthood. Your sexual desires may also change over time, and masturbation is a great way to explore different kinds of...
Preventing STIs An STI is caused when a bacteria, virus, or parasite is passed from one person to another during sexual contact. Some kinds of sex have a lower chance of passing STIs. For example, the chance of passing an STI is much less...
A new condom should be used every time you have intercourse, as well as with each new partner, and when switching from anal to oral or vaginal penetration. The condom should be put on before the penis/external genitals touch the partner's...
Know your limits: It helps to know how alcohol and drugs affect you so you can plan ahead of time how much you will drink. If you do drugs, plan what drugs you will do, how much and how often. Plan for sex: Even if you don’t think you will...
Molluscum can be treated and often goes away on its own. It is a common infection in British Columbia. Causes Molluscum can be passed through vaginal, oral, and anal sexual contact. This includes both penetrative sex and sexual...
For some people, the idea of coming out can be scary. They may fear negative reactions or rejection from friends and family. Societal attitudes and discrimination can make coming out harder.For others, coming out is a very positive...
The term BDSM stands for ‘bondage’, ‘discipline’, ‘domination,’ ‘submission,’ ‘sadism’ and ‘masochism’. It is a broad term that includes many ways for people to use dominance and submission, bondage, pain and other activities for erotic...
Hepatitis B is preventable with vaccination. It’s a good idea to check your immunization records to make sure that your vaccines are up-to-date, as there is no cure for hepatitis B. Most adults get hepatitis B for a short time and then get...
The goal of HIV treatment is to reach an “undetectable” viral load. This means that HIV is suppressed to such a low level that the viral load test is not able to detect any virus in the blood. “Undetectable” does not mean that there is no...
Managing pubic hair Trimming, shaping or removing pubic hair is a personal preference. Some people prefer to let their pubic hair grow naturally, while other people like to trim or remove their pubic hair entirely. People trim their...
In most cases, PEP stops HIV from establishing itself in the body and will prevent you from becoming HIV positive. To be effective, the treatment needs to be started as soon as possible in the first 72 hours after exposure. The treatment...
Causes It is not clear what causes the imbalance of bacteria, but there are some things make you more likely to get it. The chances of having BV are higher if you: have sex with new or multiple sexual partners have another sexually...
Causes NGU is often caused by a bacterial infection (like chlamydia), but it can also be caused by a virus or protozoa. Bacterial infections can be treated and cured with antibiotics. To find out if you have NGU, you need to be examined by...
Causes Shigellosis is passed through contact with infected stool. It can be sexually transmitted by: oral-anal contact (rimming) getting stool on your fingers and then touching your mouth putting objects that have stool on them into...
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