So You Think You Have Been Exposed

Sex! Sex!! Sex!!! and Speed!

The man you’ve been fantasizing about since you were a budding baby fag has just walked into the erotic temple of choice: your bedroom, the curtained backroom of a bar’s once-a-week lights out party, that open-all-weekend sex club, the conveniently out of town bathhouse.

This sex god looks like the kind of man you want to give you the ass pounding of your life and, from what you can see, he carries the right tools to make this possibility a reality. As an added bonus, you’ve got the favors and are willing to share. You’ve obviously done your best to lure him in because he saunters right up to you and starts to peel out of his jeans or his briefs or to drop the towel. You can see that he’s ready and you know that you’re more than ready. As you reach for it, the conversation begins:

Man of your Dreams:

“Let’s make this really hot.”

You:

“You need a line?”

Man of your Dreams:

“No, I slam and I only fuck bareback.”

That little light bulb in your head blinks on and you tell yourself: “He must be on PrEP, otherwise he wouldn’t want to fuck me raw.” Or, if you’re negative, “He must be undetectable or negative otherwise he wouldn’t fuck me raw.” Or “Tops don’t get HIV.”

Or “If he pulls out before he cums, it’ll be okay.” Or “With all the risks I’ve taken, I must be immune.
Or, possibly, you’re high enough that the light bulb blinks on and then off again so fast that you don’t have to think about any of this.

And it’s on.

In many areas, there is an option available for folks who might have been exposed to HIV. This exposure could be through unprotected sex or through shared needle use or an accidental needle stick injury. It’s called Post-exposure prophylaxis or PEP and is intended for people who might have been exposed within the past 72 hours. The treatment involves taking HIV meds for about one month in the hope that HIV will clear the body without making someone HIV positive.

The PEP med regimen must be started within the first 72 hours after the possible exposure. If you think that you have been exposed you should seek treatment right away. Either call your doctor or the emergency room at your local hospital. This option can be expensive; it depends on your location and accessibility to PEP. If you are in San Francisco and you think you may have been exposed to HIV, there a few options for you to consider.

Strut in the Castro

470 Castro St., San Francisco Ca. 94114
(415) 581-1600 (sexual health services)
Please call ahead of time to see if the clinic is able to see you that day.
If they are not they can refer you to another place that can get you on PEP.

Walk-In Hours:

Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays from 10 am – 12:30 pm, and 2:30 pm – 5 pm
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10 am – 12:30 pm, and 2:30 pm – 7 pm
Check in at the Magnet Concierge desk on the second floor when you arrive.

City Clinic

356 7th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-487-5500
Clinic walk-in hours for PEP services are:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00am – 4:00pm
Tuesday 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Thursday 1:00pm – 3:00pm
http://sfcityclinic.org/services/

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