Sex lies and videotape
Here’s something for your amusement. It’s a British take on the coming-out process. There are five clips combined; the fourth one in particular is priceless.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fEdyBdx_Ls
I should own up to the fact that this video is here mostly for its entertainment value - it strikes me as very, very funny. It has only a rather remote connection to HIV stigma, although it’s there if you look for it. (It’s about turning homophobia upside-down - and homophobia is often a contributing factor to HIV stigma, right?) Anyway, what’s more to the point is that it’s an attention-grabber, something that in the world of blogging is deemed a very, very good thing. It lures people in, one of the challenges that HIV-related blogs invariably face. Which is why we’ve been discussing here - see my last post - techniques that make blogs that address ***shudder*** HIV issues more attractive to gay men in general and neg guys in particular.
Here’s one tried and true way to catch the eye of the average gay guy. Liberal use of pics like this . . .
Yet another way to attract readership is the judicious use of tags and keywords - we’re talking filthy, raunchy pig sex talk here. Just ask Nico.
Turning to more - ermmm - serious matters, and on the eve of the Gay Men’s Sexual Health Summit in Toronto, I wanted to say a few thank you’s. In particular, I want to acknowledge some of our fine allies who’ve included promoting this campaign in their outreach work. I hope to hell I’m not missing any, but here’s a list of those who I know have gone the extra mile.
AIDS Committee of Cambridge, Kitchener & Waterloo (ACCKWA)
Africans in Partnership Against AIDS
AIDS Committee of Durham
AIDS Committee of London
AIDS Committee of North Bay & Area
AIDS Committee of Ottawa
AIDS Committee of Simcoe County
AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT)
AIDS Committee of York Region
AIDS Niagara
AIDS Thunder Bay
Access AIDS Network
Africans in Partnership Against AIDS
Asian Community AIDS Services
Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention
Centre Francophone de Toronto
HIV/AIDS Regional Services (Kingston)
Ottawa Public Health Department
Peel HIV/AIDS Network
Peterborough AIDS Resource Network (PARN)
Prisoners HIV/AIDS Support Action Network (PASAN)
Honestly, this has been a great group effort. Thanks guys and gals.
And for those attending the summit, I’ll be there on a panel talking about this very campaign. Say a polite hello - or talk filthy raunchy pig sex talk. Your choice.
Tags: blogging, blogs, filthy raunchy pig sex, sex, stigma
juin 21, 2010 09:07
Bezplatne filmy erotyczne…
Resources like the one you mentioned here will be very useful to me! I will post a link to this page on my blog. I am sure my visitors will find that very useful….
février 20, 2009 22:18
Thanks Elliott. I have an English background, so that video doubly appealled to me. Glad you liked it too.
I’ve just got back from the Toronto and the Gay Men’s Sexual Health Summit. Our presentation on the stigma campaign went quite well, although proving to me that I can not talk and operate a PC at the same time, yet alone walk and chew gum. Still, I think the response from the audience was very good. (They like us, they really, really like us.) Anyway, I had several chats with Nico - nice guy - and asked him to say hi to you from me. One day we shall meet, I’m sure.
This site will likely only have one or two post more from me, before we suspend blogging and move in to the evaluation phase. If you would like to keep in touch, you have my email, or you can contact me through my “other” blog, http://ruralrob.livejournal.com/ which occasionally has HIV-related stuff in it but is more of a personal diary. Brian has his own blog too, and welcomes visitors at http://acidrefluxweb.com/ . That one has lots of HIV content too.
Anyway, a couple of more posts. Hang in there!
février 19, 2009 17:42
Oh Bob, the video was great, not to mention the pic (filthy raunchy pig sex indeed)! I know Toronto must be exciting, I am looking forward to hearing about it. Keep well.