Snap on a condom

In today's age, the social media environment has spawned a wealth of websites and applications (apps) for people seeking intimate relationships e.g. Tinder or dating sites.  

But just like in real life, you can't tell by looking at someone's profile if they have a sexually transmitted infection.  

If you and someone you met online are thinking about getting intimate, take some precautions.  Listen here for some timely advice in this edition's radio skit featuring HIV and gonorrhoea. 

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If you breathe, you might get the cold. If you have sex, you might get chlamydia.

Both of these are natural acts yet only one of these infections can cause shame, humiliation or fear for the individual with the illness. 

For millenia, people with a sexually transmiited infection have been viewed as "dirty" or "bad".  

That stigma is ever-present despite the development of better treatment, access to health services and public education.  Listen here to our message about stigma.

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Condoman Says seeks to raise awareness, increase knowledge and

understanding in the prevention of sexually transmissible infections (STIs) and blood borne viruses (BBV) amongst First Nations people in Queensland and is funded by the Australian Government Department of Health.