Seattle Gay Scene has learned of a new community based safe-sex campaign that will make its Seattle debut tomorrow night, Saturday, March 27th at The Cuff during festivities for the 2010 Washington State Mr/Ms Leather Contest and the 17th Anniversary Party for The Cuff. The new group and website, SEAfukit is a fully authorized offshoot of an original program developed in Washington DC called DCFukit.
WARNING: BOTH SEAFUKITS AND DCFUKIT ARE NSFW SITES AND YOU MUST BE OVER 18 YEARS OF AGE TO VIEW MATERIAL ON THE SITES. DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINKS IF YOU ARE NOT COMFORTABLE OR AUTHORIZED TO VIEW ADULT CONTENT!!!!
(I hope I made myself clear…and, You Have Been Warned!).
And, what exactly is “SEAfukits“?
About us: SEAfukits.org is a grass roots all volunteer community based prevention program developed by men who have sex with men specifically for our community. Our mission is to stop the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in our community by teaching the facts about sexually transmitted infections and by providing free condom/lube kits to the community as tools to help reduce the spread of these infections. Enjoy your sexuality responsibly; choose condoms and other safer sex practices, or monogamy, or abstinence. Love your partners, Love your community. Stop HIV/AIDS and other Sexually Transmitted Infections, Get tested regularly.
And, SEAfukits wants to present safe sex information in a frank and open manner…no vague ads with sweater-clad wholesome gays urging you to “play safe” or sweet mother’s wagging fingers at our “naughty” behaviour; Seafuckits’ website will feature graphic videos and photoes about safe sex practices including demonstrations on HOW to put on a condom. It is not meant to titillate but to educate and to frankly admit that safe sex is ultimately about people having SEX.
And, to kick off the project, a number of SEAfukits’ volunteers including adult film star and Seattle native Tony Buff will be distributing Seafukits kits at The Cuff tomorrow night during the Leather Pride and Anniversary events. If you’re going to be at The Cuff that night check it out, and, (when you are at home) check out the new website and keep a look out for future news on upcoming events and programs coming from SEAfukits here at SGS or at the SEAfukits site or other media outlets in the Puget Sound area. They have some interesting ideas and plans for future events, promotions and video presentations in the works…it should be interesting.
Full Disclosure: A thousand kits were stuffed last Sunday, March 21st and I was there to help out (I love stuffing condoms and lube…)and take some pictures of the volunteers at work. I’m taking an interest in this group because I think it’s important.
Transmission rates of HIV are going up and there’s a strong sense that many gay men are abandoning safe sex practices with the advent of the many new treatments for HIV and AIDS. Sadly, new treatments aren’t a cure and men (and women) are still dying of HIV/AIDS. I think a guerrilla campaign like SEAfukits, which hopes to echo some of the activism of early AIDS groups like Act-Up is timely and important. And emphasizing the SEXUAL aspects of safe sex only seems logical. How else do you reach out to the millions of sexually active non-monogamous gay, bi and queer men in this country? Presenting safe sex information in a way that is accessible; entertaining, sexy, humorous, touching, inspired, and EROTIC, has a far greater chance of success than the old school methods which are largely ignored by both older men and the millions of younger queer men born AFTER the initial wave of the AIDS crisis in the 1980′s and early 90′s.
To quote a ringleader of the new group who chose to paraphrase a certain pop superstar, it’s time to start “bringing safety back” and “what’s wrong with making safe sex, SEXY?”
