Brad Bare: Gay Sex Uncovered.
Brad Bare: Gay Sex Uncovered.
My name is Brad Berrigan and I created Brad Bare as a place to share my interest in barebacking with you. Here you will find daily updates about bareback topics including health, interviews, models, news, porn, reviews and sex. I hope you enjoy your visit. Please come back soon.
If you’ve ever asked someone what they think about the people who produce bareback porn, often the word irresponsible will come up. This is because many people consider bareback porn producers to be reckless and selfish, where the health of those involved is not taken into consideration. I have operated bareback blogs since 2008 and a bareback sex resource since 2004, so I have personally experienced the reactions that some people have about bareback sex and bareback porn.
Many of you may be aware of HIV Vaccine Awareness Day on May 18, National HIV Testing Day on June 27 and World AIDS Day on December 1, but did you know that National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is on September 27? We have our very own day to highlight awareness of HIV/AIDS and while some of us may not like to think about HIV or AIDS, it’s a fact that men who have sex with men are the most at risk in the community of contracting the virus without a current cure.
Think about bareback porn for a moment and some of the following thoughts may come to mind: hot, risky, awesome, dangerous, natural, disease, erotic. Depending on your stance regarding bareback porn, the things that come to your mind may be quite different to what comes to another persons mind. One thought which likely comes to anyone’s mind is the element of risk that can be associated with barebacking. It’s a real shame that disease can also be connected with something so natural, but it’s definitely relevant, whether we like to think about it or not.
This blog is probably the last place you would have expected to see an article about condoms, but there are some situations where you might decide to use a condom and this article has been designed for these situations. This will probably be the first and last time a condom article will appear here, but there are some useful points here which barebackers may be interested in reading about when it comes to condoms. If you completely avoid using condoms in your life, there probably won’t be anything of interest in this article, but you are welcome to keep reading.
Crystal Meth is known to contribute to unprotected sex between men who have sex with men, but these men may not actually be barebackers who choose to have bareback sex. Crystal Meth has the ability to impair judgment, which can lead to people doing things they wouldn’t normally do if they were not under the influence of this highly addictive drug. There is a difference between those who choose to have bareback sex and those who subject themselves to unprotected sex.
If you have had unprotected sex with another guy and you later discover that you have a sexually transmitted infection, it’s important that you notify anyone you may have had unprotected sex with as soon as possible to help limit the spread of sexually transmitted infections to others. There are online services which are designed specifically for this purpose to help make this process easier.
National HIV Testing Day is a partnership between the National Association of People With AIDS (NAPWA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The purpose of National HIV Testing Day on June 27 is to increase awareness about the importance of HIV testing and to get as many people as possible tested for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Regular HIV testing is important and this day reminds us of the need to get tested for the virus which is known to lead to Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Even though June 27 is the designated National HIV Testing Day for people in the United States, those living in other parts of the world can participate in this campaign and get tested for HIV in their own part of the world too.
Testing yourself for HIV regularly is an important step towards helping you stay on top of your health status and provides you with information to be as honest as possible with potential barebacking partners. It’s important to remember that testing yourself regularly does not guarantee that you will remain HIV negative, but regular testing plays an important role for barebackers to help reduce the spread of HIV within our community. You can choose to test yourself at a sexual health clinic or doctor and you can also test yourself for HIV in the comfort of your own home using a home test kit. If you want to learn more about Human Immunodeficiency Virus and HIV tests, Wikipedia is a useful online resource you might like to check out.
Most barebackers try to be as honest as possible when it comes to disclosing their HIV status, but this is not always the case. Some men may not know that they are HIV positive and some who do might not openly disclose their HIV positive status. Others may not admit their HIV status if they fear it might reduce the likelihood of them having bareback sex or they may be uncomfortable raising the subject. There are some HIV positive men who are considered gift givers who enjoy the thrill of barebacking with HIV negative men who are unaware of their HIV positive status. This article is not about bug chasing or gift giving, it’s about men who are trying to be as honest as possible about disclosing their HIV status.
The issue of barebacking, whether it be bareback sex or bareback porn can be controversial because of the health implications which can be associated with unprotected anal sex. Before the term “bareback” was coined, unprotected sex was simply sex and the use of condoms before the AIDS era was believed to be limited among homosexual men, because condoms were mainly used by heterosexuals for birth control purposes. Condoms were previously used and are still promoted today for use as a birth control device and to assist with reducing the spread of sexually transmitted infections. Because men engaging in anal sex do not need to worry about the possibility of pregnancy, the main reason men having anal sex would consider using condoms would be to help reduce the spread of sexually transmitted infections.
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