Promoting healthy sexuality through sex positive education and activism

Events

National Condom Week

This week coincides with Valentines Day and provides students with information on healthy relationships, birth control, and barrier methods of contraception.

Healthy Relationships Program

Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Student Activity Center, Room 3143
7:00–8:00 pm
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Sex Out Loud staff members will be presenting a program on healthy relationships and communication.

Pillow Talk — Condom Use in Pornography

Thursday, February 16, 2012
Student Activity Center, Room 3143
7:00–8:00 pm
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Students are invited to attend a facilitated discussion of condom use in the adult video industry. Topics of discussion includes the new law in Los Angeles mandating condom use in adult films.

Movie Night

Friday, February 17, 2012
Student Activity Center, Room 3143
6:00–8:00 pm

Sex Out Loud will be hosting a screening of the movie Friends With Benefits, followed by a group discussion.

Condoms and Candy

Condoms and Candy poster

This event is held during the month of October around Halloween to remind students to practice safer sex during their fall festivities.


World AIDS Week

To celebrate World AIDS Day in December, Sex Out Loud raises awareness of HIV basics, transmission, stigma, and activism.

The Feminization of HIV/AIDS

Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Student Activity Center, Room 3147
7:00–8:30 pm
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In recognition of World AIDS Day, PAVE will host The Feminization of HIV/AIDS, a workshop that will discuss the intersection of sexual violence and the spread of HIV, the gender gap in HIV/AIDS rates and prevalence and condom use.

Risky Business: Shawnika Hull's Research on HIV Testing

Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Humanities Building, Room 1101
6:00–7:00 pm
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As part of World AIDS Week, Sex Out Loud is teaming up with UW–Madison professor, Shawnika Hull, to host a program on her research with the promotion of HIV testing.

HIV/AIDS: A Global Perspective

Thursday, December 1, 2011
Student Activity Center, Room 3161
8:00–10:00 pm
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HIV is a virus that comes with a variety of implications. Its biological mechanisms result in social problems in addressing its spread, and these social problems result in health disparities throughout the U.S., and especially worldwide. This lecture provides a basic understanding of HIV's biology, followed by three different historical contexts in addressing HIV/AIDS across the world. All of this information comes together to illustrate the importance of getting tested and knowing one's status.

Sexual Health Week

This week in April marks the culmination of celebrating all there is about sexuality. Sex Out Loud invites big name speakers to campus, hosts workshops throughout campus, presents various sexual health topics to the student body, and finishes off with a Sexual Health Fest on Library Mall.