Hey everyone !! My name is Jes and I am the newbie here at senseproject.org. Over the next several months, I will be posting about key topics related to all things ’sense-y’ (and sometimes sexy..) including Getting to know your… videos. These videos will showcase existing members here at Head and Hands, to give folks a better idea of what they do here, regarding the Sense Project.

A little bit about me:

I am a full-time university student and part time blogger for my own website,nudabite. Here you will find a variety of topics related to the gay and queer community, including events, hot topics, photos and video interviews and Montreal fashion stuff. Basically, everything that I love through my own perspective

I’m a humanitarian/humanist and animal rights activist. I love to cook vegetarian food (it tastes awesome and is SUPER healthy for you!) and I believe in living a healthy lifestyle over-all, so hitting the gym is also something that I try to do regularly.

I hope you find my future posts instersting, insightful and inspiring

So excited to be part of this team!!!

<3

Here in Montreal! Tomorrow, Monday, March 21st @ 11:30am!

Annie Sprinkle is here in Montreal! And she’s giving FREE sex advice tomorrow from 11:30am to 2:00pm at Galerie La Centrale, 4296 St-Laurent! We’ll be there, too, so come on by and tell your friends, too: http://www.lacentrale.org/en/programmation/sidewalk-sex-clinic

Tomorrow’s sex clinic will be public and free - anyone and everyone is welcome to stop by Galerie La Centrale (google map here) to ask Annie and her friends about anything related to sex and sexuality.

Annie Sprinkle's free sex clinic - looks fun to me!

This is a really fun and rare opportunity to talk (for FREE!) with one of the funniest and most innovative sex educators in the world. As one of the strongest advocates for sex-positive, feminist health & sexuality, Annie Sprinkle is a big-time sex ed hero of ours at Head & Hands (and if you’ve ever come to one of our health clinic nights, you may have even been lucky enough to assume her identity for a short while, thanks to our anonymous waiting room name cards!).

If you’re feeling shy or don’t have time to meet Annie tomorrow, send us your questions through our Formspring account! If we don’t have the answer, it’s pretty likely that Annie does.

See you tomorrow!!

Hey people!

Check this website! Called Bad Ed Sex, it invites people to talk about bad sex advices or bad sex education that they where witness off…!

Here’s some examples of posts that you can read on this website.

Our health teacher, Mr. S, explained to us that girls should not masturbate because it would make them lose any desire/need for boys.

In my Catholic middle school we learned that AIDS was caused by premarital sex and that marriage provided some sort of mystical protection from contracting it.

Head & Hands is hosting its first rapid HIV testing clinic TODAY, World AIDS day, December 1st, 2010 between 5 and 8pm. This free service is available for youth aged 12 to 25.

Rapid testing allows people to get results in approximately 10 minutes. This is in contrast to conventional HIV testing which typically involves approximately a 2 week lag between getting tested and receiving results. Limited spaces available, so try to come early.

À deux mains offrira pour la première fois sa clinique de dépistage rapide du VIH durant la Journée Mondiale du SIDA, le 1er décembre 2010, entre 17h et 20h. Le service sera offert gratuitement pour les jeunes âgés entre 12 et 25 ans.

Le dépistage rapide permet d’obtenir les résultats en approximativement 10 minutes, alors que les tests de dépistage conventionnels impliquent une attente de 2 semaines entre la réalisation du test et la réception des résultats.

And in honour of World AIDS Day, here’s an awesome article about the importance of talking about sexual health, rather than placing blame: I am HIV Positive and I Don’t Blame Anybody- Including Myself.

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Do you like doing crafts or making videos? Do you want to support World AIDS Day and Head & Hands? Do you want to drink hot chocolate and have fun talking about safer sex with other rad crafters?

Then come join us at our Crafternoon on Monday, November 29!

Who: You and your buds!What: Making crafts (buttons, patches, etc) and a short video* to promote safer sex and getting tested for HIV– just in time for World AIDS Day!
When: Monday, November 29 from 4-6pm
Where: Head & Hands (5833 Sherbrooke Street West)
Why: To have fun, to get involved at Head & Hands, and to spread the word about the importance of safer sex and the FREE RAPID HIV TESTING NIGHT** on December 1^st.

Bring friends, bring craft materials, bring creative energy for filming, and bring the fun! (though we will have all of the above on hand, too!)