🌈 Pride with Purpose: Embrace Your Sexual Health This Pride Month
- Jose Iorio
- Jun 24
- 2 min read
Pride is more than parades and rainbows—it's about living our truth out loud. It’s about freedom, joy, identity, and unapologetic self-love. And that includes taking charge of your sexual health.
At STAR Health Center and GetMeOnPrEP.com, we’re here to remind our LGBTQAI+ family, allies, and Brooklyn community that sexual wellness is self-love—and it’s something to be proud of, every day of the year.
So while you’re showing up and showing out this Pride Month, here are 5 powerful ways to celebrate while protecting your health:
✅ 1. Get on PrEP—Your Prevention Power Pill or Injection
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a daily pill or bi-monthly injection that prevents HIV before exposure. It’s safe, effective, and empowering.
💊 Daily pill (Truvada or Descovy)💉 Injectable PrEP (Apretude) – every 2 months✨ BONUS: No insurance? No problem. We’ve got you covered.
🧠 2. Know Your Status—Get Tested
Knowledge = power. Regular testing for HIV and STIs is a bold, loving act. It protects you and your partners. Many clinics offer fast, free, and confidential testing.
📍 Visit us at STAR Health Center, Brooklyn🔗 GetMeOnPrEP.com
🛡️ 3. Add DoxyPEP to Your Toolkit
DoxyPEP is a new way to help prevent certain STIs like syphilis and chlamydia. It’s taken after sex, like a morning-after pill—but for bacterial STIs.
Ask your provider if it’s right for you. (And yes, we provide it too.)
🧡 4. Talk About It—Normalize the Conversation
Start the convo with your crew, your boo, or your barber. Make PrEP, DoxyPEP, condoms, and testing part of everyday talk. Education is liberation.
Not sure what to say? Start with: “Have you heard of PrEP?” 😏
🧼 5. Protect Every Layer of Your Health
Sexual health is about the whole you. Protect your peace, your pleasure, and your pride.
Carry condoms & lube
Create boundaries that feel right
Celebrate consent & communication
Honor your body at every stage
🌟 Our Message This Pride:
You are worthy of joy, pleasure, safety, and care.Celebrate who you are by protecting your health.
🚶♂️ Walk-in or 📲 Call/Text 347-909-1680📍 STAR Health Center – 470 Clarkson Ave, Suite J, Brooklyn, NY🌐 www.GetMeOnPrEP.com
Pride means showing up—for yourself, for your community, and for your future.This June (and always), let’s lead with love, live without shame, and protect what matters most.
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