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Sexual Health and Pleasure

Despite the key role of sex in women’s well-being, sexual and reproductive health are too often disconnected from HIV. The Well Project's materials and programs affirm the importance of pleasure, sex positivity, and reproductive justice for women living with HIV across the gender spectrum.

SHE/HER/THEY

SHE/HER/THEY (Sexual Health Education/HIV Empowerment Resources/Treating HIV Equally) is a multifaceted educational outreach initiative focused on improving engagement in care, health outcomes, and well-being for women living with and vulnerable to HIV while promoting a culture of wellness, through a holistic and non-stigmatizing lens.

Crowd at 2023 Biomedical HIV Prevention Summit and screen that reads "Sex is Natural, Sex is Fun".

Centering Sex, Pleasure, and Women: Recaps from the 2023 Biomedical HIV Prevention Summit

The agenda for the 2023 Biomedical HIV Prevention Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada, in April promised a gathering that would "focus on consensual sex in all of its iterations." The Well Project community advisory board chair Marissa Gonzalez was in attendance at the summit; as you will learn from her session summaries, the event did not disappoint!

Let's Talk About Sex: Facilitating Engagement About Sex and Pleasure Between Providers and Women Living with HIV

This conference poster asserted the need to acknowledge and address the full lives of women living with HIV and positively position sex in non-judgmental, proactive discussions with providers.

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Older Women, Sex, and HIV

Learn about the ways older women are overlooked despite being vulnerable to acquiring HIV, how knowledge is power, and the importance of getting tested.

Sexy underwear hanging on a line with clothespins.

Getting Your Sexy On!!

Does HIV make it hard for you to feel sexy or be intimate? Get some tips about how to boost your sex-esteem and put the pleasure back in sex!

Several colorful condoms visible through clear packaging.

Safer Sex

Get basic information on what safer sex is and is not, how to practice different forms of safer sex, and tips on thinking things through ahead of time.

Illustration of silhouette of woman with colorful hair, shapes, leaves and butterflies around her.

Gynecologic Care and HIV: What to Expect and Preparing for Appointments

Learn about GYN care, what to expect with breast and pelvic exams, questions to ask your provider, and more.

Members of The Well Project community at USCHA 2022.

The Well Project at the US Conference on HIV/AIDS 2022

Members of The Well Project's community presented sessions, shared resources at our exhibit booth, and had a long-overdue chance to spend time together at the first in-person USCHA gathering since 2019.

Exploring Advocacy, Pleasure, and Past Trauma: Recaps from USCHA 2022

USCHA 2022 convened in San Juan, Puerto Rico, October 8 – 11, 2022. Members of The Well Project's community wrote recap articles sharing their unique perspectives on conference sessions and events of interest to our communities.

Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights, Justice, Pleasure, and HIV

Many complex factors affect women's health beyond HIV. Learn about reproductive justice, the role of pleasure, and other related ways of thinking about people's sexual and reproductive lives.

Collage of images from Let's Talk About Sex 2022 conference.

The Well Project at the National Reproductive Justice Conference: Let's Talk About Sex! 2022

Members of The Well Project's team were honored to join our partner organizations SisterSong and Dallas-based The Afiya Center, cohosts of Let's Talk About Sex! The National Reproductive Justice Conference in Dallas, Texas, August 25 – 28, 2022.

Close up of woman from bottom of nose to top of chest, her tongue licking her upper lip.

Oral Sex and HIV: Facts, Pleasure, and Health

Oral sex can be safe and fun! Get basic facts about the chances of getting HIV from oral sex, and tips for safer oral sex.

Fall WRI Virtual 2021 - Research at the Intersection of HIV and Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health

The Women's Research Initiative on HIV/AIDS (WRI), a program of The Well Project, convened Fall WRI Virtual 2021: Research at the Intersection of HIV and Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health: Best Practices, Gaps, and Barriers on October 7-8, 2021. The meeting sought to comprehensively examine the intersection of HIV and women's sexual and reproductive health, a relatively underexplored area of HIV research.