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WATCH: “Protect Your Love” Delivers Safe-Sex Message To South-Asian Community

While the message of safer sex should be global, how that message is transmitted varies from culture to culture. This PSA from Canada’s Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention (ASAAP) makes a salient point: If you wouldn’t let you partner fall into traffic or touch a hot stove, why would you let him be exposed to HIV or other STIs?

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By: Dan Avery
On: Jun 16, 2012
Tagged: ASAAP, Canada, Safe Sex, South Asia, watch

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No. 1 · darkorient
Well done. Good production, good message.

Jun 16, 2012 at 12:09 pm · @Reply ·
No. 2 · yaoming
hot bods

Jun 16, 2012 at 3:23 pm · @Reply ·
No. 3 · Imran Patel
Love, love, love! I hope more people can share this so we get to see queer faces that aren’t always White!

Jun 16, 2012 at 5:20 pm · @Reply ·
No. 4 · villa viper
This is EXACTLY what I am talking about!!
Showing Cultural Pride and NOT reinforcing White Supremacy.

Jun 16, 2012 at 6:14 pm · @Reply ·
No. 5 · Kevin
Am I the only one who’s sick to death of the “play” euphemism? It’s immature, silly, and disheartening. I’m all for sex being fun, but it’s a bit more than a game of pinochle and it’s time we accepted it as such. Heck, have tons of random sex if you want, I’m not gonna judge, but at least be honest with yourself about it.

Jun 16, 2012 at 7:19 pm · @Reply ·
No. 6 · hudson
brilliant.

Jun 16, 2012 at 8:00 pm · @Reply ·
No. 7 · Dave
I agree Kevin it’s stupid how many gay men call sex “Play”.

Jun 16, 2012 at 11:45 pm · @Reply ·
No. 8 · Matt
Yaoming-Who cares?

Jun 16, 2012 at 11:46 pm · @Reply ·
No. 9 · david kobosa
Gorgeous. Sensitive. Sincere.

Jun 17, 2012 at 2:15 am · @Reply ·
No. 10 · Vikram
Somewhere between yaoming’s “hot bods” comment and Kevin’s arbitrary rant about the use of one word, I seriously question if people even got the PSA.

Great film. Great message! Just in time for Pride.

Jun 17, 2012 at 3:21 am · @Reply ·
No. 11 · Harry
The point this video proves is outstanding. All sexually active individuals should watch this video, regardless of sexual orientation.

Jun 17, 2012 at 3:14 pm · @Reply ·
No. 12 · Dwayne
Love it! Congrats to ASAP for making such a amazing video

Jun 17, 2012 at 4:04 pm · @Reply ·
No. 13 · Jay P
I love that he’s making chai at the beginning. Totes desi.

Jun 17, 2012 at 6:39 pm · @Reply ·
No. 14 · Kevin
@Vikram: What’s not to “get” about this PSA? The message seems pretty straightforward: protect yourself and your partner(s) by using comdoms. With the exception of the fact that all the actors are South Asian, I fail to see how this is notably different from other PSAs. Not that that’s a bad thing — repetition is necessary in this kind of medium — but it’s hardly groundbreaking.

Jun 17, 2012 at 10:04 pm · @Reply ·
No. 15 · Kevin
@Kevin: Ugh, “condoms.” I swear I’m not an idiot :)

Jun 17, 2012 at 10:05 pm · @Reply ·
No. 16 · Gaysi
ATTENTION SOUTH ASIANS IN NYC:

Check out: http://salganyc.org/.

Thanks!

Jun 18, 2012 at 12:11 am · @Reply ·