AHF Billboard: Have Sex at Burning Man? Get Tested.
2024年8月20日 - 4:40AM
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New outdoor ad reminds Burners leaving Black
Rock City that unprotected sex can leave a trace; Free STD testing
locations easy to find
While Burning Man bills itself the “largest Leave No Trace (LNT)
event in the world,” AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the world’s
largest HIV/AIDS healthcare organization, has a new billboard
posted on the road home from Black Rock City reminding Burners that
having unprotected sex can leave a trace and getting tested for
sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) with AHF is easy,
nonjudgmental, and free.
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AHF Billboard en route to Reno from
Burning Man promotes free STD testing. (Photo: Business Wire)
The billboard located on I-80 is up as of August 19, 2024 and
will remain up until September 8, 2024. It faces westbound traffic
on I-80 so Burners leaving Black Rock City, potentially on their
way to Reno to fuel up or fly home, will see it.
“Everyone going to Burning Man wants to have fun, and no one
wants to leave the playa with more than great memories,” said
Michael Weinstein, AHF president and cofounder. “We want
everyone to use condoms and practice safer sex, but it still is a
good idea to hook up with a free, convenient, and nonjudgmental AHF
STD testing site across the country.”
In addition to HIV/AIDS testing and treatment, AHF provides free
STD testing and treatment at 39 Wellness Centers in 14 states
nationwide, plus Washington, DC. Two of those Wellness Centers are
in Nevada and five are in California.
In Nevada, HIV and STD rates increase every year. Gonorrhea
rates have increased 45.3% and syphilis rates have increased 50.7%
in the last five years of available data. STDs also are on the rise
nationwide. According to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), “more than 2.5 million cases of syphilis,
gonorrhea, and chlamydia were reported in the United States” in
2022.
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the world’s largest
HIV/AIDS healthcare organization, provides cutting-edge medicine
and advocacy to more than 1.9 million individuals across 45
countries, including the U.S. and in Africa, Latin
America/Caribbean, the Asia/Pacific Region, and Eastern Europe. To
learn more about AHF, visit us online at AIDShealth.org, find us on
Facebook, follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok.
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Jacki Schechner, VP Media Relations Jacki.Schechner@ahf.org
310-633-0547 (cell)