The Gay Man's Guide To Safer Sex

Audience:  Gay Men

Year: 1992
Running Time: 45 minutes

Speech Rate: 189 words/min

Large Words
Average: 1.2
Minimum/Maximum: 0/6

Purchase Price (VHS): $39.95
Rental Price: $50

Distributor:
Greenwood/Cooper Homevideo
7033 Sunset Blvd.
Suite 204
Los Angeles, CA 90028
(213) 993-0463 / (800) 959-9843 or FAX (213) 993-0465

 

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This sexually explicit video is a comprehensive guide to safer sex for gay and bisexual men. Its emphasis is on eroticizing safer sex. Narrated by a White young adult gay male host–with additional information provided by a medical expert–the video's sexually explicit dramatizations cover topics of substance use, discussing HIV serostatus with partners, condom negotiation, and proper condom usage. The video addresses the sense of invulnerability to HIV that many young gay men feel, and attempts to counter this misconception. Fantasy, role playing, and fetishes are presented as ways to eroticize safer sex.

This high quality British production covers the topic of safer sex using erotic imagery and language salient to gay men. Creative camera angles, intriguing sets, and mood lighting combine to create a video that is intimate, engaging, and instructive. The video presents alcohol and drug use in a non-moralistic manner while making the connection between substance use and risk taking behaviors and encouraging responsible use.

The production uses British standards of safer sex, which are not completely consistent with U.S. guidelines. The video states that no attempt was made to appeal to the American viewer, or to mirror U.S. health recommendations. The risks of HIV transmission through oral sex is minimized. Protective measures for oral sex, while encouraged, are presented as a matter of personal choice. The video also includes these references that may be inappropriate or unclear for U.S. viewers: British standards for condoms; British sources of information and referral; European vacation destinations; and some British terms, like "wank" or "lift" whose meaning may not be understood by U.S. viewers.

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