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I’ve Taken a Necessary Measure to Protect Myself During Sex. Uh, It’s Going to Be Hard to Explain.
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I’ve Taken a Necessary Measure to Protect Myself During Sex. Uh, It’s Going to Be Hard to Explain.

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How to Do It

I’ve already gotten weird looks.

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Dear How to Do It,

I’m non-binary, assigned female at birth, with no current hormone replacement therapy (HRT) or gender affirming surgery. I sleep with men, women, non-binary people, trans or not, and have multiple partners at a time. I’ve been thinking of getting on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for a while.

I just got my first prescription after two condom breaks in the same night.…

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