LADY BUNNY ON SAFE SEX!

People probably look at flamboyant drag queens and think of them as fearless and not bound by social norms which box others in. But I wasn’t born a drag queen, and as much as I frown on organized religion, I was raised a Christian in Tennessee. The predominant message from the backward church folks in that part of the country was that gays are sinful perverts. I don’t care how strong a person you are, when you’re young these messages sink in until you may start to believe them. On some level, I believed that I deserved AIDS because of my lifestyle, so my infection was inevitable. Sometimes this dire outlook can lead, as it did in my case, to wild abandonment with alcohol and drugs and why not, I felt? It was only a matter of time until my trashy ass got the virus. I know I’m not the only one among us who feels this way. I can only imagine the struggles that a religious gay endures while trying to reconcile their disapproving church and their lifestyle.

WHOLE ARTICLE: GMHC

BESIDES, SAFE SEX CAN BE FUN!