Rubber up! Condoms are having a moment right now
PrEp, BB porn, and oft neglected jars of rubbers at dive bars, it’s not a huge surprise that recent studies show men (and especially those who have sex with other men) are having more condomless sex… even though cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis more than doubled in the past two decades, according to the CDC.Whether or not you wrap it up, it’s a personal choice and there are many reasons why gay men may choose to use (or lose) the rubber.
But in a “raw is law” economy, we have to admit, condoms are kind of having a moment.the most unrealistic part of the movie isn’t that it’s the president’s son and the prince of england, it’s that they used condoms pic.twitter.com/vCG5aMvGQAIn Prime Video’s new LGBTQ+ rom-com Red, White, and Royal Blue, eagle eyed fans spotted some ripped-open wrappers after a night of lovemaking between Prince Henry (Nicholas Galitzine) and First Son Alex Claremont-Diaz (Taylor Zakhar Perez).
Although some Gay Twitter™ circles poked fun at their inclusion, director Matthew López said the choice was very intentional. “[Intimacy coordinator Robbie Taylor Hunt] and I decided together that the prince is probably not on PrEp, because it would be too dangerous for him to ask for a prescription,” he told Variety. “So the prince absolutely uses condoms … We wanted to also just tell the story that the prince engages in safe sex practices and takes his sexual health seriously.”And a recent plot line on our fave guilty-pleasure binge-watch And Just Like That involved Charlotte (Kristin Davis) venturing out in a blizzard to procure condoms for her daughter Lily so that she could lose her virginity with protection. (If only Samantha was here, she’d know a delivery service.)Like Charlotte why are you out.
