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Love in a Tricky World

We’ve been together about four months and I’ve never found anyone like him.  He keeps me feeling complete.  I can deal with the world as long as he’s around. 

At this point we’re pretty committed to each other.  I really can’t see either of us stepping out on the relationship.  But we definitely spoke about our fears about  HIV and STDs and for now, we’re still using condoms. 

Mazzoni Center Annual Report 2010


Mazzoni Center 2010 Annual Report

Daniel: I realized he wasn't play fighting anymore...

I haven’t always been in a “healthy” relationship. I met my first boyfriend when I was 16. At the time I was living west of Philly in the burbs and he was living in Delaware. That made it difficult to see each other. I wasn’t in school so we got an apartment maybe three months after being together.

Everything seemed to be working out at first. We had this thing where we would play fight with each other. We would wrestle around and it usually turned into us having sex. It was hot until it got to the point where it was happening all the time and he kept getting more aggressive.

Lamont: Sex Addiction

It would be 3 AM and I would still be awake watching porn and guys having sex on their web cam. By that point I would’ve jerked off 3 times already, but I still wouldn’t have had enough. My dick wouldn’t even stay hard, but I couldn’t stop beating off until I got one more nut.

On a “good” day I could hook up with 3 or 4 different guys, but never
at the same time. Group sex was never my thing, so it was always one-on-one. Afterwards I would still have to go online to watch porn to get another nut or two. I would leave work for hours at a time so I could meet up with guys.

REACH Newsletter

Health News For Quality Living
June 2010: Issue 3

Annual Report 2009: Thirty

Mazzoni Center's Annual Report 2009 highlights the accomplishments of the past fiscal year. It also acknowledges our rich history in this, our 30th anniversary year, while at the same time looking forward to the challenges and achievements ahead.

Holiday Survival Guide 2009

Activities, strategies and ideas for maintaining balance and wellness through the holiday season.

Sean: I Felt Like I Had No One To Talk To

I felt like a hypocrite. I felt ashamed. How am I gonna be an HIV educator, teach someone about safer sex, tell them to use condoms, and then not do it myself? What’s the point in working here if I can’t practice what I preach?

It’s hard, because you have to set an example but you have to live your own life too. I’m know I’m not perfect. Still, it feels like that’s what people expect. How am I gonna go to work and be honest with people, and not tell them I’m doing the same things we’re telling our clients not to do?

A little while ago, I messed up.

Patrick: Eating Disorder

I learned in therapy that it’s all about control. I was always a social outcast and high school is such an awkward time as it is. Dealing with the idea that I was gay and being overweight, amongst everything else really stressed me out. To deal with my anxiety I would starve myself and work out constantly because that was one thing I knew I could control.

I began to get really nauseous all the time because all I was eating was like yogurt and an apple a day. There was blood in my stool from not eating and it became difficult for me to even get out of bed.

Terry: Oh, You're Fem, You Should Be A Girl

I was always ultra-feminine. Even really young, all my friends at school would ask me if I was gay. When I was like 11 my mom came up to me and was like is there anything we should talk about and I was like oh…she knows. We didn’t really discuss it for a few years after that, but I knew she suspected it. I guess that made it easier to finally talk about it. I knew I could just pretty much tell my mom—she probably wasn’t thrilled but she’d never change how she was with me.

But still, I was hearing it from everywhere else, boys like girls and girls like boys and that’s how it is.