Governments weigh e-mail warning service for gay men with STDs

[maddezmom]

By Andres R. Martinez, Knight Ridder Newspapers
43 minutes ago



WASHINGTON - Local governments in the United States and abroad are moving to adopt a new e-mail service that gay and bisexual men with sexually transmitted diseases can use anonymously to warn former partners of possible exposure.


Thousands of people have used inSPOT.org to notify up to six partners of their risk with one of six e-cards such as "It's not what you brought to the party, it's what you left with."

Users don't have to provide their e-mail addresses or names, and each e-card has a space for personalized messages.

The cards include maps of community health resources where recipients can get tested.

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[donco6]

1. I guess the partners of straight men are - screwed?

Sorry for the pun.

[uppityperson]

2. Good thing the internet and email is totally annonymous.

Sounds like a good idea except for that.

Edited to add card ideas:
If you're happy and you know it hand your clap!
I miss you, but not your STD.
Reach out and touch someone, but not before you get treated.
Hey Dude, and warts...

[BattyDem]

3. Why just gay men?

Last I heard, straight people get STDs, too. :eyes:

[burrowowl]

5. Yes they do

and how many women don't know they have gonorhea or syphillis since the sign aren't as open as for men?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. Didn't Dan Savage...

mention this in his "Savage Love" column a week or two ago?