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The Love Yourself House: a clinic, safe house, and resource center for the youth & LGBT-MSM. [Artwork by Jun Nenada]
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Thank You Very Much!
Maraming salamat po! We were so overwhelmed with your show of love for The Love Yourself Project. It was great seeing the enthusiastic crowd at SM Megamall Cinema 9 last August 23, 2011. The two films were very well received, glad to have featured these two great movies from filmmakers who believe in our cause. We would like to thank the following event sponsors: Garage Magazine, Bed Manila, Moonleaf, Brian Cua, Maroy Lamigo, V-Factor, and Chef Joerksen Catering Services. Also, our partners and friends in the advocacy: Woodwater Center for Healing, Take the Test, AIDS Society of the Philippines, Yoga for Life, YAFA, Ladlad, The Library Foundation, Akbayan, and Risa Hontiveros & company. We are now accepting more volunteers -- those who would like to join our efforts in stopping the spread of HIV in the Philippines through counseling and education, please register here .
Lest We Forget The More Important Things
The flurry of activities for The Love Yourself Project especially this month of August has made all of us, officers, advisers, and volunteers run around like indefatigable energizer bunnies. All the organizational requirements (SEC, BIR, City Permits, etc.), plus two major fund-raising activities, these are all good and necessary for TLYP's start-up. But before we dive into another busy weekend, in preparation for the group's public launch on August 23, I want to share with you something: behind the cloud of activities this month is the REAL WORK that we do. We have been receiving numerous emails from many individuals, asking for help and assistance -- they come in the form of worried questions, requests for information about HIV and other STIs, and notably a lot, requests to be accompanied for their HIV test. We respond to them and ensure we do our best to address their HIV-related concerns. I have personally accompanied no less than 5 individuals this month alone for their HI
Thanks, Open Shoot Participants!
Hello, gorgeous. Your portraits will be released on Sunday, August 21, 2011.
Rocco Nacino Supports The Love Yourself Project
ROCCO NACINO supports The Love Yourself Project! His movie "Ang Sayaw ng Dalawang Kaliwang Paa" will be featured back-to-back with "Zombadings 1: Patayin sa Shokot si Remington" in a special benefit screening on August 23, 2011, (7PM) Tuesday, at the SM Megamall Cinema 9. Proceeds from this event will be used to support the free counseling and assistance services that TLYP provides to the youth and key population affected by HIV/AIDS in the Philippines. Get your tickets NOW! Reserve here . Rocco with Vinn Pagtakhan, TLYP Founding President. Rocco with James Bon (left, VP TLYP) and Vinn Pagtakhan (right, Pres. TLYP).
Boy Abunda: "We'll Fight HIV Together!"
Boy Abunda , TV Personality and Ladlad's Sr. Political Adviser, and Vinn Pagtakhan , Love Yourself's Founding President - "we'll fight HIV together!" Photo by Ian Felix Alquiros (taken Aug. 11, 2011 at The Room, Quezon City)
How is HIV Transmitted?
How do you get HIV? HIV is transmitted through contact with the blood, semen, vaginal fluid or breast milk of someone already infected with HIV. It is most commonly spread through unprotected sex or during injection drug use, when needles or other drug paraphernalia are shared. The virus needs a human body to survive. It cannot live for very long outside the body. HIV can enter the body during unprotected sex. Anal or vaginal intercourse without a condom carries a high risk for HIV transmission. Getting penetrated without a condom by someone who is HIV positive is the riskiest behavior for HIV infection. Penetrating an HIV positive person without a condom has less risk than being the penetrated partner, but is still considered risky. Getting HIV from oral sex is possible, but quite rare. HIV can enter the body by sharing needles to inject drugs. Sharing needles with someone already living with HIV carries a high risk of infection. Sharing cookers, cottons and other parts of the
Open Shoot - this Sunday na!
Have you signed up for our fun open shoot? With just a Php1,000 donation to The Love Yourself Project, you can avail of a free t-shirt, basic grooming services, and a photoshoot with Photographer and Portratist Ian Felix Alquiros. It's going to be this Sunday, August 14, 2011! If you haven't yet, sign up here . For those coming, here are some information that may help you: How to get there (for those taking public utility vehicles) The address is: Ground Floor, Crown 88 Condominium, #88 Panay Ave., near corner Timog Ave., Quezon City. 1. If you are coming from either the south (e.g. Makati) or North (e.g. Monumento) your best bet would be the MRT. Alight at the Quezon Ave. Station, where you will see a McDonald's branch. Across the side of McDo you will find tricycles that can take you to the venue. Give the address or say "Crown 88 Condo, 88 Panay" and you'll be fine. Alternatively, from the Quezon Ave./EDSA corner, you may take a jeepney towards Quiapo and
Come to our Benefit Screening of "Sayaw" and "Zombadings"
(Click the image for a bigger version of the poster.) Tickets will be available via SM Tickets soon. Meanwhile, you can reserve your tickets by filling out this form . Proceeds from this benefit screening will support the provision of free counseling and assistance services to the youth and key populations affected by HIV/AIDS in the Philippines. Poster design by Edwin Lacap .
