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Join the i am #creative pride promotion of LoveYourself. Discover the power of validating one's worth and win eyewear from Sprinto ™ ! Learn more about it. -------------------------------------------------------------- June is the month when everyone is out and waving the rainbow flag—the symbol of the LGBT movement which long fought, and continues to fight, for social equality and human rights. LoveYourself , an organization for the youth and LGBT-MSM, celebrates with the community by launching Project WORTHY : a campaign that is based on the “ Happy Approach ” —its own signature for achieving the organization’s goals—embodied using the hashtags: #light , #love , and #worthy . The campaign starts as Pride month celebrations culminate, and will continue to build momentum as we welcome two important milestones for the organization: (i) the LoveYourself 2 nd anniversary this July, and (ii) LoveYourself Anglo , a new community center on the rise. Both momentous events show the dedi...

Client confidentiality remains at the forefront of the architectural design for the soon-to-rise  LoveYourself Anglo on Shaw Boulevard in Mandaluyong. Renowned architect Dan Lichauco , together with his team at the Archion Achitects , has ensured that those who will undergo HIV screening at the new center will be accorded the privacy due them. As Lichauco puts it, paramount to the clients’ need for counseling and testing is the guarantee that the procedure shall remain confidential. Along with this, he also puts forth that LoveYourself Anglo will stay true in fostering a welcoming and supportive environment for everyone who ventures into its confines. Those requisites for spatial design may be more challenging than usual but not for Lichauco, whose architectural works include major hospital projects like The Medical City , The Asian Hospital and Medical Center , and Ospital ng Makati . “Since we do a lot of healthcare projects, we felt that we could share our learning and experie...

One out of seven countries in the world with a rising number of new HIV infections, the Philippines is in dire need of help. We in Love Yourself, a community-driven group, are determined to address this concern head-on. Everyone in Love Yourself is a volunteer. We do this because we care.  Share and help us make a difference in the lives of thousands of people through your donations!   A COMMUNITY IN NEED. This chart shows the monthly increase of clients at the LoveYourself Hub since the start of 2012. In partnership with RITM (Research Institute for Tropical Medicine), LoveYourself has been able to reach thousands of MSMs (men who have sex with men) via the  LoveYourself Hub . Located in Malate Manila, one of the favorite hangouts of MSMs in the metro, the LoveYourself Hub is an RITM satellite clinic and a LoveYourself community center. R iding off this successful partnership, LoveYourself hopes to ramp up its efforts and position itself to better handle the exponential...

LoveYourself Platinum Book your appointment today:  http://go.LoveYourself.ph/platinum Who deserves LoveYourself Platinum? This is perfect for people who do not want to be seen taking their HIV test in a center, clinic or hospital. Everything is mindfully prepared and ensured to be smooth-flowing for the most discreet and delicate clients. What is the difference when you come for Platinum?  Platinum Testing takes place somewhere at a discreet but accessible location in Makati, Mandaluyong or Muntinlupa. When you register, a coordinator will closely and confidentially communicate with you regarding the details of your appointment, including the exact location and address. During your appointment, you arrive and a private room is reserved for you -- where you will meet your counselor, and a medical technologist who will do the test for you. You receive the results within 2 hours, also in the privacy of your own counseling room. When is Platinum available/open? Please refer to ht...

We are celebrating the 30th International AIDS Candlelight Memorial once more with a mass public yoga practice followed by a short Kirtan and candle lighting ceremony. Calling the event, "Better Together", we aim to bring solidarity within the HIV advocacy community and also reinforce the beauty and transformative power of our yoga practice in helping groups and individuals affected by HIV and AIDS. See you on May 26, 4pm, at the Charito Planas Gardens in Quezon Memorial Circle. Registration Fee is Php 150. Proceeds will help support Yoga For Life's advocacy towards assisting more people affected by HIV/AIDS.  

The Love Yourself Hub, a clinic and events space jointly operated by the community-based organization Love Yourself and the Department of Health’s Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, posted its first quarter results for 2013, registering a 5-fold increase in the number of people accessing its free HIV testing services, compared to the same quarter last year. A total of 1,028 individuals came to the Malate-based facility during the period January to March 2013, while during the same period in 2012, there were 171. Such impressive growth in clientele is consistent with the velocity of increase as observed throughout 2012, with average growth rate of 24% per month. The partnership between a private non-governmental organization Love Yourself and the government’s Research Institute of Tropical Medicine (RITM) was key to this success. “We were both able to leverage our strengths – RITM is one of the country’s centers for HIV-related services, while our group had the marketing ...

Sebastian Castro , star of the phenomenal YouTube hit “ Bubble ,” talks about HIV in our new chic and cheeky instructional video entitled," Fly Love Yourself: How to Enjoy Sex and Avoid HIV. " What really is HIV?  How can one stay healthy and HIV-free,  while living a smart and scrumptious sexy life?  This video departs from the clinical approach of talking about the basics of HIV/AIDS. Instead, similar to an airline's in-flight safety video,  Sebastian encourages men to “dare” to fly, shows them how to take “care” of themselves during flight, and encourages them to “share” the video with others. Joining Sebastian is our budding screen couple, Carlito Rosadino Floro Jr. and Javi Bermejo , who also recently starred in Love Yourself's " Know Your Status " video for Hornet. Watch this video, have some fun and sexy time, and share away: http://go.loveyourself.ph/FLY Be informed. Be safe. Fly Love Yourself. Get a free HIV test. Visit LoveYourself.ph/HIVtest to...