STI Basics

** You could be at risk if the receiver has just topped someone else.

** Very low risk.

*** Unprotected anal sex is a very high risk activity for a bottom, much more so than for a top. The risk of HIV transmission to a bottom during unprotected anal sex is 15 in 1,000 versus 3 in 10,000 from a bottom to a top.

• Kissing, mutual masturbation, and frottage or dry humping are considered safer sex activities, with little to no risk of STI transmission.
• Using latex condoms (male or female) significantly reduces the risk of contracting STIs during anal, vaginal and oral sex.
• Washing hands and the genital area thoroughly before and after oral-anal sex reduces the risk of transmission of most of the listed STIs and conditions. Condom use reduces transmission risk even further.