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I'm a 13 year old girl in an open relationship with my boyfriend. Me and my boyfriend will be going to an oral sex party together next week. Me and my boyfriend have never been to a sex party before, but some of my friends have. We were told that only oral sex is allowed at the sex party and only people in grade 8 are invited (me and my boyfriend are both in grade 8). We were also told that there will be a blowjob contest at the sex party in which all the girls compete to see who can suck dick the best (the fastest, longest, hardest, etc.). I really want to go because I love sucking dicks and I love the smell and taste of them! But I'm worried if sucking a lot of dicks can have negative consequences. Is it possible for me to get a disease by sucking a lot of dicks?

Answer
The available knowledge on STI and HIV suggests that of course there are possibilities of getting infected if one of the partners is infected (S Edwards and C Carne, 1996; WhyTest, 2009; Baggaley, 2008). Let me sum up the findings in brief, which will be better for you to follow:

Types of STI: Higher risks of being infected with Chlamydia, gonorrhea, herpes, syphilis and scabies. Lower risks of being infected with HIV and hepatitis B.

How passed on:
1. Infections can be passed from his/their dick to your mouth and throat (with or without ejaculation)
2. If you have an existing STI or any kind of cut or infection in your mouth or throat this can make it easier for you to get HIV or Hepatitis B

How to reduce the chances:
1. Regular STI and HIV testing after the party
2. Using gums during oral sex. You can reduce the risk of getting HIV through oral sex by making sure your mouth and gums are in good condition and not allowing him to cum in your mouth
3. Consider that using a condom will further reduce your risk of getting these STIs
4. If you have Hepatitis B vaccination, it will make you safer from this STI only  

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Gorkey Gourab

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Social and behavioral issues related to HIV transmission, sexually transmitted infections, Human Rights issues, rights of marginalized populations, gender and sexuality, research design and analysis related social & behavioral issues, , computer assisted qualitative data analysis and data management (using ATLAS.ti, ANTHROPAC, NVivo 8)

Experience

Specialized in Medical Anthropology. Working on Social and behavioral studies related to HIV transmission as well as Human Rights issues. Specialization in gender, sexuality, masculinity, behavioral studies related to HIV transmission. Qualitative research, programmatic and M&E experience with MSM, hijra (TG), indigenous groups, female sex workers for more than 7 years.

Organizations
International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) as Manager - M&E (Qualitative) with Center for HIV and AIDS

Publications
International peer-reviewed journals & technical papers: (1) Khan, S. I., Hussain, M. I., Parveen, S., Bhuiyan, M. I., Gourab, G., & Bhuiya, A. (2009). Living on the extreme margin: Social exclusion of the hijra in Bangladesh. Journal of health, population and nutrition. (2) Khan, S. I., Hussain, M. I., Gourab, G., Parveen, S., Bhuiyan, M. I., & Sikder, J. (2008). Not to stigmatize but to humanize sexual lives of the transgender (hijra): condom chat in the AIDS era. Journal of LGBT Health Research (Special issue: issues on male sexual behaviors and HIV risk in South Asia). Working papers: (1) Khan, S. I., Gourab, G., Ahmed, T., Sarker, G. F., Chowdhury, F. K., Ghosh, S., et al. (2009). Understanding the operational dynamics and possible HIV interventions for residence-based female sex workers in two divisional cities in Bangladesh. Dhaka, Bangladesh: NASP, Save the Children USA and icddr,b. Presentations in scientific meetings and conferences: (1) Khan, S. I., Hussain, M. I., Gourab, G. & Azim, T. (2011, 16 March 2011). Use of a new approach to count and access diverse groups of hijra for scaling up HIV-preventions services in Bangladesh. Poster presented at the 13th Annual Scientific Conference (ASCON XIII), Dhaka. (2) Khan, S. I., Pasa, K., Gourab, G., & Islam, A. (2007). Indigenous populations of Bangladesh: Living with risks and vulnerabilities to STIs/HIV. 8th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP). Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Education/Credentials
MSS (Anthropology), University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Awards and Honors
The Vanderbilt-UAB Fogarty International Center AIDS International Training and Research Program (AITRP)Scholarship for the training on HIV-AIDS related qualitative data analysis and manuscript writing (Center for Global Health, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA)

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