New York City’s Department of Health is known for tailoring its public service ads to be inclusive of queer people. But while one of its latest ads doesn’t specifically mention queer men, it does specifically mention eating butts and, well… perhaps you should just see it for yourself.
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The ad features a tongue and peach emoji and has a headline reading “Getting a little tongue in cheek?” The follow-up line says, “Keep diarrhea from spreading during *ss play.”
The only thing we wanna think about spreading during sex is someone’s legs.
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According to New York Daily News, the ad then goes on to warn about infections resulting from “anal sex play like fingering, rimming, fisting” and urges folks to “avoid [anal] sex for two weeks after suffering from any type of diarrhea.
It then instructs people where to get a low- to no-cost hepatitis A vaccination. Hepatitis A is a short-term infection that can harm the liver and is commonly spread through fecal contamination. Its symptoms include diarrhea, nausea, abdominal pain and fever.
Here’s the front of the ad:
It’s nice to see a public health ad that acknowledges a long-taboo sex act practiced by gay and bi dudes, even if it brings up things we’d rather not think about while eating peaches.
New York City Health Department spokesperson Patrick Gallahue has called the ad “irreverent” but well-intentioned. The ad has apparently been broadcast through hookup apps like Grindr as well as several gay dating and news websites.
In 2019 alone, 29 states have publicly reported 23,978 cases of Hepatitis A with 14,330 hospitalizations and 236 deaths. The Centers for Disease Control has said gay and bi men are particularly at risk for the disease. So while New York’s ad might seems a bit explicit, there’s no doubt it could genuinely save lives, no matter how many people it squicks out.
WashDrySpin
Hepatitis A vaccine is a vaccine that prevents hepatitis A.
GET YOUR SHOT!!!
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Chrisk
As someone who’s had Hep B it’s no picnic and luckily I’ve never suffered beyond a month after. So yeah, Vaccinate.
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
Pretty much a literal tounge and cheek ad
:-p
CenterRight
Anyone who engages in such risky and disgusting sexual behaviors usually learn their lessons when you get nasty STDs and other worse infections. The best thing to do is not to be preoccupied with sex all the time.
WashDrySpin
WOW everyone CenterRight is a gay INCEL…
Kangol2
The summer church camp sessions over, CenterRight/HereIAm/CastleSF etc. and you’ve run out of Bible verses to read? We get that you’re terrified of sex (though you’ve publicly expressed lust for Aaron Shock, abusive murderers, etc.), but seriously, try to lighten up and enjoy life a bit more. Maybe have some consensual sex with another uptight right wing person. Hitting each others’ G spots just might make you less rigid and finger-wagging and a bit more, well, relaxed!
Yooper
Did you not get enough love as a child?
BigThug
Stupid headline. Get real and grow up, Queerty. This is serious and our community needs information.