Comments on: Condoms are so 1985

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:08:03 +0000

Hey Devon, glad to see you publicizing Terry’s campaign through your blog. As a resident of DC who has spent the past 6 years in this city on and off I can attest to the fact that HIV/AIDS represents a serious health risk in the gay community and beyond. A rather blase attitude towards sex seems to have taken root here, as it invariably has in other cities around the country. I worry that this may be at least partially related to the impression that HIV is a mangeable illness thanks to modern retrovirals. While many of us have positive friends who live seemingly normal lives (and this is a wonderful thing, don’t get me wrong) we are endangering ourselves and others when we ignore the history of this virus and its potential to destroy lives. I urge you all to check out the website and share it with others. It’s bad enough that we tend to closet our sexuality, we can’t afford to closet sex education as well. Seriously, could there be anything lamer than learning to put a condom on using a cucumber? I suppose that should you require further inducement to patronize the campaign’s website, Devon will hopefully be gracing its pages with his adorable mug and washboard abs. There’s my plug for the day.

By: Devon

Devon — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:01:33 +0000

Not a problem. If I’m in PA and can help you in your campaigns in any way, please let me know.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:16:29 +0000

My sincere apologies. I did make the mistake simply because I’d read on the Washington City paper site that you’d “hit the streets.” I then got it in my head that you were asking strangers and they were responding with the quotes you mentioned. It now makes much more sense. Thank you for the clarification, and forgive me for picking a fight. It was a misunderstanding on my part to begin with, and I then unnecessarily took it further.

By: Devon

Devon — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:03:54 +0000

I felt obliged to post my own responses here on the offchance that Jonathan doesn’t have the gumption to approve them himself.

By: Devon

Devon — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:54:06 +0000

And here is the second:

Devon Hunter said
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April 23, 2009 at 10:34 am
Also a few clarifications on some erroneous presumptions on your part: I am not from D.C. I live in Charlotte, NC, and the only people I knew to ask on behalf of Dr. Gerace were people at Secrets, the club where I was dancing for the weekend. I was not “on the street,” nor was I “passing out condoms.” I was in a club, not necessarily an environment where people want to be approached about anything as serious as safe sex.

I asked three dancers and a patron, for reasons connected to the project Dr. Gerace has in mind. I do not live in D.C., therefore I know the name of only two of the three dancers (the two who rejected me were in the same room and echoed each other’s precise “1985″ comment), and I do not know the patron in question at all (the person who made a reference to the 80’s, but not 1985). The fourth person, the third dancer, is named Brad, and he said yes to me, that he would be involved.

I would appreciate it very much if you would speak about your perspectives from your experience and not try to push your experiences onto my perspective. Thank you.

By: Devon

Devon — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:53:45 +0000

Here is the first of my two replies to Jonathan:

Devon Hunter said
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April 23, 2009 at 10:11 am
Actually, one of the two dancers is named JR. He works at Secrets. The next time you presume to accuse me of lying, I suggest you bring it directly to me, sir.

By: Condoms so don’t belong in this guy’s hands « Condomologist

Condoms so don’t belong in this guy’s hands « Condomologist — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:31:57 +0000

[...] adult entertainer from DC, makes the effort to promote safer sex on the streets, he gets rejected. The reason given: “Condoms are so 1985″ and “Condoms are so 1980s.” Or dude likes to make up stories to fill his blog. I call bullshit. No one’s ever said that in [...]

By: devon

devon — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 04:08:25 +0000

isn’t it true that most/all fashions come back every 20 years or so?? this is definitely one that needs to.

By: Rick/thirdbeach

Rick/thirdbeach — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:38:33 +0000

Well, call me retro or old fashioned, but I think condoms/safe sex is great.

By: “Condoms Are So 1985″ - The Sexist - Washington City Paper

“Condoms Are So 1985″ - The Sexist - Washington City Paper — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:20:27 +0000

[...] Devon Hunter, a “a career exotic dancer with formal, professional training in dance and theatre,” set out on the streets of D.C. last weekend in the hopes of launching a new safe-sex campaign. All the guys he approached thought Devon Hunter—who should call me, by the way—was totally lame. [...]