2022 Issue 4 Jul/Aug Focus - Mid-South magazine

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community THE REVIVAL OF RE:FOCUS We’re Baaack and Packing a Punch with PrEPPED! Special to Focus Mid-South Did you know that Focus Magazine had a podcast? Well you might have heard of us before with our former hosts Goldie Dee and Allysun Wunderland. Together we had three years of great content. During the pandemic things got really dicey and we decided to safely put the podcast on hold. As time went on, our publisher spoke with the hosts and decided to take the podcast in another direction and do so amicably. For the past three years, we owe a great thanks to Goldie Dee and Allysun Wunderland for making us laugh, giggle, and even cry. They have helped us lay a foundation for a wonderful podcast–thanks to you both and to everyone who we worked with. As we progress the Focus brand, we have looked for more ways to connect with our audience. With Shelby County being #5 in new HIV transmissions across the country and #1 in AIDS cases, we thought what better way to reach folks than to use our platforms. So, as we re-envisioned the platform our podcast has with re:focus, we wanted to make more meaningful and impactful content that could be directly aimed at improving those stats. Earlier in 2022, we made a deal with The Haven to revive the pod and present its re-debut with our 4th season. Our new agenda: HIV prevention with PrEP. This season, with our partners at The Haven, we are presenting PrEPPED: Sex, Stigma, Science and the South. This initiative comes with new guest hosts ‘Drea & Misha who are sex-perts at The Haven. In these new episodes, we speak with some amazing guests and explore different aspects of PrEP through sex, the stigma that can be associated with HIV prevention, the science that supports the reduction in new HIV cases with those who use PrEP, and the things that we encounter on the daily throughout the South. The season launches Summer 2022 and will have new and fresh episodes bi-weekly. Find us anywhere you stream podcasts. Follow us online at @refocuspod on FB, Instagram and Twitter. Know your status and get tested today. Free and confidential HIV testing options are available including athome kits. For resources on HIV testing or where to find PrEP, visit The Corner at thecorner806.org or The Haven at thehaven901.org. What is PrEP? PrEP is a once-a-day pill that when taken can effectively reduce transmission of HIV to any negative person by up to 95% Read more about PrEP at whatisprep.org 42 Sex+Love | focuslgbt.com
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