Coming Together for Sexual Health
Coming Together for Sexual Health is a podcast for providers and advocates passionate about health equity and inclusive care. We unpack both the how and the why of improving sexual and reproductive health. From root structural problems to improvements in clinical care, we keep the attention on people most impacted by STIs, HIV, and emerging infectious diseases.
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Dr. Ina Park Unwraps the CDC’s New 2023 STI Report
The CDC’s 2023 STI Report is in, and for the first time in years, there’s good news. Tune in to our latest episode with Dr. Ina Park, a nationally recognized…
Vagina Obscura: A Conversation with Rachel E. Gross
Meet Rachel E. Gross, science journalist and author of Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage. In this first part of a two–part conversation, Rachel shares how her personal experience with bacterial vaginosis inspired…
S4 E9 From Red Ribbons to Leather Straps: Rodney McCoy’s Trailblazing Tale of HIV Prevention and Pleasure
S4 E9 From Red Ribbons to Leather Straps: Rodney McCoy’s Trailblazing Tale of HIV Prevention and Pleasure In this episode, Rodney McCoy, a Black queer man with over four decades…
S4 E8 Intimacy Starts with I: Women, Self-Love, and HIV with Michelle Lopez
Michelle Lopez, a bisexual Caribbean woman diagnosed with HIV, realized that women living with HIV continue to be ostracized for both wanting and having sex. Michelle knew she had to…
S4 E7 Dan Savage on the Magic Question “What are you into?” & Dr. Ina Park on How Providers Can Help
S4 E7 Dan Savage on the Magic Question “What are you into?” & Dr. Ina Park on How Providers Can Help Dan Savage is a sex-advice columnist and podcaster, and Ina Park is a…
S4 E6 Family Planning as Gender Affirming Care with Trans and Nonbinary Patients
Director of Gender-Affirming Care for UC Davis Health, Miles Harris, FNP-BC, advocates for the integration of gender-affirming care with primary care and family planning. He shares that “so much of gender…
S4 E5 Lesser-Known Forms of Birth Control and Downplayed Side-effects: Providing Empowering Contraceptive Care
Welcome to the first episode of our mini-series on reproductive justice and family planning! Diana Greene Foster, PhD, author of The Turnaway Study: Ten Years, a Thousand Women, and the…
S4 E4: When People Have or Are Denied Abortions: The Turnaway Study with Diana Greene Foster
Welcome to the first episode of our mini-series on reproductive justice and family planning! Diana Greene Foster, PhD, author of The Turnaway Study: Ten Years, a Thousand Women, and the…
S4 E3: America’s War on Drugs and Harm Reduction Around the World with Tanagra Melgarejo Pulido
Tanagra Melgarejo Pulido from the National Harm Reduction Coalition speaks with host Tammy Tae about harm reduction around the world, the role race plays in the criminalization of drug use,…
S4 E2: Harm Reduction by Heart with Braunz Courtney
Host Tammy Kremer sits down with Braunz Courtney to speak on how he practiced strategies of harm reduction at the age of 11 before he knew what the term meant….
S4 E1: Narcan Queen Kochina Rude on Drag and Harm Reduction
S4 E1: Narcan Queen Kochina Rude on Drag and Harm Reduction CW: Opioid Overdose, Molestation Welcome to our mini-series on Harm Reduction! Host Tammy Kremer sits down with drag queen Kochina…
S3 E14: Monkeypox: Where are We Now? with Dr. Peter Chin-Hong
In this week’s episode, host Tammy Kremer chats with UCSF infectious disease specialist Dr. Peter Chin-Hong about the current state of the monkeypox/mpox outbreak: how this outbreak reflects contemporary health…