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[geminigirl]

http://www.rubbertree.org

Non-profit condom seller...and they carry a bunch of non-latex stuff, in larger quantities at less expensive prices than I pay in the drugstore. Yay. And cool fun varieties too, so maybe I'll get some of those for treat bags that I make sometimes. Wow!

(Wish they had the e-z on condoms, but I'll break down and try those one day.)

If anyone reads krasota's journal, could you make sure she sees this-she and I were talking prices on non-latex condoms the other day.

Whee!

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[datagoddess.livejournal.com]

I'll post a link to this site in my journal, so krasota and others can see it. I know there's at least one other person on my friends list with a latex allergy, too.

[danger-chick.livejournal.com]

BTW, what is the word on non-latex condoms and HIV transmission? I was mentioning to fj that I think I might have a latex or spermicide allergy and he suggested the non-latex condoms. He wasn't certain if they had passed FDA approval, though.

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[geminigirl]

http://www.blowfish.com/catalog/guides/Avanti.html has a good explanation of the warnings on them.

Polyurethane okay, naturalskin, bad.

I'd try the spermicide thing first-I ended up majorly allergic to that before the latex allergy.

[fortryll.livejournal.com]

Holy cow.

The condom prices are stunning - my personal faves are $6.00 a dozen, as opposed to almost $15 at CVS.

But the latex gloves - $.40 per pair - come out to $20.00 per hundred. I get my latex gloves (high quality, non-powdered) for about $7.00 per box.

Thanks for the bookmark...I'll be sure to hit them next condom purchase time :)

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[geminigirl]

I didn't check out their shipping, but if a couple of NoVans want to get together and order stuff together it might work. I might even be willing to coordinate it.

[krasota.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It's not a cheaper option for Avanti (than my local Kroger--but it's much cheaper than any non-Kroger options *or* the options you have in the DC area), but they have Reality, which is non-existent in Central VA (in all senses of the word).

My friends care about my coochie--there are a few comments/posts directing me here. ;)

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[geminigirl]

I'm glad! I did think of you when I posted it, but I know that you don't regularly read my journal, nor I yours.


You're in Virginia, right?

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[krasota.livejournal.com]

Yep, I'm down in Charlottesville. :)

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[geminigirl]

I'm not sure how you feel about parental notification laws, but I'm putting together some stuff about them, because there's a bill before the house of delegates about mandating parental notification for sexual health and mental health services, which right now (except for abortion) adolescents can recieve without parental notification. I'm very much against them for all kinds of reasons, but if you're interested, 1. I can e-mail you whatever fact sheets i put together and 2. if you would make a phone call to your delegate about it...

HIV/AIDS lobby day is on 2/18-I'll be in Richmond, with a bunch of other people, lobbying against the parental notification stuff, and for funding for drugs for plwah in prisons and jails. VORAonline.org has more info.

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[krasota.livejournal.com]

email away. i'd be happy to write letters and make phone calls. i'm certainly not in favor of parental notification laws for health and mental services.

i can't actually go to town to lobby. i'm too sick and i'm already pushing it by going to two concerts right before that (the 15th and the 16th) in DC. i will be crashing pretty hard.

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[geminigirl]

If you'll e-mail/make phone calls, and spread the word to other Virginians you know to do the same, it would be great. That's as important as actually being in Richmond.

If you've got time and want to have coffee or something when you're in DC, let me know.

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[krasota.livejournal.com]

we'll likely have time on monday. do you work in DC? is there a convenient area for you? we're likely to go downtown to hit some exhibits. we'll probably try to eat at one of my favorite restaurants (either georgetown or tenleytown) at some point, too.

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[geminigirl]

Work in Arlington, live in Alexandria, and I think that's President's day and if it is, I have the day off anyway.

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[krasota.livejournal.com]

well, i'm not sure what our plans will be yet, but they will probably involve lunch at Med Deli (tenley metro). Not sure about other stuff, but we'll be free until six or so.

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[geminigirl]

Keep me posted...you know how to find me, and maybe something will work.

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[geminigirl]

I ran into Rite Aid which is the 24 hour place around here, and they had very reasonable prices (or so it seemed) on 5 packs of Reality-I think they were $10.99 or $12.99...certainly not too much difference in price than Avanti.

And I think we've ordered some of the EZ On condoms, which are also polyurethane, and spermicide free. I'll have to give you the rundown after we check them out.

[halibut.livejournal.com]

Okay, what's an e-z on condom? (Well, the name sounds kind of self-explanatory but how does it work?)

I've not seen them but often spent time thinking of ways to make putting them on easier. I mean, the rolling-on can be tedious and awkward.

Hmmm, must find a local source for non-latex ones for a friend of mine (no, really :)) since I've probably got more contacts in the safer-sex world than he does.

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[geminigirl]

http://www.mayerlabs.com/consumer/products/ezon.asp

They're a "bidirectional condom" which apparently means that they can be used internally like a female condom, or externally like a male condom.

[baratron.livejournal.com]

I thought the "bi-drectional" bit just meant that they could be rolled on either way round, rather than usual condoms which have a "right way" and a "wrong way"? (And if you're going to be rigorous about safer sex, having started to put one on the wrong way you should really throw it out and start again...)