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Program Overview

KIU! is an eHealth program that consists of five episodes.

Episode 1

In Your Community: Features candid interviews with young gay and bisexual men about their communities, families, sex, and relationships that situate these relationships as important aspects of health. Similar interviews on various topics appear throughout the program.

Hooking Up Online: Features three comic book vignettes about meeting men online for sex that focus on identifying factors that can lead to increased HIV risk, such as mood and substance use, as well as preparatory strategies to reduce those risks.

With Friends: Features the first chapter of a scripted soap opera that highlights the risks of making assumptions around HIV status and monogamy and promotes positive norms around getting regular HIV testing and utilizing prevention strategies.

Episode 2

In Bars and Clubs: Features an interactive game that addresses the consequences of excessive alcohol consumption and drug use, as well as decisional balance around condom use.

On Dates: Features an animated story that explores how power dynamics in a dating relationship can affect sexual risk taking. An interactive risk calculator activity demonstrates differing levels of HIV and STI risk based on various sexual behaviors.

Episode 3

In Relationships: Features an interactive animated story and supporting videos thatmodel using good communication skills in relationships to help meet one’s sexual, emotional, and health needs.

In the Future: Features a goal-setting activity that helps participants identify ways to meet their sexual, emotional, and physical health needs and troubleshoot obstacles to achieving those goals.

Episode 4

Knowing Your Status: Features new videos and activities that focus on the importance of regular HIV testing in combination with prevention strategies like condoms and PrEP while adding additional layers of nuance, such as sexual pleasure and preventing condom use errors.

Episode 5

In Love: Features new videos and activities that focuses on the importance of addressing emotional, sexual, and physical health needs over time in relationships.

Resources for Participants

Explore essential information and support in mental health, substance abuse, HIV/STI testing, and suicide prevention. From finding testing locations to accessing crisis intervention, we’re here to provide guidance and assistance.

Social Gatherings/Events

Search for local events on Meetup, a social media platform for hosting and organizing in-person and virtual gatherings.

Community Engagement

Discover opportunities that provides a national digital infrastructure to serve volunteers.

Housing Assistance

Browse U.S. Housing and Urban Development, a platform that provides  housing support and uplifts communities.

Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services

Find treatment near you for those seeking treatment for mental and substance use disorders

Crisis & Trauma

Connect with a community that gives those affected by suicide a space  empowered by research and advocacy

Emergency Hotlines

LGBTQ Crisis Hotlines & Services

  • Chat with a qualified LGBTQIA+ crisis responder

Suicide Prevention Lifeline 

  • 24/7, free and confidential support 

National Domestic Violence Hotline

  • 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year

HIV/STI Testing Services

CDC HIV/STI Testing Locator

  • Through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention site, find free, fast, and confidential testing near you.

AIDSSVU PrEP, HIV Testing, and other support services locator

  • Use AIDSVu’s mapping tool to find HIV and other services near you.

Watch this video to access a comprehensive how-to guide on rectal STI testing procedures.

LGBTQ+ News

The Advocate and Advocate.com serve as one of the world’s leading gay news sources.

Explore additional sites below for coverages of the LGBTQ+ community.

March 15, 2024 8:00 AM

The Pride in Mental Health Act, introduced Thursday by U.S. Sens. Laphonza Butler and Tina Smith, comes at a time of crisis for LGBTQ+ young people.

March 15, 2024 3:32 PM EST

LGBTQ+ TikTokers are warning that a ban on the app would have a “disproportionate effect on the queer community.”