Free HIV Testing on Saturdays and Sundays

Have you been thinking of getting tested for HIV? Think no more and just do it! Come to the Love Yourself Hub or Love Yourself Anglo and take advantage of our free (yes, no charge!) testing for HIV, Syphilis, and Hepatitis B.  The testing is discreet, quick, and most of all, FREE!

For schedules and maps go to: Love Yourself  Sites

Please come before the cutoff so you can still get your results on the same day. Warm and friendly people will assist you -- so no need to be worried or scared. Tara na! 

For inquiries, please go to http://go.LoveYourself.ph/HIVtest so a counselor can reach out to you for assistance.

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The Love Yourself Cafe presents The Single Life

The Love Yourself Cafe is done in small group discussion format where participants are encouraged to freely express their thoughts without bias nor judgement. They are able to learn and connect with other participants via good conversations. Do you want to receive an invite? Register at http://tinyurl.com/tlycafe3

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Peer Educators Training for PLHIV

CALL FOR APPLICATION

The Department of Health, through the National AIDS STI Prevention and Control Program (NASPCP) under the Infectious Disease Office (IDO) of the National Center for Disease Prevention and Control (NCDPC), invites applicants for the TRAINING ON PEER EDUCATION FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV (PLHIV) on September 2012. This training aims to: (1) capacitate PLHIV to become peer educators; and (2) provide support services and continuum of care to PLHIV through the formation of a support group. Details of the training will be sent to the qualified applicants.

To qualify, he/she must:
1. be a PLHIV
2. be empowered and actively involved in support groups or care and support organization
3. have at least one year experience/involvement in providing care and support services to PLHIV
4. have good writing / speaking skills
5. be capable of preparing client profile and narrative report of client intervention
6. have undergone training on Sex, Gender and Sexuality
7. be articulate in Tagalog and English (or local dialect)
8. have a spirit of volunteerism

Requirements:
1. Application letter addressed to NCDPC-NASPCP
2. Essay on unforgettable experience(s) as a peer educator. State issues and how these were addressed.
3. Separate Recommendation/Endorsement from the Superior / Head of Organization and Two (2) peers/colleagues
4. Supporting documents for training attended
Considerations for Selection of Applicants:

Knowledge:

• Basic Course on General Counseling
• Updated on programs implemented by national government and NGOs
• aware of referral mechanism
• Has basic knowledge on HIV and STI, ART, RA 8504,TCS services
• Must be familiar with human anatomy
• has undergone formal training on peer education and group facilitation

Skills:

• Capable of preparing client profile and activity report
• Articulate in Tagalog and English (or local dialect)

Atttitude:

• Sensitive, emphatic, open-minded, good listener, good communicator, trustworthy
• Committed to serve peers on a voluntary basis

Interested applicants must submit all documents on or before Friday, August 17, 2012 to:
Peer Education for PLHIV Training Secretariat
National AIDS STI Prevention and Control Program (NASPCP)
3rd Floor, Bldg. 14
Department of Health
San Lazaro Compound
Sta. Cruz, Manila

For further details, please contact NASPCP at (632) 495-0149 or email naspcp@yahoo.com.

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GBGB LoveYourselfExclusive Products! available now

GBGB LoveYourself Exclusive Products!

available now :) 

LIMITED STOCKS ONLY

 

GBGB & Priape Wear Montreal, the biggest Canadian male lifestyle company is now here in MANILA. 

Their products has been exclusively distributed in the US, Canada and Europe and online through www.gbgbwear.com

For the first time, stocks are available now in MANILA at about 20% off from their original prices only @ theROOM map here (http://daroom.multiply.com/)

Incidentally two (2) of their BESTSELLING items: the RED TOMMY BOXER BRIEFS and YELLOW ALEX BOXER SHORTS are available exclusively through the LOVE YOURSELF PROJECT and are being sold as a fund raiser to help the HIV/AIDS Advcacy and Awareness in the Philippines.

Please call 577.0332 or 0917.863.4899 or visit our shop located at 88 Panay Ave., Quezon City.person in charge of stocks is FRANKLIN PORCADILLA PEPITO - please message him here in facebook if you have any questions. 

Models: Carlo Tiu & Aaron Hernandez (SMA)

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The Journey of a Thousand Smiles Began with a Single Beki

It was June of 2011, a friend invited me to a birthday dinner somewhere in Greenhills, in  a nice Thai restaurant owned and operated by a gay couple named James and James. There I met several interesting people, mostly gay men, mostly members of the alta gays, as in alta sociedad (spoken with the obligatory lisp). But in the middle of all the chi-chi stuff going on, I noticed a very different species floating around, beckling beki of bekilandia proportions. His name, I would later find out, was Vinn Pagtakhan.

More than a birthday dinner, it was actually some sort of a meeting to discuss a new, emerging group that wanted to organize a community of volunteers to arrest the silent yet mind-blowing growth of HIV prevalence among young, gay and bisexual men in the country. I was there because I was personally very concerned. Earlier that month I had my very first HIV test, and while the result was negative (surprisingly!) I regardlessly broke down in front of my nurse-counselor. Why? Earlier that year, I’ve had 4 friends mysteriously and suddenly dying one after the other, dropping like flies. One day they were partying with me, the next I was in black attending their funeral. By the end of 2011, I had a total of 8 friends who died in much the same mysterious way. The whole thing was gradually but surely shaking me to the core.

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Top Ten Tips: How To Succeed in the Corporate World

Featuring one of the most successful CEOs in the country today (Mr. Corporate Closet, http://corpcloset.blogspot.com), here's an event discussing how to succeed in the corporate world, exclusively for "People Like Us" -- entrance is free, register here: http://tinyurl.com/corpcloset

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Looking back - The Year that was..

Looking back...

OUR First YEAR of LOVE.

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Massage for Pleasure

UP NEXT at the Love Yourself Hub: "Massage for Pleasure" -- learn the art of sensual massage, featuring live massage demonstration by masseurs of Bay Leaf Spa. Sunday, July 29, 2012, 6 PM. For priority slots, register at http://tinyurl.com/hubmassage

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Thank you for coming - Circle of Love

Thank you soooo much!!!

To everyone who attended and made our 1st Anniversary Party - Circle of Love possible!

Our Lovers and Friends,

Our Supporters,

Our Sponsors

and the 

Organizers...

Maraming Salamat po!!!

Ronnievinn Pagtakhan (Loveyourself - Founding President) welcomes everyone to CIRCLE OF LOVE

 

La Chiquitta performs Defying Gravity

Official Photos from BED Manila Click Here

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CHECK-OUT

To everyone who came and supported our Loveyourself Confidential: CHECK-IN with Victoria Court Malate yesterday (July 22, 2012) Thank you so much, Salamat sa tiwala.

To our venue, Victoria Court Malate (Miss Marco) and the  RITM laboratory (Dra. Annie, Dra. Rita, Tita Beth and staff) - Thank you po, sa uulitin

The Loveyourself Counselors and Educators with Miss Marco of Victoria Court

For more photos click here

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