The Action Front Center

10/11/2026

🎙️🎙️October 19-25 is PrEP Aware Week. African American Men Who Have S*x With Men and African American Women among the most impacted by new HIV occurrences. African Americans are also the lowest ethnicity of people taking PrEP. If you have multiple partners and/or you don't use protection when having s*xual encounters where there is a risk of getting HIV, you are a prime candidate to bring PrEP. Talk to your medical provider about beginning PrEP today!! , , , , ,

10/11/2026

🎙🎙October 11th is National Coming Out Day. Sometimes this can be a very painful experience for people who don't define themselves as heteros*xual. Many have lost friends and family members that have shunned them because of their disclosure. This can lead to a life of survival s*x and/or a su***de attempt. As a society we need to be more understanding of a person's s*xual preference. If someone has the courage to disclose their s*xual preference to you, listen don't judge. Even if you feel uncomfortable, acknowledge the courage of the person speaking to you. You might be the person who keeps them from doing something very harmful to themself.

10/02/2026

🎙️🎙️ October is LGBTQ History Month in the United States. It began in 1994, initiated by Missouri high-school teacher Rodney Wilson. October was selected in part because National Coming Out Day is October 11. It is separate from LGBTQ Pride Month, which is observed in June. Throughout the month I will be posting on LGBTQ history. Bayard Rustin was a major figure in the African American civil-rights movement who worked with Martin Luther King Jr. and was involved with the 1963 March on Washington. His papers also document advocacy involving gay rights, international human rights and social reform. A major figure in the African American civil-rights movement who worked with Martin Luther King Jr. and was involved with the 1963 March on Washington. Harvey Milk was an American politician and gay rights activist, the first openly gay man elected to public office in California, winning a seat on San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors in 1977.

09/30/2026

🎙️🎙️ Older adults are immune to getting a STI or HIV. Just because you can't get pregnant anymore prevents you from getting a STI or HIV. If you are still s*xual active, then you should be using protection when having s*x. Action Front Center located at 33 Chestnut Street 2nd floor Rochester, NY 14604 has free s*xual health items including condoms and l**e during business hours Monday - Friday 8:30 am - 5 pm. Just ask the receptionist for your free s*xual health items, or to speak with a health educator about getting STI or HIV testing. , , , , , *xualhealth, , ,

09/29/2026

🎙️🎙️ Treatment as Prevention is one way to reduce the chances of getting HIV. If a HIV+ individual stays that way for six consecutive months, it has been medically proven that person can not pass the virus to their s*xual partner. U=U Undetectable=Untransmittable. know your status, get on treatment, help end the epidemic. , , , , , ,

09/26/2026

The Monroe County Health Department reports that there has been an increase in Gonorrhea in Rochester over this past summer, especially among young, women of color and gay/MSM men of color. Gonorrhea rarely shows symptoms and can have serious side effects if left untreated. Get tested! Ask your provider for a full STI screen. Know your status get tested today.

Next Friday, October 2, DIS Recognition Day is coming to a town (or social media account) near you! This year’s theme is The Rhythm of Public Health to honor the harmony that connects the collaboration, partnerships, and communities involved in disease intervention. 💙

NCSD has everything you need to make some noise in celebration of these public health rockstars with our toolkits. Inside you'll find:
🌟 Promotional materials
🌟 Ways to get involved
🌟 Event registration
🌟 Merch
🌟 Resources for beyond DIS Recognition Day

Get started: https://bit.ly/4xjXxmx

09/21/2026

🎙️🎙️September 21, 2026, is World Gratitude Day (sometimes called World Day of Gratitude), a day dedicated to expressing appreciation and thankfulness for the people and good things in our lives. A day to thank someone who has helped you. A day to perform a small act of kindness for someone else. A day to send a note, text, or call to express appreciation. What's one thing you're grateful for today?

09/19/2026

🎙️🎙️One effective way to end the epidemic is to use Treatment as Prevention. Knowing your HIV status and getting on treatment reduces your chances of passing your virus to your s*xual partner. Getting to undetectable status(no virus is found in a sample of blood), and staying that way for six consecutive months it has been medically proven that you can not pass the virus to your s*xual partner. U=U(Undetectable=Untramsmitable). , , , ,

09/18/2026

🎙️🎙️September 18th is National HIV/AIDS & Aging Day. As of 2022, over 54% of people living with HIV in the U.S. were aged 50 or older. In 2022, people aged 50+ accounted for 16% of all new HIV diagnoses in the U.S. With the advancement in HIV treatment, people are living longer and percentage of people living with HIV are going to increase. Today from 11 am - 2 pm Action Front Center will have a resource table outside of 33 Chestnut Street. Free HIV testing will also be available. Know your status. Get tested today!!! , , , , , , ,

09/17/2026

🎙️September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month. The annual observance, first launched in 1976 by the National Association for Sickle Cell Disease, Inc., aims to dispel myths, increase understanding of SCD, and encourage community action such as blood donation, advocacy, and public education. Sickle cell disease is a group of inherited red blood cell disorders in which red blood cells become hard, sticky, and shaped like a crescent or "sickle." These abnormal cells can block blood flow, causing pain episodes, anemia, infections, organ damage, and other serious complications. More than 90% of people living with SCD in the United States are Black or African American. Sickle cell disease affects approximately 100,000 Americans. About 1 in 365 Black or African American babies is born with sickle cell disease.