Proactive Guides

Proactive guides from PackMap — sexual health education for young gay and bisexual men.

• Anal Cancer Screening: The HPV Pipeline You Need to Know About — HPV puts gay and bi men at higher anal cancer risk. The vaccine and screening catch it early — or stop it before it starts.
• Anatomy 101: Knowing Your Equipment — Know the machinery before anything else. How the anus and rectum actually work, and what that means for safer, more comfortable sex.
• ART Mechanics: How HIV Treatment Actually Works — ART is one daily pill that drops HIV to undetectable — which means you can't pass it on. How it works and how to stay on top of it.
• Douche Mechanics: Anatomy, Tools, and Technique — How to rinse safely without wrecking the tissue — the right tools, timing, and technique so prep doesn't become the problem.
• The Fiber Protocol: How to Be 'Ready' in 5 Minutes — Steady fiber and a routine make digestion predictable — which means less anxiety and less aggressive douching before sex.
• Hepatitis C: What MSM Need to Know — Hep C is curable, but it spreads through blood — and chemsex and rough sex are how it moves in our networks. How to avoid catching it.
• HIV in 2026: The Facts Without the Fear — On modern treatment, HIV means a normal lifespan and zero risk of passing it on once you're undetectable. The facts, minus the fear.
• Pre-Travel Health: Staying Protected When You Go Abroad — Before you travel: sort your PrEP supply, know the local STI picture, check the legal risks. How to stay safe having sex abroad.
• PrEP Mechanics: Daily, On-Demand & Injectable — PrEP comes three ways: a daily pill, on-demand dosing, or long-acting jabs like Cabotegravir. How each works and which fits your sex life.
• The Prevention Stack: All Six Layers — No one layer does it all. PrEP, regular testing, vaccines and condoms stack together into protection that actually holds. How to build yours.
• The STI Landscape: What You Need to Know — Bacterial and viral STIs are just part of an active sex life's risk map. How testing, vaccines and treatment keep them manageable.
• Toy Safety: Materials & The ER Trip — Anything going in needs a flared base and body-safe material like platinum silicone. How to avoid losing a toy or burning the tissue.
• U=U: Undetectable Equals Untransmittable — Undetectable means an HIV-positive person on effective treatment can't sexually transmit the virus to partners. Extensive studies confirm it.
• The Vaccine Checklist: The Armor You Probably Forgot — HPV, Hep A and B, Mpox and meningitis vaccines head off cancer and infection before they start. Which ones you need and why.

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