Strategy Guides

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

• App Hookup Strategy: Navigating Dating Apps Safely — Grindr, Scruff, Sniffies, BBRT, Recon, Hornet — whatever you're using, apps are where most of gay sexual culture now happens. Health education barely ac...
• Advanced Condom Mechanics: Physics, Chemistry & Failure Modes — Most guys who experience a condom failure didn't do anything obviously wrong. The issue isn't the instructions it’s the engineering. Like any material, ...
• Finding an LGBTQ+-Affirming Doctor — Your relationship with a doctor directly affects your health outcomes. A doctor who makes you feel judged or who doesn't understand the context of your ...
• Your First Time: What to Expect (And How to Not Freak Out) — Let’s get this out of the way: nobody's first time looks like a porn scene. For most guys, it's a little awkward, occasionally uncomfortable, sometimes ...
• Fisting: Mechanics, Safety & Preparation — Fisting is one of the most intense, physically demanding things you can do sexually. It's also one of the least covered in actual health education — whi...
• Group Sex & Multi-Partner Encounters: Risk Management in Practice — Group sex — whether a threesome, an organised sex party, or an orgy — is part of gay male sexual culture. It's also genuinely underserved by health educ...
• The Medical Audit: How to Talk to Your Doctor — Going to the doctor can feel like going to the principal’s office. It doesn’t have to. You’re the CEO of your body. The doctor is a consultant you hire ...
• Lube Science 101: Why It Matters More Than You Think — Let’s get this out of the way: lube is not a luxury, an accessory, or a sign that someone isn't "turned on enough." For anal sex, lube is required infra...
• The Bottom's Guide: Mechanics, Control & Physics — Let's get one thing straight immediately: bottoming is not a passive activity. You are not just "taking" something; you are hosting it. You control the ...
• Oral Sex: Mechanics, Hygiene & Reading the Room — Let's be real: oral is probably the most common thing guys do together, and it somehow gets the least useful coverage. Most sex ed glosses over it, trea...
• The Top's Guide: Mechanics, Empathy & Bypassing the Reflex — Topping isn't about dominance (unless that's the scene). It's about reading your partner and working with his body, not just inside it. --- ⚠️ Pre-Fligh...
• The Versatile's Guide: How to Switch Gears Without the Awkwardness — Being versatile is how the majority of guys actually operate, yet most advice treats you like you're permanently locked into being a Top or a Bottom. Po...
• Oral Sex: Risks, Pleasure, and Protection — Oral sex is frequently discussed as though it is entirely risk-free. It isn't, but the risks are genuinely lower than those associated with anal sex. Un...
• PrEP vs. PEP: Understanding Your HIV Prevention Options — PrEP and PEP are both antiretroviral-based HIV prevention tools. They use similar drugs, but they work at different points in the timeline — and they su...
• The Testing Protocol: Manage What You Measure — You can't feel an STI. Syphilis is painless in stage 1. Gonorrhea in the throat has no symptoms. Chlamydia in the rectum is often silent. Hepatitis C ca...

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