Tia IRMA is BACK with her Second Video on Rectal Microbicide Awareness

You met Tia IRMA (Auntie IRMA), a character created by IRMA's South American chapter IRMA-ALC (housed at Epicentro) to create awareness about rectal microbicides in a fun way, in this post from March 2012.

This is the second in a series of videos that will try to explain, in a very colloquial and humorous way, everything you might want to know about rectal microbicides, PrEP and many other subjects.

In this chapter of Tia IRMA's soap opera, she explains to us (in a funny way as always) the basic information about the development of a rectal microbicides.

Tia IRMA sees herself as an activist (and her nephew as a pasivist) and gives us a simple example of why we should advocate for a rectal microbicide. You see,  her neighbor Betty (a transgender woman) always depends on her lover (Tia IRMA calls him a dog) since he doesn't always use condoms with Betty. With a rectal microbicide, Betty can take care of herself to prevent HIV infection.

Tia Irma can't wait for a rectal microbicide to be developed and try it, she wants to have the security and happiness when se gets wild on the back…

Besos Negros from Tia IRMA!

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Tia IRMA Launches Her First Video with Besos Negros and Love

Hola! Soy la Tia IRMA!

Introducing Tia IRMA (Auntie IRMA), a character created by IRMA's South American chapter IRMA-ALC (housed at Epicentro) to create awareness about rectal microbicides in a fun way.

This is the first of a group of videos that will try to explain, in a very colloquial way, everything you might want to know about rectal microbicides, PrEP and many other subjects.

In this episode, Tia IRMA and Tony (her nephew) promote her blog Canal Anal , where visitors will find useful information, tips and other relevant news on sex and HIV written by Tia IRMA and her friends. A group that includes a transgendered neighbor, a gay nephew and a very straight husband, since the idea is clear: Everybody is having anal sex, so don´t be shy!

A real, live, in-the-flesh Tia IRMA is going to participate in most of the LGBT community events this year in Peru (where she was born) and she expects to become more popular than Kim Kardashian, with a bigger and wiser butt ;)

Besos negros!

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IRMA-ALC Promotes Rectal Microbicides in Lima with Humor and Tia Irma

Report from IRMA-ALC - our South American chapter. Don't you just love Tia Irma??? Check out the cute video below...

The Sexual Diversity Festival took place on Miraflores, a district of Lima on  Saturday, Cctober 8th. Epicentro was one of the hosting organizations

IRMA ALC participated with Epicentro in our stand.. We had a roulette wheel with sexual health questions and categories, and one of the categories was "Pregúntale a la tia Irma" or ask aunt Irma… And basically it was 5 simple questions about rectal microbicides to better understand what people know about them.

Also we had the video promoting Tia Irma (the idea is to promote IRMA as a character), and to inform people about rectal microbicides but in an informal and funny way.





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IRMA's South American Chapter Celebrates Our New Report

by Steve Miralles of IRMA-ALC

Last Friday September 24 the Spanish version of IRMA's latest report - From Promise to Product: Advancing Rectal Microbicide Research and Advocacy - was officially presented in Lima, Peru at Epicentro - a social organization that provides information about sexual and holistic health, as well as cultural activities, to the gay community in Lima. Epicentro is also the home of IRMA-ALC (América Latina y El Caribe.)

In this event we had the participation of doctors, psychologists, persons from trans groups, representatives of PLWHA groups, researchers, activists, IRMA members and general public interested in learning about rectal microbicides and its perspectives in Latin America.

For those wishing to obtain a printed copy of the report in Spanish (De la Promesa al Producto: Avanzando en la Investigación y Promoción de los Microbicidas Rectales) can communicate by mail irma-alc@epicentro.org.pe , or you can download it in Spanish on the IRMA-ALC page of the IRMA website.

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Este viernes 24 de septiembre fue presentado en Lima, Perú en Epicentro (un espacio de socialización en Lima, donde se brindaran servicios e información sobre salud sexual y mental, además de fomentar actividades culturales) el informe realizado por IRMA e IRMA-LAC (América Latina y El Caribe), De la Promesa al Producto: Avanzando en la Investigación y Promoción de los Microbicidas Rectales.

En este evento contamos con la participación de médicos, psicólogos, representantes de grupos trans, representantes de grupos de PVVS, investigadores, activistas, representantes de IRMA y público en general, interesados en conocer el panorama en Latinoamérica de microbicidas rectales.

Para quien desee obtener una copia de dicho informe en español puede comunicarse al correo irma-alc@epicentro.org.pe , o si desea, puede obtener el informe en pdf aqui.

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