The San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) has picked Raging Stallion exclusive Steve Cruz as its spokesperson for its 2008 campaign to promote STD testing and safer sex practices ... Cruz will be featured in radio and print ads for the campaign ...
Steve Cruz: "SFDPH were looking for a new voice of STD prevention this April to replace Travis Creston, Mr. San Francisco Leather 2007. They had endorsed my How I Roll campaign back during the launch in January. So it was really a perfect fit. [SFDPH Director of STDs Programs] Frank Strona phoned me up with the offer."
In the campaign ... Cruz will point out that STDs like gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis often display no symptoms and can remain undetected ...
Steve Cruz: "You can't be sure you don't have anything unless you get tested. I love sex — it's no big secret. I want my fans and the community as a whole to enjoy a healthy sex life, too. It's not that I want to shake my finger in everyone's face — quite the contrary. But if we don't talk about the dangers out there, those things have the potential to do real harm. By educating a new generation of men about how HIV is spread and by promoting safer sex, we hope to reduce the number of new HIV infections each year. And let's face it: STDs are a fact of life for sexually active people. Sticking our head in the sand won't make it go away. If we can remove the shameful stigma attached to getting an STD, then perhaps more of us would get tested and get treatment."
Cruz will start his own PSA campaign this summer for HowIRoll.info ... He will be broadcasting the videos on YouTube and MySpace ... The clips will feature Johnny Hazzard, Francesco D'Macho, Blake Riley, Jason Ridge and Damien Crosse, among others ...
Steve Cruz: "Not only performers, but everyone who is sexually active, but since performers are perhaps more sexually active than most, it's even more important to test often. We're all adults so I am not sure we have to make it the responsibility of the studios to test. But they could provide time, and even encourage performers to go to the free clinic. I go every three months for a check up. You could have an STD and not show symptoms, then spread that STD to others."
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