Feel Good Sex

Sex may feel good, but STIs don't! Stay safe and play smart. Use condoms.


Tips for safe condom use:

• Talk to your partner about condoms before you have sex. Agree to use condoms before you are “in the moment.”

• Use a condom every time you have sex.

• Use a condom or dental dam when you have oral sex. You can get an STI from oral sex!

• Use a new condom every time you have sex.

• Put a condom on before you start having sex. Right after a guy has ejaculated (cum), take the condom off and throw it away.

• Check the date. Do not use condoms after the date on the condom wrapper.

• Be careful when you open the wrapper! Don’t use your teeth. Watch your fingernails or rings.

• Gently pinch the tip of the condom before you roll it down and while you roll it down. This helps you keep air bubbles out of the condom.

• Roll the condom over the erect (hard) penis before the penis gets near the other person’s body.

• Leave about 1/2-inch space at the tip of the condom so that semen (cum) has a place to go.

• Only use water-based lube like KY Jelly. Do not use oil-based lube! Oil-based lube, like Vaseline, massage oils, and body lotions can cause condoms to break or leak.

• Some medicines that people use to treat yeast infections can make condoms weaker.

• Condoms come in all sizes. If you need to, buy a bigger condom (like Magnums or XL condoms)


This public service announcement was produced entirely by teens for teens by Community Healthcare Network's Teens P.A.C.T. program in New York City. It is just one in a series of public service announcements collectively titled, MORE THAN JUST SEX! MORE THAN JUST SEX aims to empower young people to make positive decisions, create social change, and reduce the rates of teen pregnancy, STD's, and HIV in New York City and beyond.

For more information about Community Healthcare Network or Teens P.A.C.T., please contact Michele Perlman at [email protected].

Find us at www.chnnyc.org or www.facebook.com/teenspact