M-Group meetings are held on the fourth Friday of each month, at 7:00 PM, at the LGBT Community Center. The group usually lasts 2 to 3 hours. The atmosphere is relaxed and social, but with a focus on HIV prevention. The group meeting includes refreshments and food.

M-Groups make it possible for young gay/bisexual men to meet and get to know one another in a safe, supportive and enjoyable setting. This atmosphere provides a stimulus for young men to confront issues and feelings that they may not ordinarily focus on and to relate to other young men in a deep and profound way.

Here is what M-groups can do for you;

• Clear up misconceptions about unsafe and safer sex.
• Increase the enjoyment of safer sex.
• Building communication skills for negotiating safer sex.
• Addressing interpersonal issues that may interfere with safer sex.
• Planning ahead to have safer sex.
• Social norms about safer sex.
• How to use condoms.
• Social support to have safer sex.

One of the sections of M-Group is intended to motivate and train participants to encourage their friends to have safer sex. We are a community and if we don't look after ourselves how can we expect anybody else to.

More information on M-Group can be found on the Structure page.

Carefully open package and remove condom. Put a dab of water-based lubricant inside the tip of the condom. Put on the condom as soon as your penis is hard. If you penis is uncut, be sure to pull back the foreskin before unrolling the condom.

Gently squeeze and hold the tip of the condom so no air is trapped inside while unrolling the condom. Unroll the condom all the way down to the base of the penis. The condom should unroll easily.

Use plenty of water-based lubricant. DO NOT use oil based lubes, Crisco or Vaseline. They break down the condoms.

Withdraw immediately after ejaculation. Hold the condom tightly at the base of your penis and slowly pull out of your partner while still hard, making sure no semen spills. Dispose of property.