Chance of a Lifetime depicts three realistic social and sexual scenarios in which safer sex is discussed and practiced by gay men. The film presents a variety of sexual possibilities and preferences, from intimacy between two lovers to group sex, and encourages viewers to identify and practice sexual behavior to reduce the risk of HIV […]

GMHC Safe Sex Shorts Series A series of erotic and explicit shorts combine the driving rhythms of music videos with slick, rapidly edited images. Scenarios include how-tos on using a condom, supplementing fun with food, and making it in the back seat. Each short is approximately 5 minutes. For Adults Only. Produced by GMHC: Gregg […]

A handsome businessman rides in a taxi. During the trip, furtive glances are exchanged between him as he chats with the driver. However when the ride has ended and it is time to pay the fare, the businessman cannot find his wallet! Fortunately, he has condoms in his pocket, which the driver enthusiastically accepts. The […]

A woman (Annie Sprinkle) masturbates with a plug-in vibrator, interrupted by her lover (Joy Brown). The two embrace and engage in sex using dental dams, gloves, and condom-covered dildos. Text on the screen provides information and instruction on the use of barriers. “The recognition of lesbian sexuality, as well as the Center for Disease Control’s […]

GMHC Safer Sex Short featuring Tracy Africa, Jose Extravaganza and Aldawna Field. Music by Junior Vasquez. Video directed by David Bronstein, realized by Junior Vasquez. Thank you to GMHC, and to the New York Public Library and K.A. Johnson for digital mastering and reproduction.

  Gay Men’s Health Crisis produced revolutionary educational and promotional safer sex videos for the gay community, and particularly African American men. Thank you to GMHC, and to the New York Public Library and K.A. Johnson for digital mastering and reproduction.  

A man opens a fridge in search of a midnight snack. His lover approaches from behind, satisfying another kind of hunger as the pair demonstrate different applications of dental dams for rimming and condoms for oral sex that incorporates food. Thank you to the New York Public Library and K.A. Johnson for digital mastering and […]

GMHC Safe Sex Short “Something Fierce” Condom Application Demonstration with Blane C. Mosley. Please note: Supplementing the narrative, each GMHC safer sex short contains text on the screen reinforcing the use of condoms. The text also advises to use lubricant with the spermicide Nonoxynol-9 (N-9), however this was later disproved in the early 2000s. Not […]

A sexy invitation into a busy gay bathhouse recuperates that space as erotic and legitimate and affirms the East Asian man as a desiring subject. Part of the GMHC series of Safer Sex Shorts. *No spoken dialogue. The message “Fuck safely, use a condom!” appears in Tagalog, Hindi, Chinese, and Vietnamese.) “I met Jean Carlomusto […]

A music video using footage from Chance of a Lifetime. Music by Richard Bone. AIDS prevention feature dramatizing scenarios of various explicit safer-sex practices. Thank you to GMHC, and to the New York Public Library and K.A. Johnson for digital mastering and reproduction.