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Thursday, November 14, 2024

Students will have the opportunity Friday to guess just how many condoms are crammed into a jar.

UF's chapter of Vox: Voices for Planned Parenthood will host its annual sexual health fair, Sex on the Lawn, on the North Lawn.

The event will consist of carnival games, arts and crafts and "condom races." There will also be a sex expert at the event to answer questions.

"We live in kind of a sex-negative society, and in Vox, we encourage people to talk about [sex] and have some sort of dialogue about their sexual experiences and who they are sexually," said Rosemary Daniels, 20, a psychology senior and president of Vox.

Pride Student Union is co-sponsoring the event.

In addition, the event will offer free HIV testing at the Reitz Union.

"It is a really easy process that involves an oral swab," Daniels said. "People always think that it's painful or involves blood."

She said by offering the test for free, Vox encourages students to talk about their status and create an open dialogue about getting tested for sexually-transmitted diseases and infections.

"When it comes to sexual safety, we can't talk about it enough because it is obviously still an epidemic in America to have unsafe sex," said Devon Faria, 19, an anthropology sophomore and internal vice president of Pride Student Union.

The event will start at 10 a.m. and will run until 4 p.m. Free pizza, cupcakes and drinks will be provided.

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