Freelance writer Christopher Glazek is a Truvada whore. It was not a decision he came to slowly or lightly, but after learning that the information he had initially been given was completely false and then being encouraged by a friend who was already on PrEP, he took the plunge. He now advocates for the drug as a preventative for the overwhelming majority of gay men and wrote a lengthy editorial for Out.com outlining his decision and how he came to it as well as examining the story of Adam Zeboski, creator of the #TruvadaWhore shirt. One of the primary reasons he advocates for the drug is that he views it's a drug that will be beneficial for everyone:
According to a CDC analysis released last year, only 15% of gay men use condoms consistently enough to derive substantial benefit from them. Truvada, then, is not a drug for a barebacking, pornographic minority, but for the overwhelming majority of people who do not consistently practice safe sex.
Glazek also condemns the "puritanical ignorance" present in doctors, activists, journalists, and government officals which stymies the uptake of the drug, pointing out in particular ACT UP Paris derailing a study on Truvada as PrEP in Cambodia in 2004. Of course the issue of condoms makes an appearance, and Glazek feels Dr. Judy Auerbach, former vice president of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, addresses that issue succinctly with:
It's clear that for many people, regardless of sexual orientation, the goal is to have condomless sex. Why don't we acknowledge that desire and not vilify it?
