Dr. Leisha McKinley-Beach

You know, we've been talking open about sex and pleasure, but I don't want you to be thinking about disease.

Right.

I want you to be thinking about this is about to be the best three minutes and 12 seconds of your life.

That's what it's supposed to be about.

But in order for it to be about that, you got to know what feels good for you.

Black Public Health Academy, and one of the founding members of PrEP in Black America.

I'm not even going to define it as safer.

I'm going to define it as pleasurable.

Sure.

Part of what we see in terms of culture is

are some things that have been passed down that prevent women from feeling comfortable enough to even have conversations with their provider.

such as sex is something we don't talk about, right?

What happens in this house stays in this house, right?

Like why are you out here telling folk, you know, that you had something that was itching or burning, you know, and those kinds of things.

And so they're less likely to say,

You know, I was interested in prep, which means I got to disclose that I'm sexually active.

Baby, you have had five kids in the past decade.

They know you are sexually active.

Right.

But for me to have the courage to.