BHOC – Building Healthy Online Communities

Previous Next

Bringing together dating platform owners, their users, and public health leaders to improve access to health information and resources.

WE SAW A NEED AND LEAPT INTO ACTION.

Increasingly more and more people are connecting digitally for sex and dating. That affects dating app users’ sexual and mental health in entirely new ways. Building Healthy Online Communities is a place where public health leaders and dating platforms app owners work together to support queer & trans people’s health in responsive, innovative ways.

More About BHOC

FEATURED PROJECTS:

TAKEMEHOME.ORG

Our HIV and STI self-testing program meets people where they are. Literally. We offer in-home HIV and syphilis testing as well as STI self-collection and testing in participating areas. Our model has been taken nationally with the Together TakeMeHome initiative.

NICEAF

This project engages dating app owners from across the industry to develop features to prevent and respond to stigma and safety on their platforms. NiceAF has gathered input from thousands of dating app users about how to make it safer and easier to be on the apps.

Sexual Health Resource

This comprehensive, inclusive sexual health guide goes into the details about our sex lives, getting the most from dating apps, accessing mental health support, and information and resources about substance use. This is a full bilingual resource available in English and Spanish.

Sexual Health & Liberation Photo Collection

Queer and trans people, sexual health, and harm reduction are not represented authentically in traditional stock photo libraries. This photo collection provides free images to promote sexual health and safer drug use in outreach materials.