Sexual Health & Well-Being
The Tea: Social Hour
The Tea is serving you piping hot and inclusive sexual health conversations. Let’s spill on healthy dating and relationships, changing stigma and discrimination in our communities, having hotter sex safely, debunking HIV/STIs, and more.
Snacks 🥤 Drinks 
Specialty Condoms & LubeSexual Health Advocacy Group (SHAG)
+Charged
If you are living with HIV, you can meet with METRO staff members one-on-one for up to three sessions. The goal of +Charged is to empower individuals living with HIV to develop strategies for healing, advocacy, and connection. After attending all three sessions, we encourage you to continue engaging with us by developing strategies to heal the wounds of the POZitive community and combat the stigma and discrimination associated with HIV. Together, we will fight the HIV epidemic in the Tampa Bay Area and beyond.
Our coaching sessions are designed to foster a sense of camaraderie and solidarity, where you can share your experiences, find support, and develop strategies to live happier and healthier.
Navigating Success
Sexual health and substance use can be tough to navigate. We’re here to answer all your questions! From interactive group sessions and 1-on-1 goal setting to social activities, Navigating Success is a modern take on comprehensive sex ed. We offer two age-appropriate programs for young people between the ages of 13-17 and 18-24 who reside in Hillsborough or Pinellas Counties. Plus, participants earn a $40 incentive upon completion!
TOPWA
Pregnant and living in Pinellas or Hillsborough County? Join TOPWA! Our program specialists support you throughout your journey with free pregnancy and HIV testing, medical referrals, gift cards, educational sessions, baby showers, and much more!
World of Women (WOW)
Seeking affirmation and acceptance among fellow women? Check out WOW, an inclusive group for all women, dedicated to your health and overall well-being. Join us for social support, education, empowerment, and dialogue.
Let Us Bring Our Trainings to You
Sexual Health Advocacy Training
Our Sexual Health Advocacy program offers ways to influence change in the community. Bring our staff members to your organization or group, and we will train your team of advocates on how to have peer-to-peer conversations about safer sex in your community. Add your voice to the conversation and encourage others to practice safer sex. Distribute condoms, recruit others to get tested for STIs, and share your story about how practicing safer sex has improved your life.
If you are a community-serving organization or group that needs help learning how to talk to community members about sexual health, consider bringing our Sexual Health Advocacy Training to you. We can bring our training to: – Student-Led Health and Wellness Organizations (Colleges and Universities) – Community Groups Facilitating Health-Related Outreach Activities (Churches, Clubs, Etc.) or businesses wanting to learn more about combatting HIV and the stigma surrounding it in the Tampa Bay Area, and more.
Sexual Health Advocacy (in Healthcare):
Our Sexual Health Advocacy in Healthcare training offers ways to influence change in the community as healthcare professionals. Bring our staff members to your organization or group, and we will help your team think critically about the role healthcare professionals play in combatting HIV, address common assumptions about sexuality, and provide your team with practical skills to facilitate discussions on sexual health with patients. All advocates trained will be empowered to take their skills beyond the healthcare setting to join us in combatting HIV in the Tampa Bay Area and beyond.
We believe that sexual healthcare is an integral part of holistic healthcare, but we know it can be a challenge to engage patients in conversations about sexual health without proper training. If you train and/or teach healthcare professionals that work with our community, bringing our Sexual Health Advocacy Training to you might be exactly what you need. We can bring our training to: – Pre-Med and Pre-Nursing Training Programs – Student-Run Medical Teams – And more.
Get Involved as an Advocate
Is sexual empowerment and HIV/STI prevention important to you, too? METRO offers opportunities to train, gain experience, and get involved in community advocacy in Tampa Bay.
EHE is dedicated to building a community coalition to end the HIV epidemic in Pinellas and Hillsborough counties. Our specialists work with and train local leaders and business owners within our neighborhoods, so that they can reach new audiences and vulnerable populations with vital information about HIV prevention and locally-available health care resources. Contact us below if you’re interested in supporting this effort as an EHE ambassador.
Learn, have spirited dialogue, and contribute to the development of METRO programs. We serve our community by improving access to resources and services for those living with or at-risk for HIV.
Explore and contribute recommendations for improving effective teaching, empowering, and inspiring practices among youth and young adults to guide the community forward.
Volunteer Peers are trained as ambassadors and role models who help build HIV awareness and education in the community. You can even take part in METRO’s community outreach efforts with our energetic street team.
Are you a natural influencer? You can put your powers to good use by promoting awareness and education around HIV testing, prevention and treatment in our area. This role can be completely remote, too — so you can make a difference from home!
Prevention Role Models share their stories with using PrEP, navigating “magne+ic relationships,” and taking their sexual health into their own hands.
Do you have a sexual health story that you would like to share? Representation of sexually empowered individuals and their journeys is so important!
Read and contribute to our Role Model Stories series.
Volunteers make our work possible! Whether you can lend us your time, skills, or just pure enthusiasm, there are so many opportunities to be a part of METRO’s impact in Tampa Bay. Learn more about all our volunteer opportunities here.
HIV Testing & Education
Everyone should know their status. Get tested, then learn about advanced treatment and HIV prevention options with our expert Prevention & Sexual Health team.
HIV testing is fast, free, and offered discreetly near you.
Want to get involved? Have questions?
Contact Prevention and Sexual Health by filling out the form below, or calling 727-321-3854.
