Sexual Health & Prevention

Sexual Health & Prevention: 87 PLANJUS glossary terms and guides, including "DASS" (French Slang for AIDS), "Generous" and PnP Room, "Gift Giver".

• "DASS" (French Slang for AIDS) — So, you're on a chat and someone asks you "t'as le DASS?". You frown, wondering if they're talking about some administrative department.
• "Generous" and PnP Room — On English-speaking apps, "generous" is a password. It's a code that means "I have the product and I provide it." It's an invitation to a PnP (Party and Play) plan, a promise that the evening will not only be sexual but also chemical.
• "Gift Giver" — In the lexicon of bareback, some terms are darker than others. "Gift Giver" is one of them.
• "Satan's Headband" — The expression "Satan's headband" has almost disappeared today, and that's a good thing. It was an old, somewhat creepy term, to designate a downright criminal practice: drugging or manipulating someone to sexually submit them.
• 3-MMC / cathinones — 3-MMC and other synthetic cathinones are stimulants widely used in chemsex; they carry a risk of rapid dependence, overdose, heart problems and a depressive comedown, and are dangerous with some HIV treatments.
• After a sexual assault — After a sexual assault the priorities are getting safe, emergency care (HIV PEP within 48 hours, drug testing, STI testing), preserving evidence and getting support; reporting it to the police is possible but not required to get care.
• After an HIV diagnosis — After an HIV diagnosis the priorities are simple: confirm the result, start treatment quickly, get support, and tell recent partners so they can get tested.
• Anal douching — Anal douching means rinsing the rectum with water before sex; done properly (lukewarm water, low pressure, two hours before, not too often) it is safe, but done too often or too harshly it irritates the lining and makes infections easier.
• Bareback — The term "bareback" comes directly from English, and originally, from the world of horse riding.
• Barebacking Conversion (HIV) — In the world of bareback, Conversion is not an accident; it's a quest. It's the act of seeking to become HIV-positive, of wanting to contract HIV.
• BDSM: safety and health — BDSM and hard sex are safer with five rules: negotiated consent, a safeword, listening to your body, sobriety and a safe setting; some practices (choking, sounding, trampling) need specific precautions.
• Blood play: health risks — As soon as an SM practice draws blood (cutting, needles, a whip that breaks skin, play piercing), the risk of transmitting HIV and especially hepatitis B and C becomes real; it's reduced with sterile single-use equipment, gloves and good hygiene.
• Blowover — After an intense chemsex session, your body and mind need time to land. This recovery period, often long and difficult, is what is called the Blowover.
• Booty Bumping — Booty Bumping is the art of getting high through the ass. In French, it is sometimes referred to as 'drug anal plug' or rectal administration, but the English term is more direct and common in the scene.
• Bridging — Bridging, literally 'making the bridge', is a key concept for understanding HIV transmission dynamics.
• Bug Chaser — The Bug Chaser, literally the 'virus hunter', is a person who actively seeks to be infected with HIV.
• CeGIDD — CeGIDD (free information, testing and diagnosis centres) are public clinics in France where you can get tested, treated, vaccinated and get PrEP or PEP for free, anonymously if you wish.
• Charge (Poz Load) — The word "charge," in the bareback scene, is a code: we're not talking about the viral load of your blood test, we're talking about the "load," the cum.
• Chemsex — Chemsex means using psychoactive drugs (cathinones, GHB/GBL, methamphetamine, ketamine…) in order to have sex, often long sessions with several partners; in France 13% of sexually active men who have sex with men practised it over 6 months (2023).
• Chemsex (Chemsex Plan) — The "chemsex plan" (from "chemicals") is a casual sex encounter under the influence of synthetic drugs.
• Chemsex help — If chemsex becomes hard to manage, free specialist services exist: AIDES' WhatsApp line and groups, Drogues Info Service, chemsex clinics (Le 190 in Paris), and addiction and harm-reduction centres across France.
• Chlamydia and LGV — Chlamydia is the most common bacterial STI, often symptom-free; among men who have sex with men, some strains cause lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV), a severe anal inflammation. Both are cured with antibiotics.
• Come Down & Relapse — After the euphoria, chaos. The Come Down is the inevitable backlash after a chemsex session.
• Condoms and lube — Condoms (external or internal) protect against HIV and limit exposure to other STIs; put on correctly and used with water- or silicone-based lube, they rarely break.
• Consent and drug-facilitated assault — Consent is a free, informed and reversible agreement to each sexual act; someone asleep, unconscious or too impaired by alcohol or drugs can't consent, and drugging someone without their knowledge to have sex with them is drug-facilitated assault, a crime.
• Conversion or Seroconversion (HIV) — The term "conversion" or "seroconversion" is a clinical word that hides a simple reality: it is the moment when a person becomes HIV-positive after being infected with HIV.
• Crystal meth (tina) — Methamphetamine (crystal, tina, ice) is a powerful stimulant, two to five times more intense than amphetamine, with very long effects; it carries a risk of rapid dependence, serious heart and psychiatric problems, and sexual risk-taking.
• Dangerous combinations — Some combinations of drugs and medicines are particularly dangerous during sex: GHB/GBL with alcohol or sedatives (coma), poppers with Viagra (blood pressure crash), cathinones or GHB with some HIV treatments (overdose).
• DoxyPEP — DoxyPEP means taking 200 mg of doxycycline within 72 hours of condomless sex to reduce the risk of syphilis and chlamydia; in France, the HAS reserves it, case by case, for MSM and trans women highly exposed to STIs.
• Ego Death (Mort de l'ego) — Ego Death and Identity Erasure are not a scene—they are a demolition project. It is the most extreme evolution of psychological domination, a long-term process aimed at completely dismantling a submissive's original identity.
• Fisting: risks and safety — Fisting mainly exposes you to hepatitis C (via blood and shared lube), anal and rectal injuries and some STIs; individual gloves, your own lube, short nails, going slowly and staying sober greatly reduce these risks.
• G (GHB/GBL) — "G" means GHB and GBL, two depressants with almost identical effects, widely used in chemsex; the gap between the dose that works and the one that knocks you out or into a coma is small, and mixing with alcohol is the leading cause of comas.
• Gay and bi mental health — In France, gay and bisexual men report more than twice as many depressive episodes and suicidal thoughts as straight men; a large part of that gap is explained by violence and discrimination, and help exists.
• Genital herpes — Genital herpes is a viral infection (HSV-2 or HSV-1) that causes outbreaks of small painful blisters; it spreads even without visible sores, can't be cured, but is controlled with antivirals.
• Gonorrhoea (the clap) — Gonorrhoea, or the clap, is a bacterial STI that affects the urethra, anus or throat; often silent outside the penis, it is treated with an antibiotic injection, but resistance is growing.
• Group sex: health — Group sex multiplies contacts and therefore chances of STI transmission; PrEP, vaccines, condoms within reach, individual lube and gloves, clear consent and testing afterwards let you enjoy it while reducing risk.
• Harm Reduction — Harm reduction is a public health approach that starts from what people actually do, without judgement, to limit the damage: sterile equipment, dosing, PrEP, testing, support, rather than demanding abstinence.
• Hepatitis A — Hepatitis A is a viral liver infection spread by the faecal-oral route, including during rimming; it usually clears on its own but can be exhausting, and a vaccine prevents it effectively.
• Hepatitis B — Hepatitis B is a viral liver infection that spreads easily through semen, blood and sex; it can become chronic, but a vaccine gives almost 100% protection.
• Hepatitis C — Hepatitis C is a bloodborne virus; between men it spreads through practices involving bleeding (fisting, SM, shared toys) and shared chemsex equipment. There is no vaccine, but antivirals cure it in more than 95% of cases.
• High Plan & Chemsex — A high plan, or 'chemsex,' is sex under the influence of drugs. The goal is to disinhibit, increase sensations, and prolong pleasure for hours, even days.
• HIV and STI statistics — In 2024 about 5,100 people were newly diagnosed with HIV in France, 42% through sex between men, and bacterial STIs rose sharply; worldwide, 41 million people were living with HIV at the end of 2025.
• HIV and STI testing — Getting tested means checking, with a blood test, a swab or a rapid test, whether you have HIV or another STI; for men with several partners, the recommended rhythm is every 3 months.
• HIV stigma (serophobia) — HIV stigma ("serophobia" in French) means rejection, prejudice and discrimination against people living with HIV; refusing care, housing or a job because of someone's health status is illegal discrimination in France.
• HIV: transmission and symptoms — HIV is a virus that weakens the immune system; it is transmitted through blood, semen, pre-cum, vaginal and anal fluids, and today it is treated very effectively when diagnosed early.
• Hot-botting — Hot-botting is an extremely risky and marginal injection practice, even within the chemsex community.
• HPV (papillomavirus) — HPV (human papillomavirus) is a very common virus passed on through sexual contact; it can cause genital or anal warts and, in the long run, anal and throat cancers. In France the vaccine is recommended for men who have sex with men up to age 26.
• Injectable PrEP — Injectable PrEP replaces pills with a shot: cabotegravir (Apretude), one injection every two months, has been available and reimbursed in France since March 2026; lenacapavir, two injections a year, is recommended by WHO.
• Inseminate — WARNING: This text discusses extreme and very high-danger sexual practices, including the voluntary transmission of STIs (seroconversion).
• Ketamine — Ketamine is a dissociative anaesthetic used recreationally and during sex; it causes loss of control, accidents, heart strain and, with regular use, serious and sometimes irreversible bladder damage.
• Living with HIV — Living with HIV today means taking long-term antiretroviral treatment, having regular check-ups and, once the viral load is undetectable, living a normal life (and sex life) without passing on the virus.
• Meth Mites (Formication) — Meth Mites, or formication in medical terms, is a terrifying tactile hallucination that can occur during the consumption of methamphetamine (crystal meth) or other stimulants.
• Mpox (monkeypox) — Mpox is a viral infection causing skin and mucosal lesions, spread mainly through close skin-to-skin contact, including sex; a vaccine is recommended for men who have sex with men who have several partners.
• Muscling and Overamping — In the world of chemsex, the pursuit of the fastest and most intense effect leads to increasingly risky consumption methods.
• Mycoplasma genitalium — Mycoplasma genitalium is a sexually transmitted bacterium that can cause urethritis or proctitis; often silent, it is only tested for and treated when there are symptoms, because of its high antibiotic resistance.
• Oral sex: STI risks — Oral sex carries little HIV risk, but it is one of the main routes for gonorrhoea, chlamydia, syphilis, herpes and HPV, often with no symptoms at all in the throat.
• Party and Play (PnP) — PnP, or Party and Play, is not just a casual hookup; it's a contract, an immersion. It's the conscious decision to mix chemicals ("chems") and sex to create an experience that transcends the limits of body and time.
• PEP (Post-Exposure Prophylaxis) — PEP (post-exposure prophylaxis, TPE in French) is emergency anti-HIV treatment best started within 4 hours and no later than 48 hours after exposure, then taken for one month.
• Piss play: health risks — Piss play (watersports, golden showers) carries little risk on healthy skin; HIV isn't transmitted by urine, but STIs and infections can pass if urine gets into the mouth, anus or a wound.
• Plan Jus Definition — The term "plan jus" is a rich and polysemous expression that holds a particular place in the lexicon of gay sexuality.
• Poppers — Poppers are inhaled volatile nitrites that cause muscle relaxation, a racing heart and a rush of heat within seconds; they're dangerous if swallowed, on skin and eyes, with alcohol and with erection drugs.
• Poz — In french gay jargon, when you hear "poz", "S+", or simply "positive", it means only one thing: the person is HIV positive.
• Poz Only — "Poz Only" is not a category; it's a declaration of pride. It's a private club, a sanctuary where HIV-positive individuals have decided to create their own rules for pleasure.
• PrEP — PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) is preventive treatment taken by an HIV-negative person to avoid getting HIV; in France any doctor can prescribe it and it is 100% reimbursed.
• Pubic lice and scabies — Pubic lice (crabs) and scabies are skin parasites passed on through close body contact, including sex, and through bedding; they cause intense itching and are treated by also treating partners and washing linen.
• Relapse — Relapse, in the context of chemsex, is much more than simply resuming drug use. It's a return to a set of high-risk behaviors, a dive back into the specific combination of sex and drugs after attempting to stop.
• Rimming: STI risks — Rimming (anilingus) carries very little HIV risk, but exposes you to hepatitis A, shigella, gonorrhoea, chlamydia, syphilis, herpes and HPV; the hepatitis A vaccine and throat testing are the best protection.
• S+, S- and S? — « S+ », « S- », « S? » : These are not mathematical or chemical formulas.
• Safe and Unsafe — "Safe" and "unsafe" are English terms used in the gay and bareback communities to discuss sexual practices and the level of risk accepted by each individual.
• Scat play: health risks — Scat play (coprophilia) carries little HIV risk but a high risk of gut infections spread through faeces: hepatitis A, shigella, parasites, intestinal bacteria.
• Sesh (Session) — A sesh has no start or end time. It's a dive into a time warp where the only thing that exists is getting high and having sex, as it can last a night, a weekend, sometimes longer.
• Sex toys: hygiene and sharing — A sex toy passed from one body to another can transmit STIs and hepatitis B and C; a new condom per partner, cleaning after every use and non-porous materials reduce the risk.
• Shigella (shigellosis) — Shigellosis is an intestinal infection caused by Shigella bacteria, passed on through invisible traces of faeces, notably during rimming; it circulates among men who have sex with men, with strains increasingly resistant to antibiotics.
• Slam — Slamming means injecting drugs (cathinones, methamphetamine…) intravenously during sex; it's the riskiest form of chemsex for dependence, overdose, veins, and HIV and hepatitis C transmission.
• SRS (Sex Reassignment Surgery) — SRS, or "Sex Reassignment Surgery", is the term often heard when talking about surgical operations as part of a gender transition.
• SSC (Safe, Sane, and Consensual) — SSC, for Safe, Sane, and Consensual (or Sûr, Sain et Consensuel in French), is not just a trendy acronym.
• SSR — Acronym for « Safer Sex ». So, how to enjoy Safer Sex plans?
• Stealthing Definition — Stealthing means deliberately removing or damaging the condom during sex without the partner's agreement; it's a breach of consent that exposes the partner to HIV and STIs and calls for quick action (PEP within 48 hours, testing, the option of reporting it).
• STI symptoms — Discharge, burning, a sore, spots, itching, anal pain, fever or a rash after sex are possible STI signs that warrant a quick visit to a doctor; but most STIs cause no symptoms at all.
• STIs (sexually transmitted infections) — STIs are infections passed on through sex (bacteria, viruses, parasites); most go unnoticed, are easy to test for and treat, and some can be prevented by vaccines.
• Syphilis — Syphilis is a bacterial STI that often starts with a painless sore (chancre) and can then progress silently for years; it is detected with a blood test and cured with a penicillin injection.
• Transition — Transition is the process a transgender person undertakes to align their life and appearance with their gender identity.
• Transition Hormones — In the arsenal of medical transition, hormones are often the most powerful and transformative tool.
• Undetectable and U=U — "Undetectable = Untransmittable" means that an HIV-positive person whose viral load has been undetectable for more than 6 months thanks to treatment does not pass on HIV through sex.
• Vaccines for MSM — Four vaccines are recommended for men who have sex with men to protect against sexually transmitted infections: hepatitis A, hepatitis B, HPV (up to 26 in France) and mpox.
• Viral Load (VL) — Viral load is the amount of HIV measured in the blood (in copies per millilitre); on effective treatment it becomes undetectable, which protects the person's health and prevents sexual transmission.
• Window period — The window period is the time between infection and the moment a test can detect it: 6 weeks for a lab HIV test in France, 3 months for a self-test or rapid test.