Every first Friday of the month queers from throughout the Cincinnati tri-state area come together to queer one lucky straight bar. This past Friday December 4^th, Guerilla Queer Bar had a World AIDS Day twist! I and 2 other campus organizers from Advocates for Youth put on our fairy wings, queered up our outfits and grabbed baskets of condoms and entered the bar. Using our condoms from the Great American Condom Campaign we handed out condoms to everyone at that bar. Not only did we bring the standard queer love to the bar that first Friday of December but this time we brought with us information on HIV and safe sex and free condoms for everyone in sight!




As a genderf*cking condom fairy I distributed condoms to groups of women sitting at tables, groups of men dancing with each other at the bar, straight guys who were planning to get laid that night and even women who told me they definitely would not be needing a condom that night. Everyone was excited to partake in the free condoms. Overall when I asked people “did you get your condoms tonight?” people dove into my basket. Excited with the free supply of the otherwise expensive but necessary protection.

Overall I was impressed, very few people turned down the free condoms and only a few looked uncomfortable by the offer. Men and women, queers and straights and everyone in between was excited!

 One of the most memorable moments was when we left the bar for a break from the madness and walked down the streets of Cincinnati to a nearby Quizno’s. Our exuberant costumes brought us attention and when we explained that we were condom fairies and offered them our basket of condoms, the regular passerby’s on the streets quickly partook. The men working at Quizno’s were very excited about the condoms and quickly filled up their pockets, and soon we found ourselves deep in conversation with them about how expensive condoms can be, and about the HIV information that we provided for them. 

 500 condoms and two hours later, we were exhausted and condom-less fairies and we were happy to go home knowing that everyone at Mac’s Bar and Grill was going to be engaging in safe sex that night.