Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

A conversation with Kind Clinic about PrEP and healthcare barriers in the LGBTQ+ community

Malaki Lingg and William Barnes March 27, 2024

A conversation with Juan Benitez, Chief Advancement Officer of Texas Health Action about PrEP and overcoming healthcare barriers in the LGBTQ+ community.

Opill, first-ever over-the-counter birth control, now accessible

Opill, first-ever over-the-counter birth control, now accessible

Elizabeth Hope, Staff Writer March 26, 2024

On March 4, the first non-prescription birth control pill was approved in the United States. The newly FDA-approved contraceptive is called Opill. Opill.com states, “After nearly a decade of research...

Kind Clinic aims to medically uplift Central Texas

Kind Clinic aims to medically uplift Central Texas

Malaki Lingg, Web Editor March 26, 2024

In 2015, the first Kind Clinic was established in Austin, Texas. The operation’s goal is to provide sexual health services to all who need it, especially those with problems that may typically block...

Prioritizing women’s wellness

Prioritizing women’s wellness

Laynie Clark, Editor-in-Chief February 6, 2024

Are you in need of emergency contraceptives, reproductive health advice or menstrual products? Black Book Sex Ed is a community organization looking to serve women by providing them with necessary products...

Students browse the booths for San Antonio Metro Health, UTSA Wellbeing Education, Talk About It Texas, Planned Parenthood, Operation Brave, and Kind Clinic outside the Student Union Retama.

Sex Talk – 10/10/2023

Jessica McLaren, News Editor October 10, 2023

Wellbeing Services hosts semesterly Sex Talk event to provide students with a safe space to ask questions about sexual and reproductive health and wellbeing and explore the resources available to them...

During “Sex Talk 2.0,” panelists answered any questions students had about sexual health and wellbeing.

‘Sex Talk 2.0’ creates safe space for sexual health discussions

Jessica McLaren, Assistant News Editor November 15, 2022

On Wednesday, Nov. 9, UTSA Wellbeing Services hosted its biannual sexual health education and violence prevention panel in the Denman Ballroom (SU 2.01.28). “Sex Talk 2.0,” which takes place once...

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Male Birth Control & Female Viagra

Justice Lovin March 29, 2018

In 1960, the FDA approved the birth control pill for contraceptive use. This, so the story goes, lowered the stakes for casual sex and provided women in the U.S. a degree of sexual freedom that played...

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