Healthyhorns Play It Safe

We are here to provide resources that support your sexual health. By offering learning opportunities and safer sex resources, we empower you to make decisions that keep you safe, healthy and successful, including the choice not to have sex.

Access Safer Sex Supplies

Play It Safe Post

Through Play It Safe Post, residents of all on-campus residence halls, 2400 Nueces and Dobie Twenty21 can request free condoms, internal condoms and dental dams, delivered weekly in discreet envelopes.

Request Free Safer Sex Supplies

The Longhorn Wellness Centers offers the opportunity for UT students to request a wide variety of safer sex supplies for no cost.

Resident assistants, student organizations and UT units and departments can access bulk amounts of external condoms and educational information for no cost.

Free Safer Sex Supplies on Campus

Condoms, dental dams and internal condoms

Longhorn Wellness Center
SSB 1.106
Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Counseling and Mental Center
SSB 5th Floor
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Condoms

Center for Students in Recovery
SSB 2.106
Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m.

Gordon White Building
La Tiendita - 2nd floor hallway
Monday-Sunday, 8 a.m.-7 p.m.

2400 Nueces Apartments
2400 Nueces St. lobby and mailroom
24 hours, residents only after 10 p.m.

Sanger Learning Center
JES Room A332
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Gearing Hall
GEA 102 (gender neutral bathroom)
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.

Sid Richardson Hall (SRH)
SRH 3.364 – third floor kitchen
Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.-7 p.m.

Kinsolving Residence Hall
Kinsolving front desk
Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.-7 p.m.

School of Information Tocker Lounge
UTA 1.508
24/7 access with UT student ID

Condom Distribution on Campus

Longhorn Wellness Center Peer Educators distribute condoms on campus up to twice a week during the academic year. Look out for them around campus.

Learn About Your Sexual Health

Longhorn Wellness Center Sexual Education Canvas Modules

Join the Longhorn Wellness Center Canvas page and participate in self-guided Canvas modules that cover topics related to sexual health.

Request a Workshop

The Longhorn Wellness Center offers staff and peer-led workshops on a variety of topics related to healthy sexuality.

Healthyhorns Tips for Playing It Safe

Protective Barriers

External condoms, internal condoms and dental dams reduce the risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). External condoms and internal condoms also prevent pregnancy. Use a protective barrier every time you have oral, anal or vaginal sex. Know where to get safer sex supplies and how to use them correctly.

Contraception

Choose a birth control method that works for you and your partner(s).

Vaccination

Get the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to protect you from genital warts and cancer.

Communication

Talk with your partner(s) about healthy sexuality, including STI testing, pregnancy prevention and consent. Learn how to build and maintain a healthy relationship.

Get Tested

If you are sexually active, you should also get tested for STIs regularly and make sure you get yourself tested before you become sexually active with a new partner. At UHS, you can get easy, confidential STI testing. There are also multiple off-campus STI testing locations.

Avoid Alcohol and Drugs

Limit or avoid using drugs and alcohol before and during sex. Using alcohol and drugs can impair your ability to use barrier methods effectively and makes you more likely to take unintended risks.

Education

Continue to explore other learning opportunities. Being knowledgeable about your sexual health can increase your comfort level around taking care of yourself and help you make informed decisions.

Contact Us

If you have questions or would like to get involved with sexual health promotion efforts at UT Austin, please contact the Longhorn Wellness Center via email at longhornwellnesscenter@austin.utexas.edu.