Male Birth Control Pill Could Be a Bisexual Man’s Savior

Posted by Derek Lactaoen on Aug 20, 2012 in Sex | 4 comments

If having sex with both men and women (and those between and outside) could ever be considered difficult, it would be because of the birth control.

Did I remember condoms?
Is she on the pill?
Is the pull-out method effective? (Spoiler alert: it’s not.)

But a new birth control pill benignly named “JQ1” could be the answer to many-a bisexual man’s prayers.

JQ1 works as a pill because it can penetrate the boundary between blood vessels and a man’s testis, where it targets a protein called BRDT that’s responsible for sperm production. Mice given the compound not only produce much fewer sperm overall, but the cells they do produce are “much worse swimmers,” says Tim Barribeau at io9.

The combination of the words “penetrate” and “testis” aside, that’s pretty exciting news.

Even better news?

No loss of sex drive.
Continued sperm production once you stop taking the pill.
No side effects.

At least no side effects, yet. Researchers don’t anticipate any functioning drug soon, though. Bi men and our straight bruddahs will have to wait another two-to-five years or longer for JQ1 to be completely tested and for it to reach the market.

Considering that up to 49 percent of 2006 births were unplanned (read: accidents), this pill could be the kitty’s titties. But until then? Good old-fashioned condoms, y’all.

If you go into heat, package your meat (… also applies to picnics).

(Via The Week, photo via Happy-Go-Lucky Emily)

http://twitter.com/lighterfandango Chris McKnight

I’m sorry, how would this be a boon for bisexual men in particular? Since condoms are effective with both dudes and chicks, I don’t understand why bisexual men wouldn’t just use condoms with both partners, especially since this pill doesn’t do anything to prevent STIs.

If anything I’d say this a boon for straight dudes, who have to worry about pregnancy all the time (and, statistically, incurable STDs less frequently).

http://twitter.com/DLactaoen Derek Lactaoen

Hey Chris, totally good points! Condoms are always a good idea; STI’s are no joke and so something that can protect against unintended pregnancy and spreading infections is always a good thing in my mind. I think my idea here was that within the queer community, compared to men who have sex with men exclusively and women who have sex with women exclusively, bisexual men (and straight men) are the only ones who are really affected by a male contraceptive. Hope I’m explaining myself better here. But either way, yay for fewer unintended pregnancies, right?

http://www.facebook.com/people/Ricardo-J-Valdivia/667333027 Ricardo J Valdivia

Is the pull-out method effective? (Spoiler alert: it’s not.)
thats just a lie I used the pull out all the time and only at age 26 did I have a son me and my wife planed.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Andre-Washington/100001692943965 Andre’ Washington

seriously? O_O? the pull-out method is not effective, period. if you and your wife did not have a child before age 26 as planned, then it’s because you were lucky. it’s a scientific fact that there is sperm in pre-ejaculate, so if you’re penetrating your wife, even if you don’t ejaculate, you have still introduced sperm into her vagina which can lead to pregnancy. What kind of person says something like the pull out method is effective? that’s so depressing…

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