Last year, Cupcakes and Condoms gave out more than 2,500 condoms and 700 cupcakes by 3 p.m. They will have 5,000 condoms and more than 700 cupcakes to give out this year at the event, which has been extended by ?an hour.
Graduate student Jasmine Utterback said they want the event to be inclusive of everyone on ?campus.
“We want to reach students of all orientations and identity,” she said. “That’s why it’s great to be partnered with the GLBT Student Support Services Office.”
Deshea Meely, a senior at IU, said the Gay Straight Alliance will be heading the event and the partners made sure that Cupcakes and Condoms will be all-inclusive for students of any sexual identity or orientation who want to ?come stop by.
The IU Student Association, which funded the event, also has partnerships with organizations such as the Gay Straight Alliance at IU, GLBTSSS, the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, Raising Awareness of Interactions in Sexual Encounters, the Residence Halls Association, Masters of Public Health Assembly, IU Health and Wellness and Union Board.
The event is stop and go, which means anyone can stop by in between classes and look at the different stations provided without going through all of them.
Meely facilitated the partnership with the Kinsey Institute to get the historical aspects through the ages for Cupcakes and Condoms stations.
Debbie Herbenick, Ph.D. associate research scientist, will be at the event to speak to and answer questions for those who attend.
There will be multiple stations provided with information and things to do, including tables on sexually transmitted infections, partner conversations in the relationship, condom demonstration with and without drunk goggles that make it seem like day or night, condom artifacts from the Kinsey archives and more.
A consent table will be another one of the stations available where people can stop by and participate in the event.
Utterback said most times consent is associated with sexual assault but should be discussed in regards to all sexual activities. This station, as well as others, will give participants the opportunity to practice real life ?encounters.
She said the idea behind Cupcakes and Condoms is to figure out what information college students do and do not know and fill in the gaps.
“It’s fun and interactive,” Utterback said.
There will be a station where students can customize messages on the outside of condoms and a kind of photo booth, Utterback said.
“We want everyone to have the skills that we need for sexual health,” she said.
Pictures are welcome to be taken at Cupcakes and Condoms. You can use the hashtag #IUCupcakes_Condoms2015 with pictures you post on social media from the event.
People can follow the event on Facebook: Cupcakes and Condoms and IU, Instagram: IU_Cupcakes_Condoms and Twitter: @CupcakesCondoms.
