Culture
Austin's Latest HIV Campaign: Condoms in Trees
The city’s public health department picked an unusual way to get people talking about safe sex.
Ah, December—a time when the wind turns bitter, the birds fly south, and the trees are heavy with condoms… wait, what?
Walking smack into a dangling pouch of prophylactics and lube was recently a risk for anyone strolling in Austin’s Walnut Creek Metropolitan Park. Several trees had become adorned with plastic baggies containing these bedroom items, as well as the word “FREE” and an outline of Texas, as if the Blair Witch had visited in a particularly randy mood.