It’s here — the moment we’ve all been waiting for: the release of the American Sexpress Card (term coined by the Daily News). The card is proof, certification that the cardholder is STD-free.
This STDFree Certification was developed by a Manhattan-based company. It is, indeed, a credit card that conveniently fits in your wallet. The idea is that every cardholder has a member number, and anyone can call and “check up” on another member.
More than 15,000 people nationwide have signed up for the STFree service, launched in 2004 by Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, native Eli Dancy. Dancy, a former club promoter, said he saw “a lot of irresponsibility” in his neighborhood and created the STFree card to help raise awareness.
Remember that scene in Gattaca? Uma Thurman’s character does a little “background check” on Ethan Hawke. She’s given a computer-generated document of his personal information — health risks, intelligence level…Looks as though Gattaca is not too far away.
NYMag’s Daily Intel came up with a hilarious set of segues to the card:
• “Isn’t the view from my rooftop lovely? Here’s my STDFree card. Why are you still wearing your top?”
• Subtly, in the elevator to the apartment: “Let me just get my keys. Oh, look what fell out of my pocket! It’s my STDFree card! Anyway, aren’t you so excited to see Christopher Walken on SNL?”
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