Planning on travleing internationally in 2008? Don't forget your Safe Sex Passport at home. The passport proves to lovers that you are clean as a whistle and is a way for a partner to prove the same to you. Since you never know where anyone has been anymore, this is a sure fire way to calm the girl you picked up in that German pub (or at your local bar).

The Safe Sex Passport (aka SSP) is a digital record of your sexual health that provides verification to others of your STD and HIV status through a secure, private database. With your Safe Sex Passport membership, you can confidentially communicate your sexual health status via phone, Internet, and soon, text messaging. To keep your Safe Sex Passport card active, you renew your membership and get re-tested for STDs and HIV every six months. Your card and test results remain active until you decide otherwise.

Go to the web site and buy an SSP Card. Once you've completed the purchase and the registration, they will refer you to an associated medical lab so you can be tested. Once the test results are in, they'll let you know what they've come up with, in addition to posting the results into their secure database. Once the results are loaded and ready to go, you can choose who gets to see them. When it comes time to share you results with a prospective bed buddy, just follow the instructions on the back of your card, and you'll be good to go.

Getting your SSP is a bit expensive; For a six month membership, expect to pay $75. You'll also have to shell out an additional $225 for your first HIV/STD tests. Make sure to save up some money, because you will need to be retested after six months, and that will cost you another $195. It may seem a bit pricey, but it is well worth it if your clean results will help you have more sex.

» Apply for your passport.