2024 Local Herpes Support groups and Secret Facebook Groups

Herpes Support Site, Herpes Support groups and Hpv support groups in your area.


Many cities, states, and countries all over the world have herpes SOCIAL groups and herpes SUPPORT groups for people with genital herpes. Herpes support groups are sometimes named “HELP” support groups  and are occasionally affiliated with ASHA, the American Social Health Association.  Herpes social  groups often use the terms “friends” as in “Bay Area Friends” or “H2O” as in “DC H2O” or “H Club” as in “Atlanta H Club.”   Many cities have just one herpes group that functions as both a herpes support group and herpes social group.

UNITED STATES

National

National Herpes Hotline: 919-361-8488 or 800-227-8922
*Secret* Facebook National HELP Support Group – for herpes-related topics only. This group is relatively new but already has hundreds of members.  Because this group is *secret* – all group activity is private and will NEVER appear on your public Facebook profile and cannot be found or seen by anyone except other members.  To join the secret Facebook National HELP support group, log in to Facebook first, and then find JoAnn Purkey of Kaiserslautern, Germany  or https://www.facebook.com/joann.purkey
Picking Up The Pieces Yahoo Group – A Moderated Yahoo Group for Herpes, HPV and STD Support
Black People with Herpes
HPV Dating Site for HPV Singles
Christian With Herpes

People of Color Social Networking (POCSN) public website
People of Color Social Networking (POCSN) Yahoo Group
People of Color (POC) Gifted Christians Yahoo Group
People of Color (POC) SN 35 and Under Yahoo Group
People of Color (POC) West – Midwest
Herpes Singles Yahoo Group
Other Secret Facebook Groups for Herpes and/or HPV -  There are numerous local and national *Secret* Facebook groups for people with Herpes and/or HPV.  One of the largest is called “SWIRLS” – but there are many others.  For the privacy of their members, these groups are hidden, private and require knowing someone who is already a member in the group who can vouch for your “H status” and invite you to join.  It’s best to first join your local/regional herpes/hpv social group and make a few new friends in person, and see who might be in a Facebook group.  Please note that when you belong to a *Secret Facebook Group* - that none of your other non-H friends can see that you belong, and none of the posts or updates from *secret* groups will ever appear on your Facebook profile.  Always exercise caution when posting private information about yourself and other people on the internet.

Alabama

Alabama H Club
Alabama Herpes Support Group on Yahoo

Alaska

Meet Alaskans with HSV2 Meetup Group

Arizona

AZ Singles With Herpes Yahoo Group
Phoenix HELP Group Phoenix H Friends Yahoo Group Tucson H Friends Yahoo

Arkansas

Little Rock H Friends
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LittleRockHFriends/

California

Bay Area Friends (BAF) Meetup Group - San Francisco Bay Area
Bay Area Friends (BAF) Yahoo Group - San Francisco Bay Area
Bay Area Friends (BAF) Public Website - San Francisco Bay Area
SF Bay Area Gay Men with Herpes Yahoo Group - San Francisco Bay Area
Bay Area Lesbians with Herpes - San Francisco Bay Area
San Diego Friends Yahoo Group  - San Diego
San Diego HELP Support Group - San Diego
San Diego Meetup Group – 30 & Under - San Diego
LA HELP Support Group - Los Angeles
LA HELP Meetup Group
Orange County HELP Support Group - Orange County
Orange County Friends Yahoo Group
Southern California Friends Yahoo Group  - All Southern California
Socials All Over Southern CA Meetup Group - All Southern California
20′s-30′s Socials All Over SoCal Meetup Group - All Southern California
Central Cali H Friends – Stockton-Fresno-Bakersfield
Sac Friends Yahoo Group - Sacramento
Southern California Secret Facebook Group – for SoCal residents only.  Please join any local SoCal Group for more info
NorCalFriends Secret Facebook Group – especially for people who live North of the San Francisco Bay Area (i.e. Redding, Chico, Mendocino, Eureka. Susanville, etc), but others can also join – contact facebook.com/MissRubyDahl
People of Color (POC) SN California

Colorado

Connecticut

Manchester HELP – (860) 666-0075 (Susan) or 860-810-6617 (Jenny) or Email: hsv2secret (at) sbcglobal.net

Delaware

Florida

Jax-437737 Yahoo Group - Jacksonville
People of Color (POC) Southern GA/North FL
Friends on the Beach – St. Petersburg, FL National Event – usually in November or winter months
Florida Friends Secret Facebook Group – for local residents only – join any other Florida group for more information.

Georgia

Hawaii

Please let us know if you have a group there.

Idaho

Please let us know if you have a group there.

Illinois

Chicago Secret Facebook Group – for local residents only – join any other Chicago H group for more info.

Indiana

Indiana Secret Facebook Group – for local residents only – join any Indiana group for more info.

Iowa

Polk County Health Department offers a free Herpes support group that meets once a month. Every 4th Tuesday of the month 6-7pm at 1907 Carpenter Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50314, For information call 515-286-3741

Kentucky

Louisville Secret Facebook Group – for local residents only – join Louisville H Friends for more info.

Louisiana

People of Color (POC) New Orleans
Friends on da Bayou – HSV and HPV Support for New Orleans and Louisiana

Maine

Please let us know if you have a group there.

Maryland

DC-H2O Social Group
HELP of Washington (DC) Support Group
People of Color (POC) DC METRO Community
Massachusetts

Michigan

Capitol City Friends – Lansing
Motor City Friends Secret Facebook Group – for local residents only – join the Motor City Friends Yahoo Group for more info.

Minnesota

Please let us know if you have any other groups in Minnesota.
Family Planning and STD Hotline: http://sexualhealthmn.org/

Mississippi

Please let us know if you have a group there.

Missouri

Kansas City – Please let us know if you have a group there.

Montana

Please let us know if you have a group there.

Nebraska

Please let us know if you have a group there.

Nevada

New Hampshire

Please let us know if you have a group there.

New Jersey

New Mexico

Please let us know if you have a group there.

New York

Herpes New York Secret Facebook Group – email herpny (at) yahoo dotcom

North Carolina

North Dakota

Please let us know if you have a group there.

Ohio

Cleveland – See Ohio Friends
People of Color (POC) Ohio/Indy
Ohio Secret Facebook Group – for local residents only – join any Ohio group for more info

Oklahoma

Oklahoma Secret Facebook Group – for local residents only – join Oklahoma H Club for more info.

Oregon

Portland Area Friends – All Ages
PDX Friends with H – 20′s-30′s

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

Please let us know if you have a group there.

South Carolina

South Dakota

Please let us know if you have a group there.

Tennessee

Tennessee Secret Facebook Group – contact info TBA

Texas

Texas Secret Facebook Groups – for local residents only – join any local Texas group for more info.

Utah

Please let us know if you have a group there.

Vermont

Vermont Secret Facebook Group – for local residents only – join Vermont Friends for more info.

Virginia

Washington State

Seattle H Scene Public Website (no sign in required)
Seattle H Scene Secret Facebook Group – join SeattleHScene Yahoo Group for more info.
IEHSVSingles also plans on having a *Secret* Facebook Group – join their Yahoo Group and request more info
Pacific Northwest National Event – August 16-19, 2012, rotates between Seattle and Vancouver, BC – every August in the Pacific Northwest

Washington D.C.

West Virginia

Please let us know if you have a group there.

Wisconsin

S-W-A-G Herpes Yahoo Group for Madison and Milwaukee, WI

Wyoming

Please let us know if you have a group there.

INTERNATIONAL

AUSTRALIA

Herpes Dating Australia - http://www.herpesdatingaustralia.net

CANADA

West Coast Frenz National Event - Every August in the Pacific Northwest
Forest City Friends (London, Ontario)

NETHERLANDS

RUSSIA

UNITED KINGDOM

Herpes Dating UK - http://www.herpesdatingsite.co.uk
H-YPE – HSV/HPV Dating and Community site.  The dating side of H-YPE is not free –  but the access to support is free as “standard/free” members can post their questions in the forum and get the answers from many the H-YPE advisors and current members.