STI, or Sexually Transmitted Infections, are sicknesses spread through sexual contact with another person’s genital area, semen or vaginal fluid. Sex doesn’t cause STI; it lets it spread. Regardless of if someone identifies as a virgin, if they’ve had any sexual contact, they may have been at risk of STI.
“Virgin” means different things to different people – it sometimes means never having any type of sex; sometimes it means having some types of sex but not others; some people who have been sexually assaulted identify as virgins; others don’t. All of this means that sometimes people who identify as virgin would be at risk of having an STI. Even if partners are (or say they are) virgins, getting an STI test before having sex shows mutual care and respect and can reduce risk.