Are gay clubs toxic?
From FS Magazine, Mark Reed: "The pressure and expectation we put on these night outs isn’t healthy." Photo: © pixabay.com/STVIOD I can still remember the heady heights of my first few nights out at a...
View ArticlePrEP’s social impact on the lives of some gay men in Toronto
Researchers in Toronto conducted a PrEP demonstration project to assess its acceptability, use and effectiveness. From CATIE, Sean R. Hosein reports. - Researchers interviewed early adopters of PrEP...
View ArticleAfter I was diagnosed with HIV I started taking risks
From FS Magazine, Ruaidhri O'Baoill tells of "a time when I should have protected myself more than ever but instead put myself through continuous sexual risk" and how he found his way forward. When I...
View ArticleGoing the distance
Wayne Bristow on long distance romance: " I can choose to be alone or I can trust this, try to make it work and be happy. I'm already happier." It may be long distance but I’ve met someone I feel so...
View ArticleWho are heterosexual women acquiring HIV from? Are heterosexual women's...
Samantha: We need to dare to address the unspoken dynamic of how women acquire HIV. Women represent 50% of the population of people living with HIV globally, yet there has been little research or...
View ArticleSwiss Grindr survey finds 50% want to use PrEP in the next six months
From AIDSmap, Gus Cairns reports on a survey showing twice as much interest in PrEP as in surveys done last year A survey of Swiss gay men and men who have sex with men recruited through the Grindr...
View ArticleHIV stigma in sheep's clothing
Guest author Émolas shares his experience of how the contradictory messages that are given by healthcare and social service providers in the field of HIV preventioncan sometimes reinforce HIV stigma...
View ArticleRun out of rhino
UK guy Alex Sparrowhawk tries the Tinder app and gets very mixed results. I’m not the most patient of people and I’m also competitive – I’ve mastered being able to ‘win’ at anything, especially when...
View ArticleAre women prepared for HIV PrEP?
From KALW.org, Chloe Lessard: "some women and trans folks are wondering why a drug that could potentially save their lives hasn’t been aggressively promoted in their communities." To read the complete...
View ArticleHow HIV made me look at dating differently
From FS Magazine, Ruaidhri O’Baoill on dealing with dating and stigma in the wake of his diagnosis. I recently met up with a friend of mine who laughed when I mentioned that I was writing my next...
View ArticleHIV and dating: toe in the water
Newly single after a long time in a relationship, the UK's Alex Sparrowhawk braves the currents of modern dating. Following my diagnosis it was a mere three months before I met my ex-partner. He was...
View ArticleNo more sex shaming: why my 2017 will be sex-positive.
From FS, Vish says, "Perhaps it’s time we banish the world ‘slut’ from our vocabulary or at least reclaim it to mean something more sex-positive." This article originally appeared in the UK’s FS...
View ArticleSex after diagnosis: my journey to believing that undetectable HIV viral load...
Joshua Middleton tells of how he addressed self-stigma and maintained a sexual identity post-diagnosis. To read the entire article by Joshua Middleton, visit TheBody.com, here. An image of the moment...
View ArticleSwiss Grindr survey finds 50% want to use PrEP in the next six months
From AIDSmap, Gus Cairns reports on a survey showing twice as much interest in PrEP as in surveys done last year A survey of Swiss gay men and men who have sex with men recruited through the Grindr...
View ArticleHIV stigma in sheep's clothing
Guest author Émolas shares his experience of how the contradictory messages that are given by healthcare and social service providers in the field of HIV preventioncan sometimes reinforce HIV stigma...
View ArticleRun out of rhino
UK guy Alex Sparrowhawk tries the Tinder app and gets very mixed results. I’m not the most patient of people and I’m also competitive – I’ve mastered being able to ‘win’ at anything, especially when...
View ArticleAre women prepared for HIV PrEP?
From KALW.org, Chloe Lessard: "some women and trans folks are wondering why a drug that could potentially save their lives hasn’t been aggressively promoted in their communities." To read the complete...
View ArticleHow HIV made me look at dating differently
From FS Magazine, Ruaidhri O’Baoill on dealing with dating and stigma in the wake of his diagnosis. I recently met up with a friend of mine who laughed when I mentioned that I was writing my next...
View ArticleHIV and dating: toe in the water
Newly single after a long time in a relationship, the UK's Alex Sparrowhawk braves the currents of modern dating. Following my diagnosis it was a mere three months before I met my ex-partner. He was...
View ArticleNo more sex shaming: why my 2017 will be sex-positive.
From FS, Vish says, "Perhaps it’s time we banish the world ‘slut’ from our vocabulary or at least reclaim it to mean something more sex-positive." This article originally appeared in the UK’s FS...
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