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  • I'm Sorry My HIV Offends You

    It's easy to be an ass on mobile dating apps because you can hide behind a cell phone. It's also easy to get your feelings hurt if you don't quickly come to terms with the fact that guys online can be vicious.

    17 March 2013 | Huffington Post
  • Gays can't have sex

    'Gays can’t have sex. We can have only “safer sex” or “protected sex” (where condoms or any other form of barriers are used). The sad part of “protected sex” is that it implies that sex between men is not safe,...' - psychotherapiast Marco Posadas ponders whether 'safer sex' is having a damaging effect on gay men's self-image.

    22 February 2013 | Xtra!
  • Real Talk: Play Well with Others? Open Relationships and Our Health

    What motivates couples to open their relationships—or not? How do men in open relationships (and their outside partners) protect their physical health and emotional well-being? And is the marriage equality movement changing expectations around gay relationships?

    18 February 2013 | BETA blog
  • PrEP...Forever? When Do You Stop Taking PrEP

    In his blog on taking pre-exposure prophylaxis, Jake Sobo asks: do we stop taking PrEP if we start a long-term relationship?

    17 January 2013 | Frontiers LA
  • We never thought we could get HIV. We were wrong.

    Rachel Dilly, 48, contracted HIV after unprotected sex with a new partner. A further seven heterosexual British women have spoken out about their condition for a photographic exhibition.

    17 December 2012 | Daily Mail
  • The Price of Ignoring the Sexuality of Kenya's HIV Positive Youth

    “The problem is in the transition into adolescence and teenage years. You are dealing with young people who are at an age where they don’t communicate well. The needs of HIV positive teenagers are real and they are ignored just the same way the sexual and reproductive health needs of teens in general are ignored,” an activist said.

    03 December 2012 | Inter Press Service
  • UGANDA: Profiles of infidelity, HIV vulnerability

    Married or cohabiting couples are at a higher risk of HIV infection in Uganda than their single counterparts, with some studies finding that as many as 65 percent of new infections occur in long-term relationships. The prevailing culture, a hybrid of traditional mores and more modern, western values, accepts - even expects - men, and increasingly women, to have a "side dish" - a euphemism for a sexual affair.

    30 November 2012 | IRIN Plus News
  • Uganda: Born with HIV, they have healthy babies

    Mukasa and Gloria were born with HIV and they used to get counselling at the same place. Eventually, they became friends and later fell in love. The couple has been living positively and they have been blessed with two children – both of them HIV-negative.

    26 November 2012 | New Vision
  • Is romance dead on the gay scene?

    Hook ups/one night stands/quick shags/fuck buddies, whatever you want to call them, seem to be more common, especially on the gay scene. But it is simplistic to say romance is dead and gay/bi men are only interested in random hook ups. Actually there are a whole range of positions in relation to romance and sex, and understandings of each of these within the gay scene.

    15 November 2012 | GMI Partnership
  • “Abstinence doesn’t work, so use condoms”: Critical responses to Christian youth sexualities and HIV prevention in Africa

    For many Christian youth, pre-marital abstinence is not an action one performs or a “behavior”, but is an integral part of one’s identity as a Christian. A critical first step towards developing an appropriate HIV prevention response for sexually-abstinent youth therefore, is one that takes into account the fact that pre-marital sexual abstinence is, for some young people, deeply embedded into their sense of self.

    02 October 2012 | Somatosphere
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