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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

  • UK: Updated guidance on HIV transmission, the law and the work of the clinical team now published

    This document is aimed at those working in HIV medicine, especially clinicians, and aims to provide information and guidance on managing issues related to sexual transmission of HIV. It applies generic ethical and professional principles but with a particular emphasis on providing a confidential environment in which sensitive matters can be discussed. The guidance sets out the roles and responsibilities of health care professionals when caring for individuals living with HIV.

    13 February 2013 | HIV Justice Network

  • A Letter to HIV on the 16th Anniversary of My Diagnosis

    I know that thanks to you I had to take a very good look at myself, and the world. I had to look straight in the eyes of death and illness. Thanks to you I stopped taking my life for granted. I had to ask difficult questions to myself. Recognise my fragilities, and my responsibilities. What was most painful: I had to question the possibility of love and intimacy.

    04 February 2013 | Speaking Up! blog

  • 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: HIV/ Aids Bill Almost Ready

    A joint civil society coalition, made up of more than 40 organisations, including human rights groups, has urged Parliament to review the clauses on mandatory testing of HIV, mandatory disclosure of a person's HIV status and the criminalisation of intentional spread of the disease.

    03 December 2012 | All Africa

  • USA: 20 percent of youth with HIV didn’t know they were infected at first sexual experience

    Roughly 20 percent of youth who have had HIV since birth did not know their HIV status when they first became sexually active, according to a study by a National Institutes of Health-supported research network.

    10 November 2012 | NIH News

  • HIV non-disclosure and criminal law: Implications of recent Supreme Court of Canada decisions for people living with HIV

    On October 5, 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decisions in the cases of Mabior and D.C. The Court decided that people living with HIV have a legal duty, under the criminal law, to disclose their HIV-positive status to sexual partners before having sex that poses a "realistic possibility" of HIV transmission. Not disclosing in such circumstances means a person could be convicted of aggravated sexual assault. This document explains what the Court’s decisions mean for people living with HIV, although many questions remain.

    30 October 2012 | Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network

  • Australia: Half have HIV status disclosed without giving OK

    JUST over half of people with HIV have had their health status disclosed without their permission, and most have felt stigmatised, two new reports will reveal.

    29 October 2012 | The Age

  • After the Supreme Court - picking up the pieces

    The legal landscape has shifted and we need to process that. Meanwhile, Bob Leahy outlines five things we aren't talking about much.

    26 October 2012 | Positive Lite

  • Non-disclosure of HIV sero-status by Indian female sex workers

    Commercial heterosexual sex is an important contributor to the HIV epidemic in India. No previous study had been done of whether female sex workers or their clients disclosed their HIV status if they had HIV. A survey found that 58% of HIV positive female sex workers and 41% of HIV-positive clients had never disclosed their HIV status to any sexual partner.

    23 October 2012 | BMJ
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