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Confusion and Complete Stress over Description of Anal Sex and AIDS
I am a 30 year old gay male with very little sexual experience. I have always practiced safe oral sex and I have never had any experience with anal sex at all. However, recently a sexual partner asked me to masturbate in his butt cheek area. I...
Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W
Columbia University's Health & Related Services
...head of your penis (the urethra) came into direct contact with infected blood or semen, I don't see how you could have been HIV infected. I am not aware of anyone having been HIV infected by touching the anus or a hemorrhoid with their penis. ... Read more »HIV/AIDS Denial (AIDS DENIALISTS, 2009)
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