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NPR's "Tavis Smiley Show" Interviews POZ Magazine Editor About Special Issue on HIV/AIDS in Black Community

NPR's "Tavis Smiley Show " yesterday included an interview with Akiba Solomon, consulting editor for a special edition of the monthly HIV/AIDS magazine POZ that focuses on HIV/AIDS in the black community (Smiley, "Tavis Smiley Show," NPR, 8/5).... Read more »

New Data Reveal: HIV Hammering Black Gay and Bisexual Men

Four years ago, at age 19, Darion (name changed) tested HIV-positive. The Black gay Florida college student was "petrified." "I thought my life was over," he says. "So I tried to ignore it." Even scarier than his diagnosis: What if his religious... Read more »

HIV in Black Women: It's Not About Men on the Down Low

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, media hype about men on the so-called down low prompted considerable finger-pointing in the Black community. A series of high-profile newspaper and magazine articles were written in response to a widely... Read more »

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poz to poz sex,guy prefers no condoms (POZ ON POZ BAREBACK)

I recently had sex w/a person and when we started,I exposed my status.I was surprised when he also is Poz and he enjoys the sensation of me depositing my load in him.Sounds great to me-I like to implant my seed,so is there really a problem w/this.I...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,You searched for an answer and didn't find anything about this topic? Hmm . . . I don't think you searched all that hard! See below.Dr. BobPositives with Positives- their risk of going bare- any studies?Apr 11, 2008 Hawaii says aloha... Read more »

Sex with two HIV poz men

I am negative. 2 days ago I let a hiv person blow me (guy #1). I also blew him a little. another man walked in (uncut)(guy #2) and I blew him until he got hard then he performed unprotected sex on guy #1. After he pulled out, guy #1 sucked on him,...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Guy #1 blows guy #2 who returns the favor and then guy #2 blows uncut guy #3 who then barebacks guy #1 who then blows guy #3 prior to guy #2 blowing him as well . . . . YIKES! Sounds like stage directions for a bad gay porno flick: "Gay... Read more »

Anabolic Therapies for HIV poz men

I have been doing some research into Anabolic steriod therapy for HIV poz guys. What is your oppion of this type of therapy....

Response from Graeme Moyle, M.D.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

I am generally unenthusiastic about anabolic agents although I am happy to supplement testosterone in individuals who are consistently hypogonadal. Testosterone and its derivative drugs predominantly increase lean body muscle mass and are thus... Read more »

HIV + Couple (POZ with POZ)

My partner and I have been together for 7 years and are monogomous. I got HIV from him and he began treatment 6 months ago. I'll start in about another year. I want to know the risks of unprotected sex. Condoms are painful to me so thats...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Condoms are painful???? Hmmm . . . . They can be inconvenient, but they really shouldn't be painful. If they feel too tight for that beer-can-sized trouser snake of yours, then maybe you were using the Dick Cheney teeny weenie sized... Read more »

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a place for HIV poz people to come and cill...

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I am a 43 yo black male living in NYC, and I was diagnosed with HIV 4 years ago when I was hospitalized with PCP. While in the hospital, one of the doctors came to evaluate me for CMV while a co-worker and my lanlord were visiting me and he... Read more »

Poz magazine sanctions that HIV is a gay disease

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Peter Staley formerly of AIDSMEDS (now owned by Poz Magazine) agrees with the new LA Public Service Announcements that stress HIV is a gay disease.

Here is the article that critizes these ads.

HIV Ads Embrace, and Stun, Audience
By Sharon Bernstein,... Read more »

Poz magazine sanctions that HIV is a gay disease

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Poz magazine sanctions that HIV is a gay disease

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