Is It Easy For A Guy To Get Hiv During Sex

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Sex between 2 poz guys (SUPER INFECTION, 2010) (SEX BETWEEN TWO HIV POSITIVE PARTNERS, 2010)

I've been asked by another poz guy to have bareback sex. I don't know the facts. One would think that since we're both poz it doesn't matter, but I've heard otherwise. I'm the top, but I don't know if that makes...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,You've heard correctly! It does indeed matter! Poz-on-poz couplings are at risk for superinfection (acquiring a different strain of the virus) and for other STDs that could make your HIV disease flare out of control. My advice is always to... Read more »

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... Read more »

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UNEASY IN THE BIG EASY

Hello Again Dr BoB.It is me again if you recall i was guy back Nov 18 had vaginal intercourse with... Read more »

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Why Do Men Bareback? No Easy Answers

An excerpt from Without Condoms: Unprotected Sex, Gay Men & Barebacking Routledge, 2006, List $31.95 "The terrible thing in this world is that everyone has his reasons." Octave, The Rules of the Game , Jean Renoir, 1939 Toby, a Passive... Read more »

Taking It Easy

I have a lot of friends who have spent good portions of their lives dealing with addictions. Whenever they would come to me sharing their problems about alcohol, drugs, sex, or whatever they were addicted to, I would nod my head sympathetically and... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Delaware's High HIV Rate Blamed on State's Easy Interstate Access

Health care workers in Delaware, which has one of the highest HIV rates in the nation, say the disease is being spread through unsafe sex and drugs along Interstate 95. Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York City and Washington, D.C., all along I-95,... Read more »

California: Gay Men Find It's Not Easy Being New in Town; Programs Address Problems Inherent in Relocating to San Francisco

Several new programs in San Francisco hope to welcome gay newcomers with a friendly reception, and one has HIV prevention as its main focus. According to a 2001 city Department of Public Health survey, the average gay man leaves San Francisco after... Read more »

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Have oral sex with guys....

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Hi everyone,
Im a Gay 37 yrold male who was tested one year ago and tested Negative. Since then I have only had Oral sex with guys in which I never let them cum in my mouth. I am always cautious never to preform oral sex if there is a cut or... Read more »

Oral sex with a young guy who has shingles

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Hey folks, at 36 & recently out of a gay, eight year monogamous relationship I have reentered the dating scene. I've been sexually active with a 28 year old male in the last several weeks, and he was diagnosed with a case of shingles last week.... Read more »

Negative guy with questions about sex

Posted by curious_guy, 2 Replies

I am not sure that this is the right place within the forum to post something like this but I couldn't find another area that seemed to apply any better. I am a 26 year old gay man. I have been sexually active in the past but have not been for... Read more »

having unprotected sex with guy that has multiple partners

Posted by crest, 3 Replies

I was having a hard time finding information that really laid out the risks involved in this type of situation. I know the risks are great and I should not be involved with this person or engaging in this type of sex behavior. I have been trying... Read more »

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