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Gay Men & HIV/AIDS
General Issues
- Homosexuality, Gay Men and AIDS (Regularly Updated)
From AIDS Education and Research Trust
- The Emotional Needs of HIV-Positive Patients: Gay or Straight, Control Is Paramount (July/August 2007)
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- New York's Gay Baths Become Sex Clubs of Last Resort (September 15, 2006)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Risky Business: The Resurgence of HIV Among Gay Men in the U.S. (Winter 2005/2006)
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In ACRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
- Decades of Unique LGBT Health Care May Face Challenges as Funding Shifts (November 2005)
From The Body
- You Can't Be a People Unless You Have a History (September/October 2004)
A speech on queer history and the impact of AIDS on the gay/lesbian community, by lesbian activist and historian Maria Helena Dolan.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- Homeless Gay Youth in New York City at High Risk for HIV (July 9, 2004)
In AIDS Action Weekly Update, from AIDS Action Council
- Gay Men, Sex, and Internet Chat Rooms: Epicenter of an Epidemic? (June 27, 2004)
An expert panel discusses the role that online chatrooms play in the spread of HIV among gay men.
From HIV InSite
- The Nation's HIV Medical Providers Oppose Michigan Bill Encouraging Discrimination in the Clinical Setting (April 30, 2004)
From American Academy of HIV Medicine
- Syphilis Relapse: Cases Soar in New York City (April 6, 2004)
Syphilis was nearly eradicated in the United States just six years ago, but its resurgence in New York City may be the harbinger of something even more frightening: a new HIV epidemic, particularly among gay men.
In The Village Voice
- "Sexual Duality" of Many Black MSM "Fans Flames of AIDS Wildfire," Opinion Piece Says (March 23, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- U.S. Health Secretary Creates Committees on HIV/AIDS Among Minorities, Including MSM (September 15, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Media Examine African-American Men on "Down Low" (August 4, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- The Culture of Disease (August 1, 2003)
Excerpts from an op-ed by actor Harvey Fierstein on HIV and the gay community.
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- High Court's Term Ends; Sodomy Ruling Fuels "the Culture War" (June 27, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Optimism About HAART Remains Low Among Gay Men (May 22, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Chasing Bugs or the Truth? (May/June 2003)
An analysis of the now-debunked "bug chaser" article in Rolling Stone.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- March, Rally, Party! (May 2003)
A guide to June 2003 GLBT Pride events in the N.Y.-N.J.-Conn. area.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- On Parade (May 2003)
A poem about GLBT Pride parades, by James Pergola.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Pride and Prejudice (May 2003)
A psychologist answers the question: "What do I do if I want to go to a GLBT Pride parade, but I'm disturbed by the participants' behavior?".
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- The Changing Face of Pride (May 2003)
The history of Gay Pride marches, from Stonewall to the new millennium.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Help! My Parents Think I'm in Love With Ricky Martin! ... But I'm Not Living "La Vida Loca" (November 2002)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- In Sickness and in Health: New York Joins the National Gay Men's Health Movement (July 2002)
An activist urges gay men, doctors and researchers to begin focusing on quality-of-life issues.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Study Shows Gay Men in San Francisco Less Afraid of HIV (October 22, 2001)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Pickett Fences: A Crisis Obscured (July/August 2001)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- San Francisco Data Shows HIV Rates Still Rising, Experts Say (January 26, 2001)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
- FDA Declines to Lift Ban on Homosexual Men as Blood Donors (September 23, 2000)
In British Medical Journal
- A Hero Passes: Kiyoshi Kuromiya (1943-2000) (July 2000)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Hate Crimes (April 1999)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Health Concerns Among Gay Men (December 1998)
From Rick Sowadsky, M.S.P.H.
- Valley of the Dolls '98: A Look at Prozac and Viagra (November 1998)
Things to consider before using Viagra.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- Talking About Homosexuality in a School (1997)
An excerpt from the book, Talking About Homosexuality in the Secondary School, by Simon Forrest, Grant Biddle and Stephen Clift.
From AIDS Education and Research Trust
- Punks and Fags: Homophobia in Black and Latino Communities (August 1997)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- The Law of Desire (April 15, 1997)
A review of Sexual Ecology: AIDS and the Destiny of Gay Men by Gabriel Rotello, reviewed by Mark Schoofs.
In The Village Voice
- The Psychological Epidemic (September 1995)
By Walt Odets.
In In The Shadow of the Epidemic: Being HIV-Negative in the Age of AIDS, from Duke University Press
Research
- Growing Syphilis Epidemic Among HIV-Infected MSM in New York City (February 6, 2008)
From The Body PRO
- Biological and Demographic Causes of High HIV and Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevalence in Men Who Have Sex With Men (December 26, 2007)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- An Interview With Matthew Golden (February 26, 2007)
In Exclusive Coverage of the 14th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, from The Body PRO
- Many Men Who Pay for Sex Have Partners: UK Study (October 6, 2006)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- New CDC Reports Highlight HIV Risks for MSM, but Little Info on WSW (August/September 2006)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- Summaries of Recently Published Research on HIV Risk and Drug Use Among Men Who Have Sex With Men (January/February 2005)
Based on abstracts of studies in the supplement to the March 2005 Journal of Urban Health.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
- Special Issues for Gay Men (June 18, 2004)
From aidsmap.com
- Missouri Survey Finds Most Gays, Lesbians Consider Selves Healthy Despite High Smoking, Drinking Rates (April 7, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Stable Partnership and Progression to AIDS or Death in HIV Infected Patients Receiving Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy: Swiss HIV Cohort Study (January 3, 2004)
Abstract of a study finding that, from a health standpoint, relationships matter.
In British Medical Journal
- Mental Health AIDS Newsletter (PDF) (Winter 2003/2004)
Includes a summary of clinical recommendations and published research regarding the psychological factors that influence sexual risk behavior between men.
In Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, from AETC National Resource Center
- Chronic Low-Grade Depression Means Gay Men More Likely to Have Casual Unprotected Sex (September 9, 2003)
Regardless of their HIV status, gay men with chronic -- though minor -- depression were more than twice as likely as non-depressed gay men to engage in casual unprotected sex.
From aidsmap.com
- Many U.S. MSM Enjoy Unprotected Anal Sex; HIV Risk Factors Vary (August 26, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Rectal Use of Nonoxynol-9 Among Men Who Have Sex With Men (April 10, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Concealment of Homosexual Identity, Social Support and CD4 Cell Count Among HIV-Seropositive Gay Men (March 2003)
In Journal of Psychosomatic Research
- Sexual Behaviors in an Urban Bathhouse 15 Years Into the HIV Epidemic (October 15, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Perceived Safety Intensifies Danger for Gay and Bisexual Men (September/October 2002)
To read PDF, click here
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Psychosocial Problems Linked to Higher HIV Risk in Men Who Have Sex With Men (August 12, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Community Building Reduces Young Gay Men's HIV Risk Behavior (August 6, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Predicting Fatigue and Depression in HIV-Positive Gay Men (August 2002)
In Psychosomatics
- High HIV and Risk Behavior Prevalence among 23- to 29-Year-Old Men Who Have Sex with Men in Six U.S. Cities (February 5, 2001)
In The 8th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, from The Body PRO
- Gay Cancer -- Again (February 1999)
Unusually high rates of anal cancer found in gay men and gay men with HIV.
From Seattle Treatment Education Project
Resources
Substance Abuse
- tweaker.org (Regularly Updated)
A down-to-earth, sometimes wacky, sometimes serious site for gay men who use crystal; provides information, resources and support.
From tweaker.org
- Meth Use High Among Gay Men in North Carolina, Study Says (August, 2007)
In AIDS Patient Care and STDs
- Crystal Meth, HIV and the Gay Community (October 2004)
A report on this epidemic within an epidemic, with some recommendations for gay meth users looking for a way out.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Public Health Messages to All Men Who Have Sex With Men About Crystal Meth Use (June 3, 2004)
Important advice and a list of resources people in the Seattle area can turn to for more help and information.
To read PDF, click here
In STEP Ezine, from Seattle Treatment Education Project
- Some Medical Experts Say Methamphetamine Use Among Gay Men in Atlanta Becoming "Crisis" (April 19, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Methamphetamine Taking a Toll on Gays (March 26, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Meth Addicts Describe the Recovery Process (October 10, 2003)
A detailed, personal look at what it takes for some gay men to beat their crystal meth addictions. This is the last article of a five-part series; previous articles are also available.
In Washington Blade
- Advocates Work to Increase Awareness of Crystal Meth Risks in Gay Community (August 1, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- San Francisco Forum on Meth, Drug Use Tied to Rise in HIV Infections (May 8, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- San Francisco: City Hall Meeting Called to Discuss Speed Use Among Gay Men (May 7, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Ph.D.'s Fall to Addiction Highlights At-Risk Gay Meth Users (May 6, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- San Francisco: Dance of Death -- Crystal Meth Fuels HIV (May 5, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Methamphetamine Use Is Heightening Risks Among Gay Youth (October 23, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- All That Glitters: The Ups and Downs of Methamphetamine (October 2002)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Ups and Downs: Party Drugs and HIV Medications (July 2001)
From AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
- Crystal Meth and Gay/Bisexual Men: When Using Just Isn't Fun Anymore (December 2000)
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
- AIDS Trends and Risk Behaviors Among Men Who Have Sex With Men (August 4, 2000)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
- How You Can Recognize Signs That You May Be Abusing Alcohol (May 2000)
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
Viewpoints
- Homosexuality in the Black Church (April 2, 2007)
Bishop Harry Jackson, a fervent opponent of gay rights, discusses how black churches should respond to the AIDS epidemic.
From National Public Radio
- Addressing the Rise in HIV Rates Among Young African-American MSM (June/July 2006)
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In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- Who Wouldn't Watch a Gay, Poz, Dating Reality Show? (April/May 2006)
"Being gay, single and HIV positive in your 40s is not for sissies," David Salyer points out -- and that's why it would make a terrific TV reality show, he says.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- HIV Helped Me Rediscover Life: A Gay Man of Color Tells His Story (Winter 2005/2006)
Victor R. Pond explains what it felt like to live through the first 15 years of the U.S. HIV epidemic -- and how it shaped the self-perception of HIV-negative gay men of color.
To read PDF, click here
In ACRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
- Nearly Half of Us May Already Be Infected -- Who Gives a Damn? An Open Letter to Black Gay and Bisexual Men (November/December 2005)
The Black AIDS Institute asks: Why are so many African-American MSM remaining silent, despite stratospheric HIV infection rates?.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Oh if Only (July/August 2005)
If only we always did what we were "supposed" to, what a different world it would be, Jim Pickett writes.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Pickett Fences: Happy Town: I Met Angel in a Bathhouse in Bilbao (May/June 2005)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Why Serosorting Isn't for Me: One HIV-Positive Gay Man's Choice (May/June 2005)
Justin Jones' decision not to have sex with only HIV-positive men is both personal and practical, he says.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Bisexuality, Lies and HIV: The Pain and Necessity of Disclosure -- and Acceptance (March/April 2005)
A cautionary story for all HIV-positive guys who sleep with both men and women, and for the HIV-negative women they sleep with who may not know about it.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- In Post-Election Speech, AIDS Activist Decries Death of Gay Rights (November 12, 2004)
"As of Nov. 2, gay rights are officially dead," Larry Kramer proclaimed in a public address to the gay community on Nov. 7.
In New York Blade
- The Politics of Homophobia and Hatred (November/December 2004)
Eric L. Watts talks about Georgia's same-sex marriage law and blasts criticism of homosexual marriage.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- AIDS, Marriage and Jumping the Broom (September/October 2004)
How do AIDS and economic issues intersect with gay marriage? It's all about human rights and access to health care, Greg Smith explains.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- Sorry, Doom-and-Gloomers, but It Doesn't Always Suck to Live With HIV (September 2004)
Living with HIV has its ups and its downs, says Chicago AIDS advocate Jim Pickett -- so why do so many people in HIV prevention make it sound like a living hell?.
From HIV Stops With Me
- When It Comes to Gay Men and HIV, Denial's the Name of the Game (July 29, 2004)
With the recent release of the film adaptation of A Home at the End of the World, LA Weekly reporter David Ehrenstein muses about the film, gay men and HIV in the United States.
In LA Weekly
- "Bodysurfing" (July 2004)
A fictional short story about HIV, relationships, fidelity and a day at the beach, by Rob Phelps.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- "Hydraphobia" (July 2004)
In this fictional short story by Gary McClain, Mike struggles to cope when his boyfriend discloses that he's HIV positive.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- "Right Back Where We Started" (July 2004)
In this fictional short story by Joseph F. Kelly, a man emerges from a 20-year coma, and his longtime friend struggles to explain what happened to all the people he'd ever known.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- The Past, the Present and the Future (July/August 2004)
A reflective essay written in 2001 by Charles Clifton, the Chicago AIDS advocate who passed away in August 2004.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
- Regarding the Death of Former President Ronald Reagan: A Letter to My Best Friend, Steven Powsner (June 6, 2004)
By Matt Foreman, Executive Director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, on Reagan's inaction during the early days of the AIDS epidemic.
From National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
- How AIDS Gave Gays Marriage (May 21, 2004)
In the 1980s, many people assumed that the U.S. AIDS crisis would push gay men even further out of mainstream society; as Christopher Caldwell explains, they couldn't have been more wrong.
In Financial Times
- It's All About Gender -- Discrimination (Spring 2004)
Matt Kailey describes the homophobia -- and "transphobia" -- he faced in his transition from heterosexual woman to "gay" man.
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In Resolute!, from PWA Coalition Colorado
- Born Again (December 2003)
Will Tony Kushner's Broadway hit turned HBO movie -- the story of a white gay American man with Kaposi's sarcoma -- inspire audiences now that global AIDS has the spotlight?.
In POZ
- Sex- and Death-Crazed Gays Play Viral Russian Roulette! (January 24, 2003)
Rolling Stone claims that a full quarter of new HIV infections stem from morbid thrill-seeking. Sean Hannity is swallowing the story -- should you?.
In Salon
- Bruce (December 2002)
Raymond Burroughs writes about losing his life partner Bruce.
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
- Cruising With Lazarus: The Muppet Menace or Republicans in the 'Hood (September 2002)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- Cruising With Lazarus: Waking Up From a California Dream (August 2002)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- Cruising With Lazarus: Why Do We Tolerate People Who Are HIV Positive and Spreading the Disease? (July 2002)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- Pickett Fences: Fatty Acid (July/August 2002)
Wait a second: You're gay, you've got HIV, and you're not going to a gym?!.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Confidence in Blood Supply Must Rank First (March 19, 2002)
An op-ed defending the exclusion of gay men from blood donation.
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Cruising With Lazarus: George W. Bush Is Still Our Enemy (March 2002)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- Pickett Fences: A Work in Progress (September/October 2001)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Outliving My Father (May 22, 2001)
Mark recounts how years of caring for friends dying of AIDS prepared him for taking care of his dying father.
In The Advocate, from Mark S. King
- Scarlet Letter "A" (March/April 2001)
A college campus AIDS advocate speaks out.
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Should Gay Men Be Allowed to Donate Blood? (November/December 2000)
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
- Editorial (September 1998)
Larry Sims, Viagra, and the transmission of multi-drug-resistant virus.
In Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care, from International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
- Reflections on the Suicide of a Circuit Partier (May 1998)
From Rev. A. Stephen Pieters
- The Marketing of AIDS (April 1998)
AIDS takes on a virile new look.
From Mark S. King
- Sex Panic: Gay group-think promotes murderous irresponsibility (January 12, 1998)
In The San Francisco Examiner
- Oh, For My Bath! To My Psychotherapist, Dan (November 1997)
A recollection of New York's Club Baths.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Scared to Death (March, 1998)
Horror movies and real traumas.
From Mark S. King
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