Sex, Dating, & HIV for Gay Men
Overview
 Nelson's Tips for Finding Your Valentine: A Blog Entry by Nelson Vergel (February 7, 2012)
"However we choose to meet a potential person to date, we know one requirement has to be met first: that person has to be HIV friendly and educated about HIV. But how do you meet people that have a better chance at meeting that requirement?"
From The Body
- The Dating Game (Winter 2012)
The best pickup spots ... when and how to disclose ... the dates they won't soon forget; four people with HIV kiss and tell.
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In The Positive Side, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
 HIV Positive and HIV Negative Dating Advice: A Video Blog Entry by Justin B. Terry-Smith (December 30, 2011)
"Being upfront with one's HIV status is a brave, personal and intimate thing. If someone does not want you because you are HIV positive then move on, there is hope to find someone that loves you for you. If you cannot date someone with HIV well it's simple: don't. Find someone that you can be comfortable with ..."
From The Body
 Playing the Last Scene of a Marriage: A Blog Entry by Mark S. King (October 12, 2011)
"There were so many options. The shocked and devoted lover. The vindictive injured party. The delicate, recovering addict, shaken to the core by the breakup. I indulged in this sick game of posturing for only a moment, but it was long enough for me to spot my disease on display. It was my drug addict mindset, always looking for an angle ..."
From MyFabulousDisease.com
- Relationship Characteristics and Sexual Risk-Taking in Young Men Who Have Sex With Men (September 9, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
 Dating With HIV: My Experience and Thoughts -- A Blog Entry by Kevin Maloney (August 29, 2011)
"Why am I having such difficulty meeting people, why can't I open up, why does my body language turn so cold, why can't I let anyone in? Before HIV I always had fear of rejection, having HIV compounds this fear. I feel like damaged goods."
From The Body
 "Am I Undatable Because I'm HIV+?" (Summer 2011)
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From Being Alive
 Q&A: Errol Fields on Young Black Gay Men and Perceptions of HIV Risk (May 11, 2011)
TheBody.com sits down with the researcher to clarify the findings of his new study, which found that young black MSM believe that "masculine" men are less likely to have HIV.
From The Body
- New Study Shows Black Gay Men Think Masculine Men Are Less Likely to Have HIV (May 3, 2011)
From kenyonfarrow.com
 The Hilarious Idiocy of Anonymous Gay Sex (February 7, 2011)
From MyFabulousDisease.com
- Virtual You (September/October 2010)
Tips for writing your personal online profile when you're living with HIV.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Beyond Monogamy: Lessons From Long-Term, Non-Monogamous Male Couples (June 22, 2010)
From The Couples Study
- Sex and the Poz Gay Man (Spring/Summer 2010)
On building good sexual health.
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In The Positive Side, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
- The End of Sex: A Blog Entry by fogcityjohn (February 22, 2010)
From The Body
- Chicago Study Looks at HIV Among Gay Men, Finds Many Unaware of Status (June 3, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- You Gotta Have Friends: A Video Blog Entry by Mark S. King (April 22, 2009)
Mark invites a group of his HIV-positive friends over for dinner. Together they share intimate stories about disclosure, sex, dating and how they've coped with their status.
From The Body
- "Sex Pigs" Campaign Creates Space for Sexually Adventurous Australian Men to Talk About HIV Risk (August 7, 2008)
An Interview with Kathy Triffitt
In The XVII International AIDS Conference, from The Body
- What Is Sacred? (May/June 2008)
Sacredness and sexuality, side by side.
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Dating Positively (March/April 2008)
When should we disclose our status while dating?
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- 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
- Black, Gay, HIV-Positive Activist Celebrates "Carnal Aspect of Living" (2006)
In this stunning excerpt from the anthology Not in My Family: AIDS in the African–American Community Craig Washington celebrates sex, self-love and his rediscovery of his own sensuality.
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From Agate Publishing
- How I Joined the Sex Police (Winter 2005/2006)
As a gay man coming of age in the 1970s, sex clubs were an important part of Mark Milano's sexuality. But as an AIDS activist in New York in the 1990s, that view of sex clubs changed dramatically.
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In ACRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
- Sexuality in Men of Color: The Impact of Culture (Winter 2005/2006)
Moctezuma Garcia examines the intersection of race, sexual identity, culture and religion in the U.S. HIV epidemic.
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In ACRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
- No Turning Back: HIV and Gay Male Sexuality (Winter 2005/2006)
A report on the role HIV has played in the evolution of gay America and gay sexuality, and the impact of this role on HIV prevention efforts.
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In ACRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
- Tips on Coping When You Feel Like the Valentine's Day Grinch (January/February 2006)
Advice for people who are single or who have recently lost a loved one.
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In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- "By the Way, I'm Poz" (July 2004)
Although Steve McMahon's romantic relationship ended the night he told his boyfriend he was HIV positive, he has no regrets.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- There's a Lid for Every Pot (July 2004)
Eric Rodriguez, Executive Director of Body Positive, writes about the inexplicable synergy of his four-year relationship with an HIV-negative man.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- 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
- Livin' With It: The Dating Game (March/April 2004)
A 45-year-old gay man with HIV seeks advice from his friends on dating in the new millennium.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- From Compulsion to Connection: Stopping the Sex Train (February 2004)
When you're a gay man who's spent the last 25 years jumping from one sex partner to the next, how do you finally switch gears and begin to settle down?.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Baring Our Souls (July/August 2003)
Two gay British men -- one HIV positive and one HIV negative -- discuss why they've decided to keep using condoms.
In Positive Nation
- Cyberdating (July/August 2003)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- 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
- Interviral Dating and Sex (November 2002)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- Facing the Realities of Fantasy Sex (June/July 2002)
Cybersex may be safe, but is it healthy?.
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
- Loving Yourself to Love Others (2002)
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From PositiveWords
- Pickett Fences: Love Stinks (January/February 2002)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Single in the City (January/February 2002)
Advice for the HIV positive and lonely.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- When Only One of You Doesn't Test Poz (January/February 2002)
A closer look at mixed-status gay relationships.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Dr. Sex: It's All About Communication (July/August 2001)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Disclosure of HIV Status and Practice of Safer Sex, Part II (PDF) (June 1, 2001)
In Being Alive
- Homo Erotics: Gay Men and Sex, Dating and Romance (June 2001)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- AIDS Always Benefits From What We Don't Talk About (April 2001)
From Mark S. King
- Rejection: It's All the Rage (February 2001)
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
- Slip Sliding Away: The Truth About Safe Sex Among AIDS Activists (January/February 2001)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- The Meet Rack (June 2000)
Getting a date if you're HIV-positive.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- A Code of Silence (June 2000)
Gay men, dating, and disclosure.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Don't Ask/Don't Tell (June 2000)
The gay man and "The Scene" in the year 2000.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Sexual Dealing (June 2000)
[Archived Article]
Negotiating and decision making for HIV-positive gay men.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Dating, Disclosing and Dealing with Rejection (March 2000)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- "Sexual Compulsivity" (2000)
By Daniel Wolfe.
In Men Like Us: The GMHC Complete Guide to Gay Men's Sexual, Physical, and Emotional Well-Being, from Random House, Inc.
- "Sex Acts and Facts: The Risks" (2000)
An excerpt from Men Like Us, by Daniel Wolfe.
In Men Like Us: The GMHC Complete Guide to Gay Men's Sexual, Physical, and Emotional Well-Being, from Random House, Inc.
- Downtown (November 1998)
Sexual ethics among the HIV-infected.
From Mark S. King
- Old-Fashioned Mixing Meets Techno Matching (August 1998)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Editorial (June 1998)
The "anarchy" of bareback sex.
In Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care, from International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
- The Dating Renaissance (November 1997)
Gay dating in the nineties.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Interview with a Circuit Partier (October 1997)
Gay Chats and Personal Ads
- PositivelyFrisky.com Launches (July 18, 2011)
PositivelyFrisky.com is an invite-only site that gives a fun and lighthearted community forum to those living with HIV.
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Pride Dating
A lesbian and gay dating website that helps gay singles find their perfect gay match.
- Virtual You (September/October 2010)
Tips for writing your personal online profile when you're living with HIV.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- BeOneCity
A social site for HIV-positive gay men.
- Nothing But Guys
Gay HIV-positive social group in NYC; e-mail: 165727@aol.com, 212-462-9009.
- Positive Personals
HIV/AIDS personal ads for gays or straights.
- Planet POZ
HIV/AIDS chat and personal ads for gays or straights.
- Livingpositive.com
HIV/AIDS personal ads for gay, heterosexual or transgendered people.
- HIVdate.com
HIV/AIDS chatroom and personal ads for gays, straights, bisexuals and transgendered people.
- A Greater Date
STD dating directory for people dealing with HIV, HPV, HSV, AIDS or herpes.
Gay HIV-Positive Social Groups in the U.S.
- 8th Annual Black Gay Men's Network Retreat (March 31, 2011)
From The BGM Network
- Connexion.org: An LGBT Social Networking Website -- A Blog Entry by Kevin Maloney (March 15, 2011)
- DCYngPozSocials (Washington, D.C.)
- Life Happens (Tampa Bay, Florida area)
- POZ Seattle (Seattle, Washington)
- PSPozabilities (Palm Springs, California area)
- Sac Valley Pozabilities (Sacramento Valley, California)
- Strength In Numbers (Los Angeles, California)
- The Hope Foundation (Washington, D.C, Baltimore, Maryland)
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