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HIV prevention poster from 'Gay Men Play Safe Campaign' campaign from AIDS Vancouver

HIV prevention poster from the Gay Men Play Safe Campaign from AIDS Vancouver

HIV prevention poster from 'Think Again' campaign from AIDS Vancouver

HIV prevention poster from "Think Again" campaign from AIDS Vancouver

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Abusive Behaviors and HIV (November/December 2001)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
STDs and HIV (October 2000)
From AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
"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.

The Basics

HIV/AIDS and Young Men Who Have Sex With Men (May 2009)
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From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
"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
Fighting an Invisible Pandemic: Global HIV Prevention for Gay Men (Summer 2008)
In Thrive, from ACRIA and GMHC
Get the Facts on Syphilis (2008)
A conversational, informative Q&A about syphilis geared toward sexually adventurous gay and bisexual men.
From Positive Life NSW
Know the Facts: Sex and Hep C (2008)
A detailed, sexually explicit booklet about sexually-transmitted hepatitis C geared toward gay and bisexual men.
From Positive Life NSW
Sex Pigs: A Rough Guide to Dirty Sex (2008)
A comprehensive, sexually explicit booklet featuring risk-reduction tips for recreational drug use, hooking up, fisting and barebacking. The guide is geared toward HIV-positive and HIV-negative gay and bisexual men.
From Positive Life NSW
Is HIV a Gay Disease? (July/August 2007)
What U.S. statistics show.
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
HIV/AIDS Among Men Who Have Sex With Men (June 2007)
A summary of key statistics and facts.
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From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Drag Balls: An Underground Black Youth Community Taking HIV Prevention Into Its Own Hands (July/August 2006)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
An Interview With Michael Shernoff (January 17, 2006)
What psychological factors propel gay men to take serious sexual risks in the bedroom? This is the subject of Shernoff's new book "Without Condoms," discussed here.
In The Advocate
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
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
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
Bug Chasers (January 23, 2003)
The men who long to be HIV+.
In Rolling Stone
The Complicated Relationship Between Disclosure of HIV Status and Practice of Safer Sex (PDF) (May 2001)
In Being Alive
Men Who Have Sex With Men and HIV/AIDS (2001)
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In World AIDS Campaign 2001, from UNAIDS
Men and AIDS: A Gendered Approach (December 2000)
In Men and AIDS -- A Gendered Approach, 2000 World AIDS Campaign, from UNAIDS
Men Who Have Sex With Men (July 10, 2000)
In The XIII International AIDS Conference, from The Body PRO
Nonoxynol-9: HIV Risk? (May 2000)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
When Opposites Attract (May 2000)
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
"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.
Interview With Stephen E. Goldstone, M.D. (July 1999)
An interview with the author of The Ins and Outs of Gay Sex.
From Stephen E. Goldstone, M.D.
Annotated Bibliography: HIV/AIDS Prevention Resources for Gay Men, Lesbians, and Bisexuals (June/July 1999)
In SIECUS Report, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
Selections from The Ins and Outs of Gay Sex, by Stephen E. Goldstone, M.D. (1999)
Excerpts from Chapter 4, "Non-HIV Viral Sexually Transmitted Diseases," and Chapter 10, "Monogamy or Promiscuity".
In The Ins and Outs of Gay Sex, from Random House, Inc.
Health Concerns Among Gay Men (December 1998)
From Rick Sowadsky, M.S.P.H.
Can HIV Be Transmitted Through Oral Sex?
From Terrence Higgins Trust
I Think I Might Be Gay -- Now What Do I Do?
A brochure for young men -- information for gay youth and young men questioning their sexuality.
From Youth Assistance Organization

Personal Views

Mark King Bares It All: "The Sex Pig Is Dead"
Longtime HIVer Mark King has come a long way since the 1980s and early 1990s. As a gay man living in a wild time, he didn't hold back when it came to sex: "I didn't care about anything other than my own pleasure." In his latest video blog, Mark bares it all -- literally (well, almost) and figuratively. But this time, he's got HIV prevention in mind when he talks about barebacking, glory holes and his outlook on sex.
Face the Facts: HIV Is Still a Gay Disease, Activist Says (September/October 2008)
Beyond testing.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
PFLAG's Work to End Homophobia Can Help Prevent HIV (August 5, 2008)
From The Body
Sex Columnist Dan Savage on Rise in HIV Infection Rates Among Young Gay Men (January 2, 2008)
From Dan Savage
African-American Resource Center: HIV Frontlines -- U.S. Edition: An HIVer Finds Unique Ways to Educate Gay Men About HIV (November 29, 2007)
From The Body
New Generation of Gay Men Needs New Approach to HIV Prevention, Expert Says (September 28, 2007)
In New York Blade
Serosorting Is a Terrible Idea of HIV-Negative People, HIV Educator Writes (Summer 2007)
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In ACRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
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
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
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
Squashing the "Super Bug": An Open Letter to Gay and Bisexual Men (January/February 2005)
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
Whatever Happened to the Sex Radicals? (January/February 2005)
If the false alarm over the New York City "superbug" case teaches us anything, Daniel Raymond writes, it should be that we've lost the honesty with which gay and bisexual men used to talk about sexuality.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
Mind the Gap: Microbicides for the Coot and the Boot (July/August 2004)
Both gay men and straight women "must ask for, no -- demand, Booty Butter," says columnist Jim Pickett.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
The Next Gay Plague (March 3, 2004)
Syphilis may be a bigger threat now than it's ever been before to gay men in the U.S. Not only are new infections on the rise, but having syphilis is linked to an increased risk for contracting HIV. Dr. Howard Grossman presents a plan on how the gay community can fight back.
In The Advocate
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
"Working It Out": Scenes From the Lives of Gay and Lesbian Youth (November 2002)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Pickett Fences: It Ain't Rocket Science (November/December 2002)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Pickett Fences: Act the Fuck Up! (May/June 2002)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Cruising With Lazarus: A Critical Look at Pharmaceutical Ads (July 2001)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
Homophobia Still Hinders AIDS Fight (Summer 2001)
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
Dr. Sex: The Joys of Safer Sex ... Continued (May/June 2001)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
AIDS Always Benefits From What We Don't Talk About (April 2001)
From Mark S. King
Working Lunch: Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered and Other MSM -- A Special Focus (February 19, 2001)
In The 2001 National Conference on African Americans and AIDS, from The Body PRO
Along the Latex Highway: Prevention in the 21st Century (December 2000)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
Along the Latex Highway: Condoms and Condemnations -- Another Look at Unprotected Anal Sex (November 2000)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
Give Us Morality or Give Us Death (September/October 2000)
On how HIV prevention fails to target HIV-positive people.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
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
Hemo Homo (June 2000)
By Doug Rose; reprinted from The Drag Queen of Elfland.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Senior Class (June 2000)
Gay, positive, and over fifty.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
A Reaction to "Mr. X" (May 2000)
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
Taking Care (March 1999)
Thoughts about the barebacking phenomenon.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Getting Personal (February 1999)
Disclosing HIV status in personal ads.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
The Sound of Silence (January 1999)
On not speaking out about unsafe sex.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
Four Percent and Counting (February 1998)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Young Gay Men Talking -- Personal Stories
From Avert

Prevention Campaigns and Programs

California HIV/AIDS Group Launches Internet-Based Program Aimed at MSM (April 6, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
International Day Against Homophobia (May 17, 2008)
A commitment to action against homophobia.
From amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research
Charity Begins at Home (July/August 2007)
Or it might not happen at all.
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Sex, Videotape and ... No Condoms? (July/August 2007)
An inside look at an illegal porn operation featuring Black and Latino men.
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network

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