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Love Safer Videos (March 31, 2008)
Short, down-to-earth videos in which actors explain the importance of safer sex and discuss how to use a condom.
From Rutgers University
Africa: A Positive Guide to Dating (February 13, 2008)
In PlusNews, from Integrated Regional Information Networks
Changing Women's HIV Risk: Videos on Hand-Held Computers (2007)
A nursing professor at Rutgers University is trying to help empower women to negotiate safer sex with their partners by developing this "urban soap opera" video series based on women's real stories about their relationships with men.
From Rutgers University
Zimbabwe: Until Death Us Do Part -- Love, Marriage and the Virus (November 2006)
From PlusNews
Dating, Youth and HIV: From Both Sides (July/August 2006)
Interviews with Raven Lopez, an HIV-positive 16-year-old girl, and Aaron Parker, an HIV-negative 16-year-old boy.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
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
Sex and Relationships for HIV-Positive Women Since HAART: A Quantitative Study (August 17, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Dating and Daring to Love Again: One Woman's Journey After Becoming a Young, HIV-Positive Widow (March/April 2005)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Guys and Girls -- Interview With the Founder of New York City's Straight Social Group (March/April 2005)
After 10 years, 12 marriages, several babies and many new friendships, Thorner Harris' unique group has successfully given heterosexual HIVers a stigma-free way to meet up.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
"Sex Is What We Do" (Winter 2005/2006)
A female counselor explains how she helps HIV-positive women find a healthy, satisfying sex life.
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In ACRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
Poz HeteroCruise Sails From Puerto Rico October 12, 2003 (May/June 2003)
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
Getting Your Life Back (December 2001/January 2002)
The complex issues surrounding sexual assault for female victims.
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
IUDs May Be Safe for HIV-Positive Women: Study (August 28, 2001)
From Reuters Health
Dr. Sex: It's All About Communication (July/August 2001)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Sex and Living with HIV (July 2001)
In WISE Words, from Project Inform
Disclosure of HIV Status and Practice of Safer Sex, Part II (PDF) (June 1, 2001)
In Being Alive
The Complicated Relationship Between Disclosure of HIV Status and Practice of Safer Sex (PDF) (May 2001)
In Being Alive
Dating and the Positive Woman (Fall/Winter 2000)
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
Health Matters: Knowing (and Loving) Yourself (July 2000)
Tips on bolstering your self-esteem.
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
Simply, Syn: Syn Is IN (July 2000)
A new column about dealing with dating issues.
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
How To Connect With Straight Positives on the Internet (September 1999)
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
HIV and Single (Not a Horror Story) (Winter 1998/1999)
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
Contraceptives & HIV-Infected Women (Summer 1998)
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
It's Not as Easy as I Thought -- Dating and Disclosure (Summer 1998)
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
Lovable Blonde Seeking... (Spring 1998)
An HIV-positive woman and the dating game.
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
How Do You Talk To Your Partners About HIV and STDs? (November 1997)
From Rick Sowadsky, M.S.P.H.

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