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Overview

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
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
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
"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
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
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)
Negotiating and decision making for HIV-positive gay men.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
The Meet Rack (June 2000)
Getting a date if you're HIV-positive.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Dating, Disclosing and Dealing with Rejection (March 2000)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
"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.
"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.
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)

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