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  • Straight barebacking
  • Catching  up
  • On continuing or discontinuing HIV treatment
  • Are lubes safe?
  • HIV cure: the long road ahead

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  • Straight barebacking

    Straight barebacking

    We talk about barebacking almost entirely in the context of gay and bisexual men, often in the context of behavior that’s seen as ”bad”. But, says Olivia Kijeswski, straight people do it all the time.
  • Catching  up

    Catching up

    Wayne Bristow has always backed away from keeping pace with new technology. Today he poses the question “am I too dumb for a smartphone?” Turns out the answer is no.
  • On continuing or discontinuing HIV treatment

    On continuing or discontinuing HIV treatment

    Josh Kruger on the decisions we face about whether to take HIV meds – and why he’s questioning his own choices.
  • Are lubes safe?

    Are lubes safe?

    Marc-André LeBlanc, co-founder of International Rectal Microbicide Advocates (IRMA), IRMA Secretary, and coordinator of IRMA’s international Lube Safety Working Group, discusses the current state of knowledge on lubricant safety,
  • HIV cure: the long road ahead

    HIV cure: the long road ahead

    This article from aidsmap.com reviews how close, or not, we are to a cure for HIV – and warns against over-optimism
  • Denver, Larry and David

    Denver, Larry and David

    Mark S. King on how the Denver Principles changed HIV/AIDS — and healthcare — forever. Plus a nod to the work of PositiveLite.com’s own David Phillips.
  • Terms and conditions

    Terms and conditions

    Michael Yoder says “we all develop our own terms and conditions, our personal little contract, as we wander through life – HIV-positive or not. And those terms change as we get older and experience others’ opinions and ideas and shape our own.”
  • Letter from Berlin, part two

    Letter from Berlin, part two

    Michael Bouldin draws on lessons he learned while in Berlin to illustrate that we all need memorials, including of the plague we forgot.
  • What’s god got to do with it?

    What’s god got to do with it?

    Dave R with a personal view of how religion and HIV just don’t mix. Why do so many people still believe in a god of love when history suggests that he or she is anything but? Has religion ever put its peace and love ideals into practice?
  • I’m just not that kind of girl

    I’m just not that kind of girl

    DJ Relentless on tranny love and how he deals with suitors when he’s Jade Elektra.
  • How normal are we?

    How normal are we?

    A recent NY Times headline provokes this article by editor Bob Leahy on aging, side effects and attempts to normalize HIV and end its exceptionality.

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