HIV/AIDS

Being HIV positive can open doors to a healthier, more self-aware you. Finding the right information about HIV and AIDS is as important as knowing your status. Ultimately, you are responsible for your own health, but self-enemies such as shame and guilt can stand in the way of the long, healthy and liberating life you want to live.

Read and share HIV stories with other gay men around the world.

Testing yourself for HIV at home is definitely more comfortable, but is it reliable? In this article I talk about the advantages of taking a home HIV test and what the FDA has to say about quality of the results.

Can you get HIV from having oral sex without a condom?

HIV tests detect HIV infection by detecting antibodies produced by an individual's immune system when they are exposed to HIV. But since antibodies are detected at different rates, when should gay and bisexual men get tested for HIV?

HIV positive and looking for a relationship? Find other HIV positive poz-friendly people to date.

Can you get HIV kissing someone? HIV is not casually transmitted, so kissing on the cheek is very safe, but open mouth kissing may be another story.

They call it the HIV morning after pill, for those situations where you've been exposed to HIV through a known positive partner, by blood or other at-risk exposure. If you have been exposed to HIV in the last 72 hours, you may be able to take an HIV prevention regimen called Post Exposure Prophylaxis or PEP.

HIV and AIDS affect us all. Help support efforts for a cure or support a friend or loved one with HIV on World AIDS Day.

After 25 years of speculation, an international scientific team has traced the origin of HIV to wild chimpanzees in a remote area of Cameroon, Africa. Read more.

This guide helps gay men living with or those affected by HIV and AIDS cope with the HIV virus and also points them to resources and information.

What is HIV-2 and how does it differ from HIV-1? Find out in this informative guide to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 2.

Where did AIDS begin and what date is commonly recognized as the day the HIV pandemic began?

I'll be honest, I dread getting my routine HIV test! The entire process of waiting and the dramatic revelation of my results is almost too much to bear. But it's important that I know my status to ensure that I live a long and healthy life. When was the last time you were tested? Here are a few good reasons to get a routine HIV test.

Can you get HIV from kissing an HIV positive person? Find if kissing and HIV mix.

Living with HIV is not easy, but there is hope. There are many HIV positive men in serodiscordant relationships. See what this person living with HIV can do to cope.

Viagra has become the party drug of choice for gay men, but can it increase the risk of contracting HIV? See what the San Francisco Department of Health thinks.

Did you know seroconversion for HIV can range anywhere between 2 weeks and 6 months, in which time seroconverts can transmit the virus? Learn more about seroconversion.

Having seropositive test results can be life changing, especially if it's for HIV. Learn more about seropositive test results.

What is a serodiscordant relationship? Can a HIV negative person sustain a relationship with a HIV positive person?

Get what you need to know about World AIDS Day and show your support for an end to HIV.

What is HIV?

Even though I know anyone can get HIV, why was I surprised to see a woman in an advertisement for HIV medication? This prompted me to challenge my own perceptions of the virus and to research some interesting statistics, which prove that HIV is not just a gay white male's disease.

Some researchers say that apathy over AIDS has caused a major increase in other STD's such as syphilis. While others hypothesize that overwhelming anxiety over HIV has many gay men attending bug parties. Does AIDS continue to dictate gay behavior?

RJ Kowalik is a gay man. He practiced safe sex. He got HIV anyway. How did he get the virus? And, what can you learn from it?

By using a toothbrush-like device that is inserted into the mouth to absorb saliva instead of drawing blood, the OraSure Rapid Saliva HIV test makes an already high-anxiety HIV/AIDS screening a little more comfortable. Read the review of this new rapid HIV testing device.

In an effort to expand the reach of HIV tests, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of the OraQuick rapid HIV test the produces results in only 20 minutes.

Guide Mark Cichocki provides original articles, information and resources on HIV and AIDS.

A mother asks for help for her HIV-positive gay son.

A new microbicide gel helps block HIV, but can it be used for anal sex?