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In China, Public Talk of Sex Is Rare. Could a ‘Pleasure Community’ Change That?

In a room with soft lighting, decorated with fuzzy blankets and turquoise balloons, a group of 30 or so strangers gathered on a recent afternoon in Beijing to discuss a subject that is largely taboo in China: how to satisfy a woman sexually.

Published
03 June 2019
From
New York Times
Ageing and HIV
Silver Singles: Why Are Sexually Transmitted Infections On The Rise In The Over 50s?

Divorce, dating apps, and living longer means STIs are affecting more older people than ever before.

Published
03 June 2019
From
Huffington Post
Confidentiality, consent and medical ethics
China's Kunlun Tech agrees to U.S. demand to sell Grindr gay dating app

Chinese gaming company Beijing Kunlun Tech Co Ltd said on Monday it had agreed to a request by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to sell popular gay dating app Grindr, setting a June 2020 deadline to do so.

Published
14 May 2019
From
Reuters
Epidemiology and behaviour
UK couples having less frequent sex than 10 years ago

"Young Brits are having less sex than a decade ago because they're too busy watching Netflix," reports the Sun. Researchers used survey data from almost 35,000 people aged 16 to 44 in the UK. The surveys were done in 1991, 2001 and 2012.

Published
10 May 2019
From
NHS Behind the Headlines
Telling people you have HIV
Disclosure of HIV linked to longer relationships for African migrants living in France

Disclosure of HIV status did not precipitate relationship break-ups after an HIV diagnosis for sub-Saharan African migrants living in Paris in a study conducted by Dr Mireille Le

Published
06 May 2019
By
Krishen Samuel
Undetectable viral load and treatment as prevention
Most UK clinic staff now tell people about U=U, but not always in the same way

Two presentations at this month’s British HIV Association (BHIVA) conference in Bournemouth show that most specialist healthcare workers are now informing people with HIV that if their

Published
29 April 2019
By
Gus Cairns
Telling people you have HIV
Challenging My Own Bigotry

An HIV-negative gay man confronts his history with men living with the virus.

Published
25 April 2019
From
Poz
PrEP science
PrEP May Offer Psychological Benefits to Gay, Bisexual Men at Risk for HIV

A new study has identified lower rates of sexual anxiety among gay and bisexual men taking pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).

Published
24 April 2019
From
American Journal of Managed Care
Confidentiality, consent and medical ethics
Inside Grindr, fears that China wanted to access user data via HIV research

Just a few months after a Chinese gaming company acquired Grindr, a gay dating app, employees of the app learned that the Trump administration was investigating the deal over national security concerns, according to two people familiar with the company. There were worries that China could harvest potentially embarrassing or sensitive private data from the app for espionage purposes. For example, China might be able to find out the HIV status of U.S. military or security personnel who use Grindr.

Published
05 April 2019
From
NBC News
Undetectable viral load and treatment as prevention
Reclaiming my time!

Every time I take my medicine, it is an act of preventing transmission, and survival. Never again will I see myself as ‘unclean’ or ‘a risk to others’. The only time HIV plays a role in my life is when I take my medication before bed.

Published
22 March 2019
From
PrEPing MALTA
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Community Consensus Statement on Access to HIV Treatment and its Use for Prevention

Together, we can make it happen

We can end HIV soon if people have equal access to HIV drugs as treatment and as PrEP, and have free choice over whether to take them.

Launched today, the Community Consensus Statement is a basic set of principles aimed at making sure that happens.

The Community Consensus Statement is a joint initiative of AVAC, EATG, MSMGF, GNP+, HIV i-Base, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, ITPC and NAM/aidsmap
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