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It’s High Time to Redefine “Safe Sex”
PrEP 101
Trojan-less Horse: "I placed myself in the middle of HIV anarchy." Tony Valenzuela says. HIV anarchy? "I was trying to poetic."
They Shoot Barebackers, Don’t They?
Tony Valenzuela is the executive director of ONE Archives Foundation, an LGBTQ historical organization, effective September 2022.

HIV Activist Tony Valenzuela Helms LGBTQ ONE Archives

ONE’s Tony Valenzuela recently led the LA-based Foundation for the AIDS Monument. In 1999, he caused a stir on the cover of POZ.

The Bitter Satisfaction of Judging the COVID Queens

COVID Queens are convenient villains, like barebackers and Truvada Whores, created to quench our thirst for bitter satisfaction.

PrEP Enables Gay and Bi Men to Connect Across HIV Status

Some men living with HIV still practice serosorting, but HIV-negative men on PrEP often were more likely to have HIV-positive partners.
Edmund White

No One Mentions HIV as “Angels” Wins Three Tonys [VIDEO]

Elsewhere, the Lambda Literary Awards honors HIV-themed works and iconic author Edmund White.
Hornet’s Alex Garner leads “Gay Sex: A Raw Conversation” at Therapy bar in New York City.

Let’s Talk About Raw Gay Sex at Therapy [VIDEO]

“A lot of gay men clearly value sex without condoms.”
Charlie Tredway, Mr. Gay New Zealand 2017

Why Mr. Gay New Zealand, Who Is HIV Positive, Has Condomless Sex

After winning the sash, Charlie Tredway penned an open letter to the HIV community.

Truvada Whores and HIV Prevention: The Queer Communication of PrEP

An HIV-positive researcher reflects on the mixed messaging of pre-exposure prophylaxis.

Yes, There’s Likely a Link Between Condom Use in Porn and in Real Life

Men who have sex with men who watch bareback (condomless) porn are apparently more likely to forgo condoms for their sexual encounters.

Letters—October/November 2013

The article “Magnetic Attraction”  profiled three long-term couples in which one partner is living with HIV while the other is not.

Your Mother Liked It Bareback

When gay men engage in intercourse without a barrier we label it psychotic barebacking, but when straight people do it we call it sex.

Grindr IQ

Are guys who use hookup apps dumb about HIV?

Multiple Factors Influence Condom Use Among MSM

Among men who have sex with men (MSM), the decision to use a condom was influenced by multiple factors.
Derrick Burts

Porn, Patient Zeta and HIV

Adult film actor Derrick Burts tested HIV positive in October, bringing international attention to the topic of condoms in porn.

HIV-Positive Men Who Bareback Should Have More Frequent Hep C Testing

A new study has found that 75 percent of new HCV infections in HIV-positive men occurred in those with no history of injection drug use

Did the Bareback Time Machine Kill Chad Noel?

AIDS advocate Mark S. King contemplates the all-too-brief life and AIDS-related death of the barebacking gay porn star Donny Price.

Flesh for Fantasy

Porn goddess Chi Chi LaRue urges a boycott of barebacking videos.
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