PEP works better the sooner you get it, so you’ll have to go to the emergency room. Tell them you think you’ve been exposed to HIV and you want PEP right away. Not all emergency rooms have PEP or every medication used as PEP. Although there are a number of drugs used as PEP, the… View Article
It’s normal to be worried after you have a slip up in bed. If you’re HIV-negative, think about getting PEP right away if you fucked or got fucked without a condom, or if the condom broke in the middle of the fun. This is especially important if you don’t know your partner’s HIV status, you… View Article
PEP stands for Post-Exposure Prophylaxis — something that you take after you’ve been exposed as a way of blocking HIV from establishing itself in the body. You may be concerned about being exposed to HIV because you didn’t use a condom, it broke, or something else unexpected happened while you were playing with someone. In… View Article
What else might guys want to know about PEP and how it works? How well does PEP work? When does PEP not work? What else can I do to make PEP work best? Something happened a couple days ago, can I still get PEP? Can I use PEP as a treatment more than once? What… View Article
PEP is a combination of anti-HIV medications, often taken as one or two combined pills per day. By limiting HIV’s ability to reproduce itself, PEP prevents HIV from spreading, cell to cell, in your body. HIV gets a hold in your body by infecting cells and then making more copies of itself. This happens in the… View Article
“Disclosing” is actually just sharing information. There are lots of things to think about when sharing your HIV status, trans identity, gender identity, whether you’re in a relationship, whether or not you’re on PrEP, or other important information about your life. Finding the balance between honesty and privacy is different for everyone, and figuring out… View Article
HIV treatments, in the form of anti-retrovirals (ARVs), are used by both HIV-negative guys and HIV-positive guys as a way of controlling HIV and reducing HIV infections in the community. The science is clear. When a person living with HIV is effectively on treatment and has an undetectable viral load, they can’t transmit HIV through… View Article
What are some other things gay and bi guys might want to know about condoms? How good are condoms at stopping HIV and other STIs? When don’t condoms work for HIV and STIs? What else can I do to make condoms work better? What if the guy I’m hooking up with doesn’t want to use… View Article
Finding Local Services to support you in getting the sex you want! The Ontario HIV and Sexual Health Info-Line: A free, province-wide anonymous counselling service on HIV, STIs, safer sex, referrals to sexual health services, testing information, harm reduction in drug use, and needle exchange information. 416-392-2437 / 1-800-668-2437 (English and multilingual Line) If you… View Article
There are lots of ways to have sex, and some of those can result in HIV transmission. Sexually, HIV can be transmitted from cum, pre-cum, blood, anal fluid and vaginal fluid. The higher somebody’s viral load, the more likely the virus will be transmitted through these fluids. In some cases, having another STI can make HIV transmission… View Article
