Getting the right treatment looks different for everybody. If you find out you’re HIV-positive, make an appointment with your doctor or visit a clinic to talk about your options. They’ll probably ask you about your medical history, give you a physical, and do some tests to check in with your body’s response to the virus… View Article
Pride had us all hot and horny. If you were having the sex you want, now is a great time to test for syphilis. Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection you can get through skin-to-skin contact and condomless anal, oral, and vaginal/front hole sex. You could acquire syphilis and not know it. Some people develop… View Article
Different guys have different routines when it comes to where, and how often, they get tested for HIV. You can get an HIV test at your family doctor, a walk-in clinic, an anonymous testing site or other sexual health clinic. It’s normal to feel nervous about getting an HIV test, especially if you’ve never done… View Article
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PrEP stands for “Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis” — in other words, regularly taking an anti-HIV medication as a way to block any HIV that manages to enter the body from copying itself and establishing itself during the first few days after exposure. PrEP is currently available as a pill. The brand you may be most familiar with… View Article
Although there are lots of effective treatments for STIs, talking about them with sexual partners isn’t always easy. If you’re getting treated for an STI, there will be a period of time where you can transmit it. You’ll have to hold off on having sex until you know the treatment has worked. It’s important to… 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
Getting care for HIV involves getting regular testing and bloodwork, including a viral load test. There are a few important numbers that poz guys can keep an eye on through getting tested by their doctor such as viral load and CD4 cell count. These tests will be done regularly by your healthcare provider and involve taking… View Article
Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U) is a game-changing moment in the history of HIV. When a guy takes their medication as prescribed and is undetectable, he cannot transmit HIV to his sexual partners- even without condoms. This is great news! U=U was started by people living with HIV after the release of a consensus statement by the Prevention… View Article
Let’s get into the basics. What is HIV? How does it affect a person’s health? What can you do about it? Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is not the same thing as Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (or AIDS). HIV is an infection, and an HIV test will show if somebody has had the infection for at… View Article
