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“Testing is a drag - but do it anyway” says BC's Robert Birch. And he does. -
Bob Leahy catches up with long term Hep C and HIV survivor Barry Haarde to ask him questions about his second bike ride across North America in this freewheeling interview. -
Wayne Bristow has always backed away from keeping pace with new technology. Today he poses the question “am I too dumb for a smartphone?” Turns out the answer is no. -
Marc-André LeBlanc, co-founder of International Rectal Microbicide Advocates (IRMA), IRMA Secretary, and coordinator of IRMA’s international Lube Safety Working Group, discusses the current state of knowledge on lubricant safety, -
On continuing or discontinuing HIV treatment
Josh Kruger on the decisions we face about whether to take HIV meds – and why he’s questioning his own choices. -
Bob Leahy and the irreverent magazine by and for people living with HIV which brought black humour to the forefront of activism in the 1990s. -
This article from aidsmap.com reviews how close, or not, we are to a cure for HIV – and warns against over-optimism -
“Can very early HIV treatment "cure" some people of their Infection?” asks The Body.com -
Mark S. King on how the Denver Principles changed HIV/AIDS — and healthcare — forever. Plus a nod to the work of PositiveLite.com’s own David Phillips. -
The immigration and refugee rights of gay men and people living with HIV
Immigration and refugee rights in Canada are under siege and this is impacting people living with HIV. Toronto lawyer and human rights activist El Farouk Khaki, in a video interview, explains why this is so and what we can do about it. -
Brian Finch tries his hand at singing lessons - and hits a snag in the form of a singing teacher with all the charm of Judge Judy. -
Ken Monteith has just returned from Bucharest, Romanaia where he got a first-hand look at how harm reduction works there. -
Glad I fell off that apple tree - or grateful for my DNA
Matt Levine with an elequent account of growing up gay and how a troubled family came to accept a son who was HIV-positive. -
Michael Yoder says “we all develop our own terms and conditions, our personal little contract, as we wander through life – HIV-positive or not. And those terms change as we get older and experience others’ opinions and ideas and shape our own.” -
Michael Bouldin draws on lessons he learned while in Berlin to illustrate that we all need memorials, including of the plague we forgot. -
Dave R with a personal view of how religion and HIV just don’t mix. Why do so many people still believe in a god of love when history suggests that he or she is anything but? Has religion ever put its peace and love ideals into practice? -
I’m just not that kind of girl
DJ Relentless on tranny love and how he deals with suitors when he’s Jade Elektra. -
A recent NY Times headline provokes this article by editor Bob Leahy on aging, side effects and attempts to normalize HIV and end its exceptionality. -
Aidsmap.com reports people doing well on HIV therapy have a mortality risk identical to that of HIV-negative peers. -
Condoms the new absintence only: Trojan/Durex sustaining HIV infections
Josh Kruger: “Until we recognize that condoms are just as effective as abstinence only .. and must be a small part of a more comprehensive approach to sexual health, we will be looking at more HIV transmissions, more people dying of AIDS” -
HIV testing: how can we build on success?
Roy Kilpatrick on how you get the most out of HIV testing strategies as a fundamental component of HIV prevention. -
Sex workers and overcoming the binary
Megan DePutter on whether sex workers are “victims” or empowered people who choose the work, and how those two co-existing realities complicate our response. Similar issues exist for HIV and the notion of AIDS “victims” vs empowered individuals, she says -
Here’s a call to arms from prominent members of the US HIV and LGBT communities calling for HIV to be put back on the agenda, from the We The LGBT campaign. -
From The Body.com : is your HIV treatment working? Warning signs and false alarms. -
Jack Frost finds special meaning in an Amanda Marshall song that speaks to him about his journey before and after HIV. -
Harm reduction news: Canada steps backwards?
The Canadian HIV/Aids Legal Network says government bill will impede life-saving health services like safe injection sites, cause more death and disease. -
Mark S. King at his funniest. But has fame as a POZ magazine cover girl gone to his head? Read his tongue in cheek answer. -
Putting barebacking into context
Who barebacks and why? The AIDS Committee of Toronto’s bathhouse counsellor Rahim Thawer provides some answers. -
Proving the proven: a safe consumption site for Ottawa
Harm reduction in Canada’s capital city. Guest post from Positive Women’s Network on the drive to give Ottawa a safe injection site much like Vancouver’s Insite. -
Our regular contributor David Phillips is an HIVer on his first visit to Africa – and finds the stories of stigma and discrimination he hears are painfully familiar there.
