PrEP doesn’t legitimise dangerous or unsafe sex; it serves as a protection which those who are sexually active in the gay community would be foolish to refuse if offered to them.
It’s not those on PrEP who are the foolhardy risk takers – it’s the ones who deny their risk and disassociate themselves from these conversations who are taking the real chances. It just takes one time, that one slip up, to change your life forever.
Recently the finger has been turned to point to certain drugs such as mephedrone and the emergence of smartphone apps such as Grindr that make it easier for people to hook up – the powerful combination of stronger, cheaper stimulants and the means to contact a lot of “up-for-it” men in a short period of time.
gayhealth.sg presents DYMK & OUT Bar featuring Noristar and Sammi Zhen. Our Mobile Testing Service van will be providing free HIV test from 10pm-2am. Spread the word!!
If HIV is going to get inside the cells, it does so quickly; it takes about 30 minutes. However, it does not start to multiply for several hours. PrEP and PEP work by stopping this process. Without drug, HIV infection is established within a few days so it’s a big advantage to have drug in the tissues BEFORE a risk, but it is needed most in the few days AFTER the risk.
Imagine a magic powder that transforms every potential lover into the person of your dreams. Now suppose every touch of that person feels like full-body orgasms for hours, and your hunger for them never ceases as long as you are under the spell.
Increases have been recorded for HIV and sexually-transmitted infection transmission among ‘chemsex’ party goers where NPS and other drugs are taken over a prolonged weekend period. The parties are usually sex parties primarily between men who have sex with men.
The Food and Drug Administration has relaxed its 32-year ban on blood donations from gay men. The ban was originally introduced in 1983 to protect people receiving blood transfusions from people infected with HIV.
This study will measure the effect of internalized homophobia, HIV/AIDS knowledge, and personal responsibility beliefs as predictors of discrimination towards PLWHA within the MSM community, in the context of Singapore.
Gayhealth.sg held an event to commemorate this day on December 5th, with the help from Taboo Club, OUTBar and Tantric Bar to utilize their venue . The Mobile Testing Vehicle was present on the day itself to provide free testing for the community too.
That dramatic shift in tone marks a trend in an industry that increasingly favours messages of support and hope versus shock and shame. The upbeat approach is fuelled by a better understanding of the disease, stronger treatment options and less stigma thanks to celebrities like Charlie Sheen speaking up about their status, Moses said.