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Rise in Counterfeit Condoms in the UK

By on January 19, 2013 in Media

News from the UK of an increase in counterfeit condoms being imported from the east. The government’s health regulator has warned there are a rising number of counterfeit condoms being smuggled into to the UK. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulation Agency (MHRA) claims millions have been illegally imported in the last 18 months. Family [...]

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Travelling? Remember To Pack Some Condoms And Lube

By on October 31, 2012 in safe sex

Hey there Guys. Just saw a post over at the Gay News Network talking about differences between Australia and Europe when it comes to providing condoms and lube in sex venues. Currently in Australia sex on premise venues AKA “sauna’s” and “cruise clubs” participate and help promote safe sex by providing free condoms and water based [...]

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Australia Shows 8% Increase in HIV Infection Rates in 2011

By on October 18, 2012 in safe sex

Currently my home town Melbourne is hosting the Australasian HIV/AIDS conference with many countries from South East Asia in attendance along with Australian and New Zealand representatives. News from this conference is that there has been a worrying 8% increase of HIV infections between 2010 and 2011. This increase has been noted to be within [...]

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The Three Faces Of Grim, How Would You Promote HIV Prevention?

By on August 29, 2012 in safe sex

In 1987 we didn’t really talk about HIV prevention. I was in my first year of high school and everybody had started talking about this new disease that was sweeping the world. Apparently AIDS was going to kill anyone that was sexually active, but it seems that “those  homos” were first in line. There was [...]

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The Question Of Bareback Porn

By on August 10, 2012 in safe sex

Hey there Guys, When it comes to the world of porn, in particular bareback porn it’s been a very interesting few weeks. Just this week GMFA have release the findings of their porn study with the following results: 87% of gay men report watching porn at least once a week (1 in 4 watching porn [...]

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The Meaning of Herpes

By on June 27, 2012 in safe sex

Hey there Guys, Published in on of the online paper today was a case of a lady who states she had been maliciously infected with herpes. The fact she was awarded $900,000 damages disturbs me on many, many levels. Before I go into why, let’s have a quick look at what has been reported: A [...]

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Who Should Be Educated In The Fight Against HIV?

By on May 24, 2012 in Media

Hey there Guys, Currently within Australia HIV and AIDS has been again thrust into the limelight with an out of the blue announcement by the Queensland State Government’s plan to withdraw $2.6 million of funding for the prevention of HIV infection. Queensland Healthy Communities (QAHC), the recipients of the $2.6 million have been contracted by [...]

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What Does Undetectable Viral Load Mean?

By on April 12, 2012 in safe sex

Hey there Guys, Today I received an important article that I thought was vital to share. Recently there has been many questions poised about success of effective treatment of HIV when it comes to counts of viral load. As I mentioned in my video “What does viral load mean?” I discussed how viral load is [...]

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The Delusion Of Safe Sex? There’s An App For That.

By on March 29, 2012 in safe sex

Hey there Guys, I am in absolute shock. I am sitting here staring at my screen, amazed at the absolute depths to which some people will sink to make a dollar. Why am I so angry? Let me introduce “the world’s first iPhone application that allows you to share your Sexually Tranmitted (sic) Infection/Human Immunodeficiency [...]

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Does Mandatory HIV Disclosure Reduce Risk?

By on March 15, 2012 in safe sex

Hey there Guys, This morning I was alerted to an opinion piece by New Zealand’s Dominion Post. Opening with the provocative title “Nothing But Truth For HIV Lovers“, it was pretty much downhill from there. To quote: The Aids Foundation supports the right of HIV-positive patients to conceal their condition from their sexual partners provided [...]

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