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GNP+ makes peace with U = U campaign
Following intense community reaction to their public statement last week, GNP+ apologizes in a new version stressing common values and the need for more dialogue on global inequities in treatment...
View ArticleWhy do people with HIV smoke so much?
Rob Olver: What does this tell us about people living with HIV and what are the health implications as the population ages? The Ontario HIV Treatment Network Cohort Study has some sobering answers. At...
View ArticleI will never forget the day
From Huffington Post, Jesse Milan, President & CEO of AIDS United: "On National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day be aware that support of a mother, father, sister, brother, uncle, aunt, or cousin can...
View ArticleGetting to 90-90-90 requires attention to mental health
CATIE: Studies have found that mental health conditions, including depression and problematic substance use, can, in some cases, increase the risk for non-adherence to ART. Une version française est...
View ArticleThe Men's Fertility Study: understanding the fertility desires and intentions...
Interdisciplinary HIV Parenting Research Group (IHPREG) is looking for study participants. Advances in HIV treatment have contributed to tremendous shifts in the lives of people with HIV in Canada....
View ArticleSex after diagnosis: my journey to believing that undetectable HIV viral load...
Joshua Middleton tells of how he addressed self-stigma and maintained a sexual identity post-diagnosis. To read the entire article by Joshua Middleton, visit TheBody.com, here. An image of the moment...
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Mr. Gay New Zealand Charlie Tredway talks HIV with Bob Leahy
Recently crowned Charlie, a man living with HIV and a passionate advocate, ran on a platform of confronting HIV stigma. Now he takes his message to the Mr. Gay World competition Bob Leahy: First of...
View ArticleNo more sex shaming: why my 2017 will be sex-positive.
From FS, Vish says, "Perhaps it’s time we banish the world ‘slut’ from our vocabulary or at least reclaim it to mean something more sex-positive." This article originally appeared in the UK’s FS...
View ArticleIn the search for an HIV cure, David Evans explains “freedom” and how to...
From Betablog, Emily Newman reports on an ambitious HIV cure social science research project funded recently by Gilead Sciences. To read the entire article by Emily Newman, visit Betablog, here. At an...
View ArticleShould gays defend Milo? No.
Michael Bouldin on Milo: "... sexist, transphobic, racist, pick what you wish from the long catalogue of human cruelties, he will likely embrace it this very instant, already has, or will at some...
View ArticleDon’t be fooled: PrEP failures imply nothing about U = U
Bob Leahy and the myth that because PrEP very occasionally has failed, the reliability of a sustained undetectable viral load as an effective prevention strategy for people living with HIV needs...
View ArticleWhat lies ahead.for me
Wayne Bristow reflects on a career in blogging with PositiveLite.com and what growing older means in terms of his workload I was in Toronto the other day for a PositiveLite.com business meeting. This...
View ArticleLiving with diagnosed HIV infection for a long time is associated with poor...
Long term survivor news. From AIDSmap, Michael Carter reports on the Antiretrovirals, Sexual Transmission Risk and Attitudes (ASTRA) study. Longer time living with diagnosed HIV infection is strongly...
View ArticleResearch update: meta-analysis shows PrEP is effective in women with high...
From CATIE, Camille Arkell discusses the results of five randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that included women. Une version française est disponible ici. What do we know about PrEP effectiveness in...
View ArticleThis is HIV stigma 2016.
Lessons for Canada? FS magazine presents their third annual survey on the state of stigma in the UK. This article originally appeared in the UK’s FS magazine, a publication of GMFA, here. For the last...
View ArticleTrump seems to support Bush’s AIDS program for now... but will it be hobbled...
As of 2016, the program helped provide life-saving antiretroviral treatment for over 11.5 million people, trained 220,000 health-care workers, and facilitated counseling and testing for over 74.3...
View ArticleWomen significantly more likely than men to have suboptimal adherence to HIV...
Canadian research "shows that sex maintains a significant and independent effect on adherence.” For AIDSmap, Michael Carter reports. Women are more likely than men to have poor adherence to...
View ArticleFebruary 28 Webinar Alert: Generations, life course, & gay men’s health:...
From CATIE be first to hear findings from the 2014/2015 National Sex Now Survey, the largest survey of sexual minority men in Canada. Event Date: 28 February 2017, 13:00 EST Register here Presented...
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Big changes at PositiveLite.com
Saying goodbye to former publisher John McCullagh The PositiveLite.com team last week: (left to right) Rob Olver, Wayne Bristow, John McCullagh and Bob Leahy Noted community activist John McCullagh is...
View ArticleLike the Mark of Cain, we carry stigma with us.
Michael Yoder: "... I wonder if, in some ways, we perpetuate stigma by trying to diminish it." "Then the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him" Genesis 4:15-16 I see a...
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