See also: HIV Transmission; Sexually Transmitted Infections; Chlamydia Basics; Gonorrhea Basics; Herpes and HIV; Herpes Basics; Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and HIV; Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Basics; Syphilis and HIV; and Syphilis Basics.

General Information

Fact Sheets from AIDSmap:

• Sexual and Reproductive Health
• Sex and HIV
• Sexual Health Check-Ups
• Sexual Dysfunction
• Sexual Transmission of HIV

Materials from Other Sources:

• Safer Sex for the HIV Positive (TheBody)
• Sex, Dating, and HIV for Gay Men (TheBody)
• It’s Your (Sex) Life: Your Guide to Safe and Responsible Sex (Kaiser Family Foundation)
• Sexual Dysfunction and HIV/AIDS (TheBody)
• Impotence and Other Sexual Problems (TheBody)

Selected Recent Articles

• Young people say that sex and relationships education in schools is negative and out of touch.  (October 2016, AIDSmap)
• Young People’s Leadership in Ending AIDS and Achieving Universal and Reproductive Sexual Health Rights by 2030.  (July 2016, Global Forum on MSM and HIV)
• Transmitted drug resistance: The other side to the PrEP failure case we’re not talking about.  (May 2016, Beta Blog)
• ART use doesn’t increase sexual risk among people with HIV in the U.K.  (April 2016, AIDSmap)
• A third of MSM with HIV/HCV co-infection have HCV in their semen.  (April 2016, AIDSmap)
• Love, drugs and sex: Why teens take chances & risk trouble.  (April 2016, Beta Blog)
• Formal sex education declines significantly among U.S. adolescents.  (April 2016, Healio)
• HIV-Infected Vaginal Cells Still Won’t Transmit if the Viral Load Is Undetectable.  (April 2016, Poz)
• Using saliva as lube can cause rectal gonorrhea.  (April 2016, Beta Blog)
• High-risk anal HPV infections persist in a significant proportion of HIV-negative MSM.  (March 2016, AIDSmap)
• Patients need safe environment to discuss sexual identity, potential risks.  (March 2016, Healio)
• HCV prevalent in semen of MSM with HIV; anal infection likely.  (March 2016, Healio)
• Hormonal birth control can intensify genital injury during sex, increasing HIV risk.  (March 2016, Beta Blog)
• Can a gel to prevent HIV be applied as a lube? (March 2016, Beta Blog)
• Can Offering Incentives to Test Increase HIV and STI Testing Rates? (Spring 2016, CATIE)
• What’s Love Got to Do With It? Exploring How Intimate Relationships with Men Impact Women Who Inject Drugs and Their Vulnerability for Hep C and HIV.  (Spring 2016, CATIE)
• High sexually transmitted infection rates among men on PrEP supports more frequent monitoring.  (March 2016, AIDSmap)
• Men With HIV Twice as Likely to Have Low Testosterone.  (October 2015, TheBodyPro)
• Awareness of treatment’s impact on transmission is transforming the lives of couples of mixed HIV status.  (September 2015, AIDSmap)
• Acyclovir-resistant herpes simplex cases spike in HIV-positive communities.  (September 2015, Beta Blog)
• Straight Guys Condom Woes Linked to General Erectile Dysfunction.  (August 2015, Poz)
• Teen Sex, Pregnancy and Birth Rates Steadily Drop.  (August 2015, Poz)
• Intermittent PrEP may be a robust strategy for anal sex – vaginal much less certain.  (July 2015, AIDSmap)
• Depression and Risky Sex Strongly Linked in UK Gay Men.  (June 2015, Poz)
• HIV testing continues to rise in UK gay men, but safer sex knowledge drops.  (February 2015, AIDSmap)
• Men who have sex with men have other health inequalities as well as poor sexual health, say Public Health England.  (February 2015, AIDSmap)
• Rare Ocular Syphilis Strikes Six, Blinding Two, in Washington State.  (January 2015, Poz)
• Gay men are better at predicting when they won’t have sex than when they will.  (January 2015, AIDSmap)
• Only 1 in 5 Sexually Active High Schoolers Have Had an HIV Test.  (July 2014, Poz)
• PrEP May Reduce Risk of Herpes by a Third.  (July 2014, Poz)
• Substantial proportion of male HIV infections labelled as ‘heterosexual exposure’ in UK probably due to sex with other men.  (July 2014, AIDSmap)
• Herpes Drives Heterosexual Transmission of HIV in NYC.  (July 2014, Poz)
• Gay Men Are Receptive to Sexual Health Info on Hookup Sites.  (June 2014, Poz)
• Testosterone Falls No More With Than Without HIV Over 6 Years in MACS. (March 2014, NATAP)
• Study provides information on sexual health of male sex workers in England.  (December 2013, AIDSmap)
• Increasing diversity of sexual experience – major UK study.  (November 2013, AIDSmap)
• Is Promoting Sexual Health Via Facebook Weird?  (July 2013, Poz)
• Sexual health information is often inappropriate for Facebook sharing, say young people.  (June 2013, AIDSmap)
• Lukewarm reaction to government’s sexual health framework for England.  (March 2013, AIDSmap)