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)