Who goes to POZ Parties? Researchers profile HIV-1 positive men who have sex with men (MSM) at so-called "
POZ parties": "Predominantly white and over the age of 30, subjects in the sample include a broad range of years living with HIV infection. Motivations for using a POZ Party venue for sexual partnering include relief from burdens for serostatus disclosure, an interest in not infecting others, and opportunities for unprotected sexual exchange. High rates of unprotected sex with multiple partners are prevalent in the venue. Although the sample evidences high rates of lifetime exposure to illicit drugs, relatively little drug use was reported in these sexual environments."
posted by docgonzo
on Dec 19, 2005 -
42 comments
He's young, telegenic, bilingual, a Harvard grad... and
now André Boisclair, the
youngest person ever elected to a seat in Quebec's National Assembly, is the new leader of the
Parti Quebecois, the nationalist -- as in
Quebec nationalist -- left-leaning party
founded to take
Canada's mostly french-speaking province out of the federation. Oh, and
he's gay. And an
admitted (former) cocaine user (although that might be
a good thing.) Oh, and, according to the polls, the next Premier Ministre of Quebec.
posted by docgonzo
on Nov 16, 2005 -
116 comments
HIV prevention efforts are failing. Last year, the discovery of a New York man with a novel form of drug-resistant HIV that rapidly progressed to AIDS caused some to warn of the emergence of a "
superbug." The first clinical analysis of the case
will be published Saturday in The Lancet (
NYT preview); Dr. Martin Markowitz concluded the cause of the rapid progression to AIDS may be incomplete -- but that efforts to prevent the epidemic must be redoubled, especially in light of the growing use of
methamphetamines. Dr. Carlos del Rio
is blunt: "This is telling us that AIDS prevention programs have been a failure." The Gay Men's Health Crisis
agrees.
posted by docgonzo
on Mar 17, 2005 -
79 comments
