The low down on anal cancer risk
The main risk for anal cancer is a common virus carried by everyone who is sexually active.
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February 2020
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November 2019
Are we bringing back bareback?
Ditching the condoms risks more than pregnancy. What do you know about sexually transmitted infections (STIs)?
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July 2018
Let them know on your terms
Telling partners after an STI diagnosis can feel difficult and messy, an unwanted complication.
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March 2018
Is our sex education failing youth today?
As a straight 19-year-old woman who went to a co-ed religious boarding school, our sex education was definitely subpar.
11
February 2018
Let’s talk about disclosure…
Disclosure about an STI diagnosis including HIV can be daunting. Positive Life can support you through disclosure.
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December 2017
Our Right to Health
With the support of experienced peers from Positive Life, partner notification can be respectful, liberating and doesn’t need to be anxiety-inducing.
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August 2017
Resistant Gono – what’s up with that?
What can we do in a time of emerging global antibiotic resistance?
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July 2017
Talking and telling after diagnosis
Telling your sexual partner you’ve had an STI diagnosis is not only responsible, it makes good sense.
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August 2016
When zero means zero: a new freedom when living with HIV
Recently, a guy messaged me with his concerns about a friend living with HIV having sex without condoms.
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August 2016
Choices and changes
My testing experience was not planned nor was my result expected. In 1988 I was unwell for a long period of time, I lost about three stone in weight, had night sweats and cold fevers.
