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I have some exciting news to share with you about an HIV prevention pill that is getting a step closer to becoming the first drug approved to prevent healthy people from becoming infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), the virus that causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). It’s important to note that approval has not yet been given, but last Tuesday the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said that the drug Truvada manufactured by Gilead Sciences, Inc. appears to be safe and effective for HIV prevention.
I have just read an interesting article stating that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering approving the first over-the-counter HIV test that would allow people to test themselves for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) at home, quickly and easily without requiring any medical supervision. It has been possible for Americans to purchase home HIV test kits through mail order for a number of years, but these kits have not received FDA approval, although it looks like this might be about to change.
If you’ve ever asked someone what they think about the people who produce bareback porn, often the word irresponsible will come up. This is because many people consider bareback porn producers to be reckless and selfish, where the health of those involved is not taken into consideration. I have operated bareback blogs since 2008 and a bareback sex resource since 2004, so I have personally experienced the reactions that some people have about bareback sex and bareback porn.
The year 2011 marks 30 years of AIDS following its discovery on June 5, 1981 when the first cases of AIDS were reported in the United States in five young gay men from Los Angeles. World AIDS Day began several years later in 1988 and has since been held on December 1 each year around the globe to provide an opportunity for people to show their support to those living with HIV and AIDS and to remember those who have passed away.
I have just finished reading an article at Huffington Post which states that on Friday October 7, 2011, a court in Minneapolis convicted a man of first-degree assault for the transmission of HIV. Now you might be thinking that it’s a criminal offense to intentionally infect another person with HIV in many parts of the world (which it is), but the content of this article is disturbing based on the fact that it has been reported that the infected partner disclosed his HIV status prior to engaging in unprotected sex with the victim, who consented to having unprotected sex with the man, but the victim later changed their mind once they became HIV-positive and they had the man charged.
During the past couple of weeks I have received several messages from guys asking me why I have bareback sex when it’s so risky. I’ve been called crazy, nuts and insane along with a string of other things, so I would like to address this particular issue. It’s definitely an interesting area to explore and I’m always happy to delve further into the subject of bareback sex. I am a barebacker because I enjoy the sensation created by skin-on-skin contact and I also enjoy exchanging cum as part of my barebacking encounters. This is my personal choice and I have made myself aware of the risks of having unprotected sex and I am comfortable with the level of risk I expose myself to by being an active barebacking participant.
Many of you may be aware of HIV Vaccine Awareness Day on May 18, National HIV Testing Day on June 27 and World AIDS Day on December 1, but did you know that National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is on September 27? We have our very own day to highlight awareness of HIV/AIDS and while some of us may not like to think about HIV or AIDS, it’s a fact that men who have sex with men are the most at risk in the community of contracting the virus without a current cure.
A couple of weeks ago I received an email from a visitor asking me for advice. I responded by email and I am hoping that what I wrote was useful. I figured that other guys may be in a similar situation, so I have published the question I received below, but I have removed the identifying information to protect the person who wrote the message.
I am now thinking about publishing a regular advice column here at my blog about all things related to barebacking, so if you have a question you would like to ask me, then follow this link to submit your question and I will do my best to respond to every question received and I’ll also provide my personal response via email as well.
I have been contacted by a gay porn performer who has appeared in both bareback and condom porn films who believes that he was infected with HIV during a porn shoot. The performer has requested an interview with me to speak about his experiences and I am pleased to present this interview below. The performer has requested that his identity remain confidential because he is still working in the bareback porn industry and he does not want to lose work as a result of speaking about his experiences. I have made assurances that I will keep his identity anonymous, but we have both agreed that it is acceptable to provide the following details: The performer is an American male in his twenties who believes he was infected by an American-based gay porn studio and has requested that he be referred to as Mitch (not his real name) throughout this interview.
The National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is coming up later this month and I will be writing more about this on the actual day, but I would like to take this opportunity to tell you more about the different types of HIV home test kits available to help you identify your HIV status. You might prefer to read about porn or something more exciting, but I believe that it’s important for barebackers to remain aware of our current HIV status and HIV home test kits might be useful to help with this process. Health authorities don’t like these rapid HIV home test kits because the kits prevent them from being able to monitor HIV cases and record these statistics, however, they often use other reasons stating that they may not be reliable or that counseling is recommended.
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