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Often, those newly diagnosed are unsure where to turn for emotional and community support. Now, a new site — Poz Link — provides a safe, online forum where those affected by HIV can connect with resources, support and others in their community. Since its launch in January, the site has grown by more than percent. Read full article here.

Sex parties where HIV-positive gay men meet for unprotected sex could help reduce the spread of HIV, but could involve a risk of sexually transmitted infections and superinfection with resistant strains of HIV, according to a pilot study conducted in New York and published in the October edition of Sexually Transmitted Infections. Although there has been extensive research into the sexual behaviour of gay men in recent years, little is known about gay sex parties. Therefore researchers set out to describe the characteristics of men who attend POZ parties, their reasons for doing so, the types of sex they engaged in at such parties, their drug use at these events and their sexual behaviour outside of parties which involved other HIV-positive men. As a risk reduction strategy, the drawback for HIV-negative people is that they can only be certain of their HIV status when they last took a test, whereas HIV-positive people can be confident they know their status.

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The program is facilitated by gay HIV-positive men who take a gay-positive, sex-positive approach to understanding sexual health and getting good sex and is intended to be delivered within community-based agencies. Gay Poz Sex uses a process called motivational enhancement counselling motivational interviewing to work with men around their sexual health goals. The Gay Poz Sex intervention is being formally evaluated through a clinical research trial in Toronto and Vancouver. A pilot study has already been completed with promising results.