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EMIS Study – All You Need to Know About Gay Sex in Europe

EMIS Study – All You Need to Know About Gay Sex in Europe

Percentage of respondents who were Single and met their last non-steady partner online EMIS – The European MSM (men who have sex with men) Internet Survey conducted the largest study about MSM in Europe with…

Posted in: Health & Wellness, News & Rumors, Travel 9 months ago 0
Male Contraceptive May Have Potential for Preventing HIV Transmission

Male Contraceptive May Have Potential for Preventing HIV Transmission

RISUG (a.k.a. Vasalgel) is a reversible method of male contraception, developed in India but gaining interest and support in North America. It involves injecting a chemical plug into each vas deferens that neutralizes sperm as…

Posted in: Health & Wellness, Science Facts & Fiction 12 months ago 0
Apparent Immunity Gene ‘Cures’ Bay Area Man of AIDS

Apparent Immunity Gene ‘Cures’ Bay Area Man of AIDS

Always best to be cautiously optimistic with these stories, but it all seems promising: Timothy Ray Brown, a 45-year-old San Francisco man previously known to the medical community as “the Berlin patient,” has become the…

Posted in: Health & Wellness, Videos 1 year ago 1
Will.i.Am’s Anti-Condom Message to Women

Will.i.Am’s Anti-Condom Message to Women

We all say dumb things in passing, and I hope that the Black Eye Pea’s frontman has enough sense to correct his recent statement about women and condoms to Elle Magazine. Spotted out by Gossiponthis,…

Posted in: Health & Wellness, News & Rumors, People 1 year ago 10
FOF #1358 – The Battle Over HIV Prevention

FOF #1358 – The Battle Over HIV Prevention

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation launched a national ad campaign to discredit PrEP or Pre Exposure Prophylaxis, a new HIV prevention technique that involves taking Truvada (an existing HIV medication) on a daily basis.

Why is the leadership of the nation’s largest AIDS organization arguing against a treatment that could potentially save millions of gay men from becoming HIV positive?

Queen of the Whole Universe! Who Will Reign Supreme?

Queen of the Whole Universe! Who Will Reign Supreme?

FOF’s Middle Earth correspondent with the latest hot news from New Zealand’s cool capital: Presently holding the Guinness World Record for the largest drag queen stage show, the Queen of the Whole Universe beauty pageant…

Posted in: Culture & Style, Drag & Trans, News & Rumors 1 year ago 3
Speaking of B*LLSH*T…

Speaking of B*LLSH*T…

Gawker reveals that Derrick Burts, the former porn actor who claims he contracted HIV from gay oral sex in one of his movies, was in fact a former Rentboy. Also, all of the actors Burts…

Posted in: Image, News & Rumors, People 1 year ago 3
Health: One in Four People With HIV Have a Brain Disorder

Health: One in Four People With HIV Have a Brain Disorder

A Canadian study has found that a quarter of those living with HIV have some sort of neurological disorder. HIV is known to cause inflammation that can damage the brain. The study team found that…

Posted in: Health & Wellness 2 years ago 3
New Group Aims to End HIV-Specific Criminal Laws

New Group Aims to End HIV-Specific Criminal Laws

The Positive Justice Project seeks an end to HIV-specific criminal laws in the U.S. and around the world was recently launched.

Posted in: Health & Wellness, Politics & Activism 2 years ago 0
FOF #1253 – Rubber Lover

FOF #1253 – Rubber Lover

Your new boyfriend may give you a whole lot more than just a box of chocolates. Most people know that using condoms for casual sex is important, but new studies show that an alarming number of HIV infections happen when guys fall in love.

So when is it okay to stop using condoms with your boyfriend and still be safe? How soon is too soon?

Posted in: Interviews, Podcast, Writers 2 years ago 7