Last August, an Alberta teen was arrested on charges of aggravated sexual assault after being accused of having unprotected sex without disclosing her HIV-positive status. Under Canada’s Criminal Code, it is a criminal offense to transmit or expose another person to HIV through unprotected sex or drug injecting equipment if one’s HIV-positive status had not ...
Dear Madame X, My friends and I were talking about HIV the other day, and were arguing over the difference between HIV and AIDS. One friend thought people with HIV got AIDS and that it’s a death sentence and another was sure that drugs stopped that from happening. Which of my friends was right? I ...
All sexually active adults will now be offered an HIV test during all primary care visits in Vancouver and Prince George. The provincial government-funded initiative includes a huge marketing campaign to alert people to the risks of infection and availability of testing. The scheme’s efforts to diagnose 3,500 more people over four years at a ...
Not all gay men are (anal) sex fiends. If you ask any Tom, Dick or Harry what they think gay men do in bed, the reply will probably involve an asshole, but a new study from Indiana University and George Mason University is set to challenge this widespread misconception. Apparently, anal sex is the least ...
Have you ever witnessed a guy suffering from a condom that is too tight? I have. And it looks like a wedding ring was attempted to be pushed down on their dick. And then it breaks. Legal drama has begun over this exact issue. Apparently, condoms made in China are not big enough for the ...
More effort is needed to prevent HIV transmission and the current response is “woefully inadequate” in the UK, according to a government report released today. They are concerned that the number of people living with HIV will be more than 100,000 in 2012 and that too many people are ignorant of how to protect themselves. ...
Is it morally, socially and legally right to charge an HIV-positive man with murder after seven women were infected with the virus after having sex with him? America has done it and now Canada is joining the ranks. The debate is on. Johnson Aziga has been declared a dangerous offender in Canada after “murdering” two ...
Dear Madame X, My brother’s friend has HIV. He’s a great kid but when he was diagnosed it really messed with his head. He went from a good kid to a bad one, but I know that inside there is still a good heart. Last night my brother told me that he doesn’t know ...
Ever thought preventing unwanted pregnancies could increase your risk of becoming HIV-positive? An African study released this week found hormonally based birth control doubles women’s risk of contracting HIV. The study followed more than 2,500 HIV-positive women from seven African countries over six years. What’s more, women who were already infected were twice as likely ...
Great news from UNAIDS and WHO! After looking at what happens when people without HIV take anti-HIV drugs, they found new infections can be reduced up to 73 percent! Results announced today from two studies reveal that a daily antiretroviral tablet taken by people who do not have HIV infection can reduce their risk of ...
The latest film in the American Pie series, American Reunion, contains a shocking scene – male full-frontal nudity including...
Dear Madame X, I have just started seeing this girl. She seems great, but she recently told me she...
Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved arrived in my hands via a public library, when I was a broke teenager with...
My attention was drawn this week to an article about the reaction at a Canadian university to proposals to...
Airport security. Bloody nuisance. Also a conspiracy designed to subjugate women. Allow me to elaborate. Despite flying quite a...
The Cannes film festival has kicked off this week with controversy over the lack of films made by women...
Dear Madame X, I seem to be only attracted to men who are macho assholes. I like them at...
When A Clockwork Orange was published in 1962, the term sexualized violence wasn’t in use. The distinction between sexualized...
