POZ April-May 2014
POZ April-May 2014
In every issue, you’ll find the hottest topics of interest to our readers along with cutting-edge health information.
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Features
Hot & Bothered
Stuck between science and politics, sex ed struggles to break free.
Against All Odds
Playing the HIV numbers game is less—and more—risky than you think.
From the Editor
Sexual Healing
Although sex ed is stuck between science and politics, educators and advocates across the country are struggling to break it free.
Feedback
Letters-April/May 2014
In the op-ed ’Desert Migration’ (January 8, 2014), Daniel F. Cardone shared why he focused on aging with HIV/AIDS in Palm Springs, CA as...
POZ Q+A
Dangerous Writing
Renowned author Tom Spanbauer returns with a novel about HIV/AIDS, aging with the virus and falling in love.
POZ Planet
Desires to Connect
Richard Renaldi photographs strangers who touch.
Porn’s Disappearing Condom Trick!
Falcon Studios has used digital technology to erase condoms from its gay film California Dreamin’.
Antigay Laws Raise HIV Concerns
A lineup of the latest international culprits
Does Love Protect Against HIV?
As much as two-thirds of HIV transmissions take place in the context of relationships.
A Military HIV Milestone
The U.S congress is taking action to address HIV criminalization in the context of the military.
Redefining Sex at the CDC
Spurred by an open letter from advocates, the CDC agreed to no longer use the term ’unprotected sex’ when it means ’sex without condoms.’
Voices
The Last One
The director of ’The Last One: The Story of the AIDS Memorial Quilt’ writes about why she made the film.
Care and Treatment
AIDS Caused by ’Cellular Suicide’
For the first time, scientists have shed light on the precise, step-by-step process by which untreated HIV causes AIDS.
Condomless Sex Rises Among Gay Men
Between 2005 and 2011, the rate of men who have sex with men who reported having anal sex without a condom in the past year increased by 19 pe...
New Hep C Drug Sovaldi Approved for Coinfected Use
The FDA approved Sovaldi among people coinfected with hep C and HIV.
The PrEP Report
Prescribing Truvada to HIV-negative people as PrEP enjoys widespread support from infectious disease doctors--in theory, but not in practice
FDA OKs Switch to Complera
The FDA has approved the use of the triple-combo antiretroviral Complera for HIV+ adults who switch from a stable regimen.
HIV Specific Poison May Complement Antiretrovirals
A study conducted in mice has shown that a toxin engineered to target HIV can eliminate infected immune cells.
Research Notes
Prevention: Teens Take Risks, Still Don’t Test
High schoolers in the Bronx, New York, who have risky sex and maintain a detailed knowledge of HIV are not more inclined to get tested for the...
Treatment: Near-Normal Life Expectancy
Life expectancy for young people taking HIV therapy has soared to nearly normal levels.
Cure: Dashed Hopes for Viral Remission
Two HIV+ men who displayed no signs of the virus for extended periods off ARVs following chemotherapy and stem cell transplants both...
Concerns: Fast-Progressing HIV Strain
Scientists have discovered a strain of HIV in West Africa that progresses to AIDS in about five years.
SeroZero by GMHC
Editor’s Note
SeroZero will feature information about prevention and a variety of public policy issues affecting people living with HIV across the country
I’m Still Here, Thank God
Sharon Delores Vail shares her story of survival after her HIV diagnosis.
Research Roundup: Women Over Age 50 and HIV
Women over 50 living with HIV are a particularly under-researched demographic.
Releasing Health: Reintegration and Me
Sometimes it was easier to remain in prison because HIV to me was a prison for ’bottom feeders’ and society’s predators.
What’s Really New About the HIV Epidemic and Young Black Men?
Since the impact of HIV/AIDS on MSM of color became above the fold, front-page news, some have incorrectly labeled Black MSM ’the new...
POZ Heroes
Drawing Out the Details
Since college, Sapna Mysoor has devoted her life’s work to promoting sexual health and HIV/AIDS awareness among Asian and Pacific Islander (AP...
