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Safer Sex Your chances of getting an STI depend on the kind of sex you are having, whether or not you are using protection and how many other people in your group have the STI. STI testing In BC, rates of STI and HIV are high among men who...

Safer Sex STIs are usually less common among women who have sex with women*.  *Here women refers to individuals with vaginas or internal genitals, including trans men and non-binary individuals. The chances of getting an STI...

Some common terms used to describe sexual orientation: Bisexual – attracted to both sexes Heterosexual/straight – attracted to a different sex Homosexual – attracted to the same sex Lesbian –  women attracted to women Gay –...

In most cases, PEP stops HIV from establishing itself in the body and will prevent you from becoming HIV positive. To be effective, the treatment needs to be started as soon as possible in the first 72 hours after exposure. The treatment...

Coming out can be a very positive experience when friends and family are supportive and the person feels they can finally be themselves. For some people, the idea of coming out can be scary. Some fear negative reactions or rejection from...

Window periods are based on averages or statistics from studies. Different HIV tests have different window periods. As HIV testing technology improves, window periods may become more specific or even get shorter. HIV tests used in British...

Gender identity is how a person sees themselves. It is their own internal sense and personal experience of gender.  Gender expression includes all the ways a person communicates their gender based on societal factors such as gender...

PrEP is different from PEP (post-exposure prophylaxis), as PrEP is taken before exposure to HIV and may be taken on a long-term basis. How does it work? PrEP usually comes as a combination tablet that contains two medications called...

STIs do not affect everyone in the population equally. It is important to remember that while some groups are more affected by certain STIs than others, sexual behaviours ultimately determine a person’s individual risk for an STI. STI data...

These posters have been created for the Make Syphistory campaign. The goals of the campaign are to raise health literacy around syphilis and to encourage frequent testing in the target audience (gay, bisexual, queer and other men who have...

These posters have been created for the Make Syphistory campaign. The goals of the campaign are to raise health literacy around syphilis and to encourage frequent testing in the target audience (gay, bisexual, queer and other men who have...

Part of the gbMSM Health Network Webinar Series, presented by CATIE and The Network: BC's gbMSM Health Resource. Date: Tuesday, May 20, 2017 Time: 10:00 AM Pacific time Register here! Suicide is the 9th leading cause of death among...

Background Cyberbullying, defined by the RCMP as the “use of communication technology…to repeatedly intimidate or harass others” [1], has been increasing. In Canadian studies, 5% to 30% of adults have experienced incidents of cyberbullying...

Background This week, the Office of the Provincial Health Officer in collaboration with the BC Centre for Disease Control released a report titled “HIV, Stigma and Society”. The report examines the underlying drivers of the current HIV...

Background Much of what we know about the health of sexual minorities (lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, two-spirit (LGBQ2), and other non-heterosexual groups) fails to account for meaningful differences within sexual minority populations....

Background High rates of suicide have been reported among people living with HIV, but there is little research that looks specifically at suicide among gay and bisexual men who are HIV positive. Existing studies only look at trends and do...

What's GPS? Gay Poz Sex: Finding Your Own Way (GPS) is a new eight-week program at Positive Living BC, by and for gay and bisexual HIV-positive men. This peer-facilitated program is an opportunity for participants to look at ways of...

After declining to historic lows in the mid-1990s, rates of infectious syphilis in BC increased, at first predominantly among street-involved populations in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, then more recently among gay, bisexual, and...

First described in a July blog post, the new eight-week GPS (Gay Poz Sex) program is well underway at Positive Living BC. Having completed its third group at the beginning of September, the GPS Vancouver group is actively recruiting for...

Background Recently in BC, the number of infectious syphilis cases in gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM) has been increasing dramatically, particularly among men living with HIV infection.  This trend is not unique to...