Wearing condoms is ending HIV transmission
Condoms have been keeping us safe forever, though they came to shine during the HIV epidemic in the 1980s. Once we knew HIV could be…
Protect your relationship with a relationship agreement
Have you found a special someone (or someones), and you want to find a way to prepare your foundling relationship for the ups and downs…
3 ways PrEP can protect your open relationship
Are you and your partner in a non-monogamous arrangement? Or are you considering joining a polycule? Whatever your situation, there is no doubt that relationships…
Temporary or Not, Let’s Connect as Friends
This article is also available in Simplified Chinese. I remember how sad I was the day Owen left Australia. He didn’t want to leave. He’d fallen…
Consent and hooking-up
Hooking-up is hella fun, and while getting it on safely used to mean ‘just wear a condom’, today we have more options to help stop…
How to pick the perfect condom
Condoms have been around for a while and we have moved far and beyond early condom ‘technology’, which included the likes of linen sheaths, animal…
Unstoppable, unashamed, undetectable.
Have you heard of U=U? It stands for Undetectable = Untransmittable and it’s really something incredible. U=U refers to people living with HIV who take…
HIV by numbers 2022
Almost 40 years after the discovery of HIV – the virus that would go on to impact millions of people worldwide – this World AIDS…
Why everyone needs to know about PrEP
This article is also available in Simplified Chinese. I first discovered PrEP after making a silly mistake. It was my second year in Australia. My new-found…
Periodic PrEP – a new way to take PrEP
There are new ways to take PrEP that, when done right, are just as effective at preventing HIV as taking it daily. For real! That…
New ways to take PrEP
That’s right, you heard it – there are now new ways to take PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) to prevent HIV, and what’s even better is that…
Hooking-up in the era of COVID-19
Right now around the world, a lot of things are changing very quickly. But one thing that hasn’t changed is our desire to get it…
Lymphogranuloma Venereum (LGV) – What is that?
What to know about LGV and what to do if you have it.
2018 HIV Data Update
The latest data showing a continued decline in HIV transmission rates in NSW has been welcomed by ACON. The NSW HIV Strategy Data Report –…