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The following assault occurred at Yokin Reserve around 2am on Saturday, 17 April. If you are a victim of, or a witness to, any sort of assault or violence at a beat, then, please report this immediately to the Police. Regardless of your reason for being at a beat, you have every right to report crime to the authorities.

For many a gay man the preparation for Mardi Gras involves endless weights, tanning, waxing, clipping and preening. Time, energy, and money all go in to making sure it is a night not to forget. The WA AIDS Council (WAAC) hopes that all your preparation payed off and that you had an amazing time.

An all time favourite, if you want the most out of your sex life, this is the course for you! It covers all the ins and outs of sex between men. This course runs for one night a week for five weeks. The topics covered include: male anatomy and physiology, sexual techniques, sexual communication and negotiation, HIV/AIDS and STIs, sexual health maintenance, safer sex and drug use, multiple orgasm, orgasm control, intimacy and massage. Each evening has a social component.

WAAC and ACON, on behalf of the National LGBT Health Alliance, have commenced work on a new education campaign to help people understand the Federal Government’s recent reforms affecting same-sex couples.

by Bonnie Goldman (reproduced from The Body Website – www.thebody.com)

The ban on travel or immigration to the U.S. by people living with HIV/AIDS is officially over today. It was an ugly law that had been in place since 1987 and caused countless humiliations. Most students applying for visas to study in the U.S. could not get a visa if they were HIV positive. People from overseas who had the opportunity to work in the U.S. were denied work visas if they were HIV positive. Tourists and businessmen and women were denied visas because of their HIV status.

It’s 3:30pm on a Friday afternoon. You’ve been chatting to a hot guy online who has invited you to a fisting party, with six other “PnP” pigs, at his hotel room in the city this evening. You’re horny. You’re excited. You’re revved. You’re there, hook or by crook! You log off, go to the play cupboard and realise, in a fit of horror and tears, that you have no Crisco™, no gloves and no injecting equipment. There goes that idea of a hot long session of sex...

The WA AIDS Council has been offering HIV/STI testing through Perth saunas for over a decade. Currently there is a clinic every Monday night from 7-9pm at Perth Steamworks (cnr of Forbes and William Sts, Northbridge). The AIDS Council is pleased to announce that from Monday the 7th September, there will be a return to two clinics every Monday from 3-5pm and 7-9pm. The 3-5pm shift has not been operating for the past 6 months due to difficulty in finding a nurse, but we now have the clinical services we require to reopen. The AIDS Council would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused over the past 6 months, and also thank patrons of the sauna clinic for their patience.

A number of local and national research projects gather data on same sex attracted men’s needs, health, and trends in sexual behaviour in order to make sure services which are provided by organisations like AIDS Councils are relevant and acceptable. Without this information it would be impossible to get a sense of what the broader men who have sex with men population wants or needs.