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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.

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.

The following article is reprinted from the February issue of the American gay publication “The Advocate”.  The notion of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is one that is getting more attention here in Australia and is included here so that some thought and discussion can commence around this issue.

We first met “Da Boi” in the last latest news when he submitted an article called “Reflections of a Questioning Slave”. Project X thought it would be a great idea to follow up and see how his situation is going.

The Western Australian AIDS Council’s ‘Venues Outreach’ program has been providing ‘one on one’ consultations at various gay / msm (men who have sex with men) venues around Perth since 2004. From August this year, the project has set up a new consultation room at ClubX’s Ram Lounge; situated at 114 Barrack St. Perth.

The Dirty Truth

A new resource providing information on sexually transmissible infections (STIs) for HIV-positive men has just been released called “The Dirty TRUTH!”.

It is in the form of a handy pocket-sized booklet and comes complete with explicit homoerotic imagery. Its use of actual pornography images and fun style is designed to engage the reader and make it easy for them to become more informed about STIs.

Ever worried about other people being able to find out what internet sites you’ve visited? If you have a shared computer, live at home with parents and siblings, aren’t ‘out’ to your housemates, or have a female or male partner who wouldn’t understand your desire to look at male porn or cruise on gaydar then you are not alone. Many people worry about their privacy on the net, and plenty of guys have been caught out looking at sites that they would prefer nobody else knew they looked at.