HIV & Safer Sex Info Links

Check out some of my favorite online resources.

Buy Condoms Online

• Condoms ONLINE! @ Safe Sense - Shop online in the privacy of your home for condoms, lubes, sexual toys, etc.
• Sized to fit condoms - Condomania presents 55 individualized sized condoms that are sized to fit you!
• Female Reality Condom - Research based information and how to use.
• How to use a condom. Read this and don't assume!

Safer Sex Information

• 42% of HIV positive men do not inform their partners (AJPH 6/2003)
• The San Francisco ORAL SEX STUDY (2/1/2000).
• Safer Sex Info: Great site and resource for your questions about safer sex.
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Safer sex information - Planned parenthood site
• HIV Plus Magazine - Updated clinical, medical and socially relevant issues.
• POZ Magazine - Written by and for those living with HIV
• Michael Shernoff, CSW - Nationally known psychotherapist in NYC working with gay men shares his writings on issues pertinent to gay men and HIV
• Day One: After you've tested positive - A positive HIV antibody test is scary news but it's not a death sentence. Many people are alive and well 15 years or more after becoming HIV positive. A positive test result is an important medical message that may save or extend your life. This information can be helpful in your adjustment process.

HIV Antibody Home Tests

• Home Access 1-800-HIV-TEST or order here online.
• OraSure - Urine test coming for HIV- (1/27/00) Calypte Biomedical Corp. will join Wampole Laboratories to offer a new urine-based testing service for HIV-1, chlamydia, and gonorrhea. The service, called Sentinel, provides test results in three days and is priced affordably. Sentinel will be offered only to medical clinics and doctors and is an alternative to such traditional testing methods as blood tests or cervical swabs.

Local RI HIV Testing Sites

• Local RI HIV Testing Sites. Many free, anonymous and confidential locations listed.
• HIV Antibody Testing in Rhode Island : Contact AIDS Project RI at (800) 726-3010 or the
• RI Department of Health (HIV and STD testing) at (401) 222-2320.
• HIV/STD testing in Fall River, MA: (508) 679-5222.
• HIV Antibody Testing in Boston. Click here for site listings.
• AIDS Related Legal Issues
• HIV Criminal Law - Find the states that have criminal laws on the books for knowingly transmitting HIV to a partner.

AIDS Related Information

• JUST HAD AN UNSAFE SEXUAL EXPERIENCE? - Antiretroviral post-exposure prophylaxis. Read and ask your doctor about this.
• AIDS Drug Assistance Programs by State - ADAP programs designed to assist those who are uninsured or underinsured obtain necessary HIV related healthcare and medications.
• AIDSMEDS.com - Helping you manage medication information, updates, food interactions, graph your own lab work and more.
• TreatHIV.com - The HIV Resource Center from GlaxoSmithKline.
• AIDS Treatment Data Network - Great factsheets on medications.
• HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service - Information about federally -approved treatment guidelines for HIV/AIDS
• AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service
• Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) - NYC community based HIV/AIDS program
• Project Inform - Provides vital information on diagnosis and treatment issues. Search function on web site of past updates. Fairly current information on ACTG trials and medications.