Top2Btm: Changing Manscapes
The AIDS Priorities symposium focusing on MSM will be held in Cape Town on 20 & 21 August 2012 at the Vineyard Hotel and Conference Centre.
Truvada® approved by the FDA for the prevention of HIV
The latest milestone in the 30-year battle against HIV, is Monday’s approval of Truvada® by the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the prevention of HIV transmission. Truvada® is the first anti-retroviral (ARV) drug to gain approval as a preventive measure for healthy HIV negative people who are at high risk of acquiring HIV through sexual activity, such as those who have HIV-infected partners.
“OUT IN AFRICA FILM FESTIVAL 2012” (Part 2) is coming to the big screens again
Health4Men will be hosting the fabulous film “The Skinny”, in both Cape Town and Johannesburg at the festival.
Please come and support OUT IN AFRICA and Health4Men.
(CT & JHB Schedule below)
Have you experienced intimate partner violence?
Have you experienced intimate partner violence? Do you have a story to tell? This is a call for participants for a masters research project. The study is looking for gay men above the age of 18 who have experienced violence in a past relationship with another man. All information is treated in the strictest of confidence. Please email: research@yolan.co.za
Uganda bans 38 pro-gay groups
KAMPALA - Uganda said on Wednesday it was banning 38 non-governmental organisations it accuses of promoting homosexuality and recruiting children.
PARTICIPATE IN A STUDY ON RECREATIONAL DRUG USE
Health4Men is conducting an online survey on recreational drug use among gay and bisexual men. The organisation has received Dutch funding specifically to develop harm-reduction services for men who use recreational drugs.
Jury out on using ARV prophylaxis (Mail & Guardian)
South African guidelines for the preventative use of HIV medication by men who have sex with men who are not infected with the virus are to be published in the peer-reviewed academic publication, Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine, this month.
The treatment, pre-exposure prophylaxis (Prep), consists of an antiretroviral (ARV) pill that is taken daily by HIV-negative people to lower their chances of becoming infected with the virus.
OUTRAGE AT MURDER OF GAY MAN
Health4Men, a project of the Anova Health Institute, expresses outrage at the murder of a gay man in Kuruman, in Northern Cape province. Thapelo Makutle, a volunteer with a local gay organisation was gruesomely beheaded on Sunday 10 June after being confronted about his sexuality by his attackers.
This is clearly a hate crime on the basis of sexual identity and an extreme example of the ongoing prejudice and violence perpetuated against gay men in South Africa.
Health4Men does training in Uganda
We are all familiar with Uganda’s atrocious stance towards homosexuality, with repeated calls by that government to extend the death sentence to men who have sex with men. Health4Men was invited to train a group of healthcare workers, including doctors and nurses, to provide competent services for such men.