Safer sex
Information on this page supports your choices for safer sex while still having great sex with your sexual partners regardless of HIV status, maximising pleasure, enabling disclosure and minimising risk. Below you'll find information that supports your own choices when negotiating sex while managing the risk of HIV transmission and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and using a range of HIV prevention strategies during sexual encounters on your own terms. This page offers ways [...]
Women and HIV Disclosure
Women living with HIV are not seen as a priority group for contracting HIV, so we are not routinely tested and don’t receive targeted education for women.
Let’s talk about disclosure…
Disclosure about an STI diagnosis including HIV can be daunting. Positive Life can support you through disclosure.
Peers supporting disclosure
How peers can support you when you're ready to notify partners about a potential STI diagnosis.
HIV disclosure in NSW
Positive Life advocates for the NSW Public Health Act to reflect HIV as a chronic manageable health condition.
Positive Conversations
Online discussion group for all people living with HIV in NSW | Tues 30 April 6pm-7.30pm - RSVP essential!
HIV and criminalisation
HIV criminalisation refers to the use of laws against people living with HIV based on their HIV-positive status.
In My Own Words: Austin
Austin shares his story growing up in Western Sydney during the early days of the epidemic.