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Health

Health is a core pillar of Xtra’s content … sexual health, mental health, trans health, reproductive health. From our recurring Ask an Expert series to our Ask Kai sex and relationship advice column to in-depth features on breaking medical news, we take a serious, science-based, shame-free approach to all aspects of your health.

Patient paranoia
Toronto

Patient paranoia

Does my doctor care if I’m gay – or if I lie about it?

By Thom Jenkins
Sources says feds prepared to screw gay sex
Toronto

Sources says feds prepared to screw gay sex

Age of consent issues remain murky

By Tom Yeung
A trojan horse of a dissenter
Toronto

A trojan horse of a dissenter

Nicholas Regush isn’t really writing about herpes

By Sky Gilbert
Looking out for gay men
Toronto

Looking out for gay men

AIDS group cares about the raunchy sex stuff

By Ab Velasco
Prickly poppers
Toronto

Prickly poppers

An AIDS activist wonders how a flammable drug become so popular among gay men

By John Lauritsen
Nitrites in Canada
Toronto

Nitrites in Canada

By Paul Gallant
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Oral sex panic du jour
Toronto

Oral sex panic du jour

How exactly do you deal with ‘low risk’?

By James Murray, Robert Trow
Have a coffee while you wait
Toronto

Have a coffee while you wait

Rapid HIV tests will ease stress – and create it

By Chris Cunnington
Just saying no
Toronto

Just saying no

Should a mother prevent her kids from taking AZT?

By Richard Burnett
From the ashes
Toronto

From the ashes

By Paul Gallant
The bubble zone
Toronto

The bubble zone

Activist is in favour of pro-lifer pickets

By Jesse Clarke
Caring for gay oldsters
Toronto

Caring for gay oldsters

Developer pitches retirement home plan

By Irene Darra
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To the place I belong
Toronto

To the place I belong

With his lover dead, Terry Goodwin moved back home

By Denise Balkissoon
Can they stop epidemic in its infancy?
Toronto

Can they stop epidemic in its infancy?

Local activists reach out to Russian PWAs

By Denise Balkissoon
Confess! Confess!
Toronto

Confess! Confess!

The one good thing about the Inquisition is its snapshot of gay sex

By Frank Prendergast
The AIDS gravy train
Toronto

The AIDS gravy train

Pharma people are always so gosh-darn nice

By Anne Silversides
Men: Who needs ’em?
Toronto

Men: Who needs ’em?

A testosteroned existence is its own best defence

By David Walberg
Prescription for disaster
Toronto

Prescription for disaster

When doctors give queer patients inappropriate care, who’s to blame?

By Camilla Gibb
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