LGBTQ2 people want to donate blood, but Canada’s system relies on paid-for plasma instead. If the country’s tainted blood scandal is any proof, we’re in for trouble

As we shut our offices and send staff home to work, we find inspiration in our history of community care

The degree to which HIV acts as a risk factor for chronic conditions that predict poor health or itself accelerates the aging process remains an unanswered question

Why activists and organizers in the state are wary of the VP’s handling of COVID-19 nationally

The president made yet another problematic comment about HIV/AIDS—and we’re not even surprised anymore

Three harrowing stories of HIV non-disclosure cases

Here’s your Xtra Weekly, Nov. 29

For queer and serodiscordant couples who have always wanted biological children, sperm washing has created a way to make it happen

As patients age, managing the infection becomes more complex

Just a tiny reminder this Canada Day 2019 that we are still fighting for our rights

When you come into adulthood in a dark age, whatever you achieve always seems secondary to the bigger problems of the world

Why the HIV-prevention pill is still one of safest methods of protection against the virus

How three people who work in LGBTQ2-related services navigate the ‘dual role’

Stories from friends, family and lovers of the departed—people who continue to remember and fight to never forget

Most HIV-positive people can’t transmit the virus, so why are there still more than 2,000 new infections in this country every year?

HIV/AIDS

We were warned about the problems with Canada’s gay blood ban

Lessons from AIDS on how to survive coronavirus

Is HIV causing premature aging?

Mike Pence failed to confine an HIV outbreak in Indiana. Now he’s managing coronavirus

Trump remains a clown, claims he fumigated Mar-a-Lago after HIV-positive Roy Cohn visited

How HIV-positive LGBTQ2 people are criminalized in Canada

Here are some of the priorities of HIV/AIDS treatment in 2020

Inside the technology that’s allowing gay HIV-positive men to start a family

How to reduce your risk for kidney disease if you’re living with HIV

All the ways Canada is still screwing over LGBTQ2S+ people

I came out at the height of the AIDS crisis — joining a generation of young men just waiting to die

A seventh man has contracted HIV while using PrEP — but you don’t need to worry

A cure for HIV is possible – but is it a realistic solution?

When the professional is personal

Challenging HIV stigma with the power of touch

A friend, an uncle, a lover: Three people reflect on loved ones lost to AIDS

What does ‘undetectable’ mean?

Canada’s hidden HIV epidemic