Syphilis Cases on the Rise: Get Tested

While a lot of emphasis goes into getting tested for HIV, people may not be routinely tested for all STIs including Syphilis.

Love your Liver

In the discussion around gay men's health, a lot of time is devoted to telling guys where they can and can't stick their dicks.  

Clinic Holiday Hours

The HIM Sexual Health Clinics willl be closed on Good Friday (April 6th) and Easter Monday (April 9th).  The HIM Sexual Health Centre on Davie will be open during its regular hours (10:00 AM - 3:00 PM) on Saturday (April 7th).

HIM on the Drive

Want to get a STI or HIV test…?

Kink Safety

Everyone has limits, and just because you may not have found them yet, doesn't mean that you should be reckless

New HIV and STI Resource Launch!

With the resources for sexual health on the internet being numerous, its hard to know where to go.

Hottest (the video)

This summer HIM committed to educating gay guys about Acute HIV

Why is HIM so Sexy?

Health Initiative for Men is no stranger to using attention grabbing images

Hottest at the Start (content safe for work)

Hottest at the Start (explicit content)

GET TESTED: Health Initiative for Men Fans Create New YouTube Video

Do you remember the days when you had to wait an entire week for your HIV test result?

Lots of STI Info

When the guys at HIM developed their Do the Math: Calculate Your Risk campaign, they put together a Spectrum of STIs

Do the Math: Calculate Your Risk

Disclose Yourself: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of Serosorting

Picture this:  You've just finished an intense workout at the gym and all pumped up. You head to the steam room and encounter the hot guy who was eyeing you off as you were undressing in the locker room

whatruwaiting4.ca

The guys at HIM have been busy collaborating with the BC Centre for Disease Control on a new HIV testing campaign aimed at increasing gay men’s knowledge and understanding of two new testing

FAQ about oral sex and STIs

Here are some frequently asked questions about oral sex and STIs

 SOURCE: Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.

FAQ about testing

Here are some frequently asked questions about testing:

Source: AIDS Vancouver

How is HIV detected?  What is an HIV test?

Some Stats and facts about testing

Gay men continue to be one of the populations most affected by HIV in Canada and in 2008 gay men represented 62% of all new HIV diagnoses in Vancouver. Despite a high HIV testing rate among gay men in BC, there continues to be a need to focus on promoting HIV testing and reducing barriers in accessing service.

Got me a Rapid test, I did.

Just got an HIV test last Thursday.  It had been over 10 years since my last test- truthfully I can't even remember when it was.  Like many gay men I measured my sense of sexual self-worth by the amount of sex I got. 

Poz guys talk to Frank about sex and hepatitis C