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Safer Sex Guides & Information

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Safer-Sex Methods (January 2006)
A comprehensive look at HIV prevention and the risks of various sexual activities.
From HIV InSite
A Guide to Safer Sex (2007)
From Society for Human Sexuality
Safer Sex (1997)
In If I Grow Up: Talking With Teens About AIDS, Love, and Staying Alive, from Scott Fried

Enjoying Safer Sex (Regularly Updated)
A guide from Williams College.
Safer Sex Menu (Regularly Updated)
From Williams Students Online
Reducing the Risk of Getting HIV From Sexual Activities (August 25, 2008)
In AIDS 101, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation
Love Safer Videos (March 31, 2008)
Short, down-to-earth videos in which actors explain the importance of safer sex and discuss how to use a condom.
From Rutgers University
Can You Have Safer Sex Without Latex Condoms? (September 2006)
From Rick Sowadsky, M.S.P.H.
Great Sex Without Intercourse (PDF) (2005)
From University of Alberta Health Centre
It's Your (Sex) Life (PDF) (2005)
Your guide to safe and responsible sex.
From Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Fisting (Fist-Fucking) (July 13, 2004)
From aidsmap.com
STDs: Global Burden and Challenges for Control (2004)
An excerpt from the book Control of Sexually Transmitted Diseases: A Handbook for the Design and Management of Programs.
From Family Health International
¡Entérate! Your Guide to Safer Sex (PDF) (October 2001)
From Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Dr. Sex: The Joys of Safer Sex (March/April 2001)
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
"Sex Acts and Facts: The Risks" (2000)
An excerpt from Men Like Us, by Daniel Wolfe.
In Men Like Us: The GMHC Complete Guide to Gay Men's Sexual, Physical, and Emotional Well-Being, from Random House, Inc.
A Kiss Is Just a Kiss (October 1997)
Why there's virtually no risk of getting HIV through a kiss.
In AIDS Care, from San Francisco General Hospital
Sex in the Age of AIDS (April 1997)
In AIDS Care, from San Francisco General Hospital
Sex and Other Matters of Life and Death (December 1996)
From Thirteen/WNET New York
Clincial Care: What to Tell Your Patients About Safer Sex and Condom Use (August 1996)
How to know which patients are at risk, and how to counsel them (a guide for doctors).
In HIV Newsline, from San Francisco General Hospital
The Psychological Epidemic (September 1995)
By Walt Odets.
In In The Shadow of the Epidemic: Being HIV-Negative in the Age of AIDS, from Duke University Press
Guide to Safer Sex (1995)
From Society for Human Sexuality

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