HIV and Sexuality

The Editorial: HIV and Sexuality
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The Editorial: HIV and Sexuality

On World AIDS Day, we published the first issue of this month’s In Plainspeak with the theme HIV and Sexuality. Global funding…
By TARSHI
December 15, 2015
The Editorial: HIV and Sexuality
Building Solidarity Amongst Diverse and Marginalised Communities at SANGRAM, Sangli: Part 2
Condoms are distributed by sex workers who work with SANGRAM and VAMP to educate and empower their peers.
Building Solidarity Amongst Diverse and Marginalised Communities at SANGRAM, Sangli: Part 2

This is the second part in a two-part series on SANGRAM’s work in Sangli. Read the first part here. Finding…
By SANGRAM
December 15, 2015
Building Solidarity Amongst Diverse and Marginalised Communities at SANGRAM, Sangli: Part 2
The Serious Dangers of ‘High Risk Group’ing in HIV and AIDS Prevention
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The Serious Dangers of ‘High Risk Group’ing in HIV and AIDS Prevention

Sex has always been at the core of HIV and AIDS since the virus was first identified almost 30 years…
By Sankhya Bommana
December 15, 2015
The Serious Dangers of ‘High Risk Group’ing in HIV and AIDS Prevention
Positive Power!
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Positive Power!

On the occasion of World AIDS Day 2015, I could not help but ponder on what the day means to…
By Curated Content
December 15, 2015
Positive Power!
A World Away: HIV in Central Asia
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A World Away: HIV in Central Asia

In the spring of 2005, working with a medical NGO, I and five colleagues (two critical care flight paramedics, a…
By Curated Content
December 15, 2015
A World Away: HIV in Central Asia
An Indefinite Sentence: Love, Homophobia and the AIDS Panic in 1980s India
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An Indefinite Sentence: Love, Homophobia and the AIDS Panic in 1980s India

I WAS 26 YEARS OLD in 1988, living in Delhi, where I had recently moved after several years as a…
By Curated Content
December 15, 2015
An Indefinite Sentence: Love, Homophobia and the AIDS Panic in 1980s India
Interview – Kiran Deshmukh
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Interview – Kiran Deshmukh

किरण देशमुख वैम्प प्लस की अध्यक्ष हैं। हमने एचआईवी एवं यौनिकता के विषय पर किरण के साथ ईमेल के द्वारा…
By TARSHI Team
December 15, 2015
Interview – Kiran Deshmukh
Charlie Sheen Put a Spotlight on HIV and Sex Workers. But Here’s What’s Missing From the Conversation.
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Charlie Sheen Put a Spotlight on HIV and Sex Workers. But Here’s What’s Missing From the Conversation.

In the wake of Charlie Sheen’s announcement that he was HIV-positive, there was talk of how it would affect the…
By Curated Content
December 15, 2015
Charlie Sheen Put a Spotlight on HIV and Sex Workers. But Here’s What’s Missing From the Conversation.
Criminalising HIV
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Criminalising HIV

JOHANNESBURG – “If the law supposes that,” Mr. Bumble says in Charles Dickens’ novel Oliver Twist, “the law is an…
By Curated Content
December 14, 2015
Criminalising HIV
Issue In Focus: Dealing With HIV—Has India Missed the Bus?
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Issue In Focus: Dealing With HIV—Has India Missed the Bus?

HIV remains exceptional in that it carries the seemingly immutable burden of being synonymous with immoral behaviour. Open and safe…
By Mona Mishra
December 1, 2015
Issue In Focus: Dealing With HIV—Has India Missed the Bus?
Building Solidarity amongst Diverse and Marginalised Communities at SANGRAM, Sangli: Part 1
Condoms are distributed by sex workers who work with SANGRAM and VAMP to educate and empower their peers.
Building Solidarity amongst Diverse and Marginalised Communities at SANGRAM, Sangli: Part 1

A gradual process of inclusion; engaging and understanding exclusion  In 1992, health and human rights NGO, SANGRAM, recognised the need…
By SANGRAM
December 1, 2015
Building Solidarity amongst Diverse and Marginalised Communities at SANGRAM, Sangli: Part 1
HIV and AIDS Prevention, LGBT Rights, and the Law
Newspaper clipping of the first known protest by the AIDS Bhedbhav Virodhi Andolan (ABVA) in 1992. People gathered around, carrying placards.
HIV and AIDS Prevention, LGBT Rights, and the Law

As someone who has worked on sexuality and gender related issues, HIV and AIDS has been part of the larger…
By Siddharth Narrain
December 1, 2015
HIV and AIDS Prevention, LGBT Rights, and the Law
Video Page: HIV-positive Guys Read Mean Dating App Messages
Video Page: HIV-positive Guys Read Mean Dating App Messages
December 1, 2015
Video Page: HIV-positive Guys Read Mean Dating App Messages
Book Review: Birth in the Age of AIDS: Women, Reproduction, and HIV/AIDS in India
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Book Review: Birth in the Age of AIDS: Women, Reproduction, and HIV/AIDS in India

Cecilia Van Hollen’s 2013 ethnography (published by Stanford University Press) of low caste, low-income women living with HIV in Tamil…
By Kristin Francoeur
December 1, 2015
Book Review: Birth in the Age of AIDS: Women, Reproduction, and HIV/AIDS in India
Plainly Speaking—In the Best Interest of Children Living With HIV
Plainly Speaking—In the Best Interest of Children Living With HIV
December 1, 2015
Plainly Speaking—In the Best Interest of Children Living With HIV
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