February 2018 Issue #14 February 2018 Issue #14, 4GUYS | Page 32

Unprotected sex (bareback sex)
Safety first
Condoms are one of the most effective and reliable ways of preventing the
spread of HIV (and many other STIs) when you fuck. There are other ways of re-
ducing the risk of HIV being passed on if you don’t use condoms when you fuck;
some of them are more effective than others. We have sorted the fact from the
fiction so you can be aware of the risks you are taking if you don’t use a condom.
GMFA recommends:
We recommend the use of condoms to prevent the transmission of HIV, espe-
cially if you are not certain of your partner’s HIV status. If you don’t use condoms
when you fuck, and you have not been diagnosed with HIV, we recommend that
you test for HIV regularly. If you are HIV-positive and don’t use condoms we rec-
ommend that you have full sexual health screens on a regular basis. If you are
HIV-positive and don’t tell your partner, you could be prosecuted for transmitting
HIV if you do not use a condom, even if you have made other efforts to reduce
the risk.