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The Application for Gay-Dating Blocks Users With HIV-Positive Status

Positive Singles launches its POZ gay dating services. It is the largest online dating community with millions of optimistic users where gays with HIV and AIDS can chat securely in the pursuit of finding support and love. The online dating service makes it easy to find single POZ gay partners and friends. The service aims to help singles with STD find love. Despite numerous online dating websites available over the internet, there are hardly any options for singles with STDs.

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The authors investigated whether use of pre-exposure prophylaxis PrEP influenced partner selection on an online dating application. PrEP status was not a significant factor for HIV-positive men when it came to selecting sexual partners. PrEP usage has had divisive effects, either being seen as a responsible preventative measure or an enabler of risky sexual behaviour amongst MSM. The authors used vignettes in order to assess social attitudes of MSM on a popular geo-location sex app. Participants were presented with stories depicting gay male characters as either sexually promiscuous or monogamous and either taking PrEP or not. None of the characters used condoms. Participants were asked whether they would be friends, date, or have sex with the characters.

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Serodifferent couples, in which one partner has HIV and the other does not, are often seen in terms of HIV risk or of psychological pressures. A study from Dr Steven Philpot and colleagues at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia show that life for serodifferent couples is more complex than that. This is often due to real or anticipated stigma. Gay men in Sydney who had already taken part in the Opposites Attract study of serodifferent couples in three countries were invited to interview.

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Gay dating app shares users' HIV status with other companies

A law firm says hundreds of Grindr users have signed up to a lawsuit alleging highly private information - including their HIV status - was shared with third parties without their consent. Hundreds of users of the gay dating app Grindr have alleged the company shared their private information, including their HIV status, with third parties, a law firm said on Monday. Austen Hays said it was filing the mass data protection lawsuit at London's High Court and claimed thousands of Grindr users in the UK may have been affected. The firm alleges users' highly sensitive information, including HIV status and the date of their latest HIV test, was provided to third parties for commercial purposes.

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