What this book calls AIDS-advocacy organizations are organizations in the community, sometimes only local, sometimes affiliated with a national organization, that offer a huge variety of services to people with HIV infection and to their caregivers. The services these organizations offer include buddies, counselors, information on treatments, education about HIV infection, help with financial problems, [...]

People’s feelings about sex are varied. At different times and to different people, sex is a joy, a comfort, a distraction, a release, intimacy, reassurance, bonding. To some extent, people’s feelings about sex depend on feeling healthy, enjoying life, liking themselves, trusting others, feeling relaxed, having the freedom to be spontaneous. HIV infection changes much [...]