The Josh Kruger interview
Bathhouses, barebacking and bombshells. Bob Leahy interviews the controversial Philadelphia writer and PositiveLite.com columnist Josh Kruger. In this exclusive in-depth interview, the incorrigable...
View ArticleSeven ways to speed up the HIV treatment pipeline
John McCullagh interviews long-time HIV activist Mark Harrington about getting the best HIV treatments to as many people as quickly as possible. Those who saw the documentary How to Survive a Plague...
View ArticleA roof over your head
Bob Leahy was at the recent North American Housing & HIV/AIDS Summit In Montreal. Here’s his report on the strong connection that was discussed there between affordable, suitable housing and...
View ArticleIt's not what you know, it's who you know
In the second of an ongoing series, Bob Leahy is interviewed about networking in preparation for the 2013 Ontario HIV Treatment Network (OHTN) Research Conference in Toronto to help people get the...
View ArticleHow Saskatchewan responds holistically to the needs of service users
The incidence of HIV in Saskatchewan is twice as high as in any other province of Canada. In a video interview, PositiveLite.com publisher John McCullagh talks with the medical health officer for that...
View ArticleInsite: Vancouver’s supervised injection site
In a video interview, Darwin Fisher, manager of Insite, Vancouver’s supervised injection site, talks with PositiveLite.com publisher John McCullagh about this innovative program and how it addresses...
View ArticleHousing: how it impacts the health and well-being of people living with HIV
For the last seven years the Ontario HIV Research Network (OHTN) has researched the connections between housing and health outcomes for people living with HIV. Bob Leahy talks to the OHTN’s Sean...
View ArticleHousing that meets the sometimes complex needs of people living with HIV
The Dr Peter House in Vancouver is a supportive housing facility for people living with HIV with complex needs that include a supervised injection service. Bob Leahy talks to Rosalind Baltzer-Turje...
View ArticleTalking to the man behind Mr. Friendly
Bob Leahy interviews Michigan leatherman Dave Watt, the founder of the Mr. Friendly HIV stigma-fighting campaign that aims to break down barriers between poz and neg people. Bob Leahy: Thank you for...
View ArticlePositive Quitting
Bob Leahy talks about a project called Positive Quitting involving PositiveLite.com and the OHTN to put smoking cessation back on the table for those who want to quit and help improve the health and...
View ArticleHIV and Baby Makes Three
Two couples, two HIV-positive dads explore whether treatment can halt transmission. Heather Boerner with an exclusive excerpt from an upcoming ebook on serodiscordant couples trying to have a baby....
View ArticleAsk Sister Sero: relationship advice for the virally challenged
Rejected by all mainstream gay magazines, unqualified, untrained and uncompromising; Sister Sero Positivo brings her unfettered views on HIV Positive relationship problems to PositiveLite.com Sister...
View ArticleStudent says misinformation and HIV stigma dished out in University of...
Bob Leahy interviews Rodney Rousseau, a young HIV-positive out gay man who has come forward with allegations about misinformation provided to a virology course by a University of Toronto professor....
View ArticleOHTN profiles researcher Barry Adam
Video interview: The Director of Prevention Research at the OHTN speaks about the past, the present and the future We have uploaded our latest researcher profile to our YouTube channel. This time...
View ArticleDouble interview: Two men, two stories
From the Dutch HIV magazine Hello Gorgeous, now available in English, comes this interview with two men, one newly diagnosed, the other living with HIV for over twenty years. How do their perspectives...
View ArticleInterview with a bug chaser
Dave R and The Chaser's Tale “Bug chasers may turn out to be an HIV, historical phenomenon but do they deserve to be demonized? This interview with a bug-chaser may well raise questions that hadn’t...
View ArticleCBC radio asks the question: Is PrEP a game changer in the fight against HIV?
Is PrEP a game changer in the fight against HIV? To find out, CBC radio interviews a Canadian physician & researcher and a Toronto guy on PrEP. Earlier this month, dailyxtra.com, the online...
View ArticleMeeting Major Tom
Bassett owner Bob Leahy meets the delightful co-stars of the Harbourfront World Stage show “Major Tom" that is opening February 26 in Toronto - the UK’s Victoria Melody and her own loveable basset...
View ArticleMeet Yi-Min Chun
She’s poised, smart and committed to making a difference to the course of the HIV epidemic. In fact she likely already has. Meet Yi-Min Chun, a 23 year old from Scarborough Ontario, winner of an OCIC...
View ArticlePeer delivery
Bob Leahy interviews researcher Jane Simoni about the effectiveness of using people living with HIV to help people with HIV at the OHTN Research Conference. There has been increasing discussion – and...
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