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Positive Voices is an ongoing series featuring Asian LGBT individuals who are HIV-positive and are living positively.

Some 188 nightspots, fitness centres, saunas and other gay venues nationwide are expected to participate in a pilot scheme in which condoms and lubricant packs will be dispensed free of charge.

While figures show a sharp decline in HIV diagnoses for heterosexual New Zealanders in 2010, it could well "be the worst year on record for our gay men's communities" says the New Zealand AIDS Foundation.

Launched on 30 January, the 'Trust the condom' campaign is aimed squarely at HIV and STI prevention among gay men and MSM (men having sex with men).

Two men in Beijing have reportedly held a "comparatively open" wedding ceremony with about 50 friends in attendance as reports quote a HIV/AIDS prevention volunteer and emcee at the wedding as saying that same-sex marriages will help reduce the chances of HIV infection among gay men.

Positive Voices is an ongoing series featuring Asian LGBT individuals who are HIV-positive and are living positively.

Positive Voices is an ongoing series featuring Asian LGBT individuals who are HIV-positive and are living positively.

The Gay Men's Health Crisis in New York and Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) are demanding the video be withdrawn.

The graphic video has received scathing reviews for its "horror movie trailer-style" voice-over, "1980s-style scare tactics" and a graphic image of anal cancer – similar to those seen on cigarette cartons meant to scare smokers.

Delegates from Hong Kong and Macau, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan voted unanimously last Friday to form a regional network to address similar epidemiological profiles, namely rapidly rising HIV and other STI infection rates amongst MSM and transgender people, among other commonalities.