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HIV outreach workers say MSM in Laos are "unlike transsexuals or openly gay men, hidden MSM can be homosexual, bisexual or straight" and are hard to target.

Hong Kong LGBT organisations uncover a sinister Christian fundamentalist-inspired pattern of complaints about HIV and gay-related campaigns that have wended their way through the Government system which resulted in a series of harassing inquiries. Nigel Collett reports.

New infection cases among MSMs, however, saw a drop from 168 in 2007 to 145 in 2008 - the first drop since 2003.

The proportion of HIV infections being transmitted among MSM is larger and more significant than originally believed, says World Health Organization adviser Massimo Ghidinelli as a 3-day conference is underway in Hong Kong to consider strategies to deliver better services to MSM communities.

Many consider oral sex to be zero risk for HIV transmission and a safer alternative to penetrative sex but researchers analysing multiple studies on the topic are concluding that oral sex does carry some risk.

A HIV positive man has been sentenced to 18 years jail for trying to infect his male partners with the virus.

Shinen Wong reflects on a past sero-discordant relationship in commemoration of World AIDS Day.

If you hang around California Fitness in Zhongxiao East Road in Taipei, you may bump into Hugo Chang - a beefy, sunny big boy with poster boy looks. He may be HIV+ but he doesn't let the illness get him down.

Citing Sydney's success in reducing HIV prevalence rates among MSM, Dr Balaji Sadasivan urged for greater co-operation among health authorities, the NGOs and the MSM community to reduce HIV infection rates.