Reasons why you might be iffy:

Different things we do together make it easier for HIV to be transmitted.
- There are many options for hooking up, from jacking off to oral sex to topping, bottoming, kink play, and much more. Some of the things we do (and how we do them) make it easier or more difficult to get HIV or other STDs.
- Find out more here.
Sometimes HIV doesn't show up on a test.
- It can take anywhere from 2 weeks to 6 months to show up on a standard HIV test (also called a rapid antibody test). This time frame is often referred to as the 'window period.'
- So, if you got HIV two weeks to six months before your test, the test could still come out as HIV negative. This is one reason testing is recommended every 3 to 6 months.
- Find out more here.
HIV is easier to transmit right after getting it.
- About half of all new HIV infections occur from someone who has been recently infected themselves.
- Soon after getting HIV, the virus quickly spreads throughout the body and the body hasn't had a chance to respond. Without the body's response, the amount of virus in bodily fluids sky-rockets, making the body much more infectious. The more infectious someone is, the easier it is to transmit HIV to someone else through condomless sex.
- Find out more here.
- Most guys who have recently got HIV don't
  know they have it, so they may believe they
  are HIV negative. Also, they might even still
  test negative because of the 'window period.'
  (see above for more information)

(Did you know?)

The vast majority of HIV positive guys that know our status do everything we can to make sure we don't transmit the virus to our partners.

4 out of 5 HIV positive guys in San Francisco know their status.

More than 3,000 HIV positive guys in San Francisco don't know that they are positive.