Most gay boys don't go for an HIV test often enough, says AIDS-Hilfe. It was the other way round for me. I really got on the nerves of the health authority in my home town of Magdeburg. And this is how it happened:
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In his debut novel "Guapa", Saleem Haddad tells the story of the life of a young Arab gay man caught between revolution and resignation, shame and self-assertion.
Sascha is 42, single, gay and has been the father of a girl for six months who is growing up with two lesbian mothers. In this interview, the commercial employee explains how he found his perfect rainbow family - and the prejudices that some gays have about this model.
Ulrich was probably one of the first Germans to take an HIV test, which must have been in the mid-1980s.
It may sound strange, but my first HIV test was a holiday for me. I was 20, newly in love and my new boyfriend wanted to make things clear, just like me.
Although the "pills to protect against HIV" are not paid for by health insurance companies, more and more gay men here are "on PrEP". Matthias*, 38, spoke to us about his experiences.
What makes Berlin so attractive and appealing to LGBT people beyond its borders did not develop overnight. In his new film "My wonderful West Berlin", Jochen Hick shows what life was like for gays in the divided city after the end of the war.
You also have to get used to freedom first. For example, "just being me. Without a disguise". In Lithuania, Algis was used to following certain rules: "You can't talk about everything. Sometimes you have to avoid your friends."
"Please do it quickly," Philipp asks his GP when he picks up the result of his very first HIV test. No elaborate explanations! Just know: "Do I have HIV"?
I live with my boyfriend in Berlin in an open relationship. We therefore take it for granted that we should get tested for HIV at least once a year. I now even ask my gay GP for a test every six months.
