Anal Sex Without Condoms?
Dear GMHC,I’ve been with my boyfriend four months now, and he’s ready to penetrate me without condoms. I’m negative, he’s negative and it seems like every gay magazine I see has something about people barebacking or doing it raw. But there’s still some tiny uptight part of me that isn’t sure.Questioning in QueensDear “Questioning,”It makes sense that you and your boyfriend are taking time to think about this important step rather than just, er, plunging right in. As is so often the case with the media and sex, soundbites about “barebacking” tend to reduce something complicated and personal into something different than most men’s reality. There are a few men who explore the fantasy (or reality) of anal sex without condoms or any worry about the danger of HIV infection. But a lot of men who say they’re “barebacking” are positive already. The term doesn’t mean the same thing to all people, and anal sex without condoms usually involves a lot more complicated feelings than the desire to jo
