Telling your sex partner you're HIV positive

[pride7]

Is it ok NOT to tell your sex partner if you're HIV positive?

[Unregistered]

How can one have such little regard for their sexual parter, let alone themselves for not informing there partner they are HIV positive. Why would someone risk being utterly alone without no one to care for them when the truth comes out. And believe me, whatever you do in the dark, will come out in the light. Respect your partner, by respecting yourself by telling the truth

[Unregistered]

No one has the right to play God with someone else's life or take away their choices. Everyone has the right to know if the person they are sleeping with has any type of disease that they could contract. Then it's up to them if they want to go ahead with the physical relationship. There is no room for selfishness here. It's human life we are talking about.

[Unregistered]

Is it ok NOT to tell your sex partner if you're HIV positive?
...It makes me angry to hear all of those who seem to "STILL" feel it is a HIV pos. persons responibility to tell. We need to wake up and treat EVERYONE whom we sleep with as if they were infected, just as all emergancy and medical persons have to. I am sooo tired of stupid laws for stupid people and blaming others for OUR OWN actions. We now know how HIV is spread and how it s not. The virus isn t anything new. Everyone is responsible for themselves in the long run. Your sex partner may have it and NOT know....then what ??? Besides, the O N L Y way to NOT contract HIV is to say NO. Even if you are told prior to the sexual encounter, a condom still isnt 100% effective on stopping the virus. It isn t as easily caught as everyone thinks. It must enter the bloodsteam. It is not caught like V.D or Clymidia type viruses. If I was HIV positive, I would not tell my sexual partners, BUT, at the same time, I would not put them at risk when we had sex.(SAFE SEX) It is simple, get informed, or get HIV...
Signed,
Tired of ALL the blame
put on the HIV+

[Unregistered]

I have read some of the comments here on what people are saying on this issue. In some cases the sex partner should be told, but if protection is used...along with common sense and education, then there shouldn't be a problem with not telling. I have heard of horror stories where one was positive person that told his sex partner before they had sex that he was positive. The one that was told of the other being positive got so angry that he went and spread the word around about this guy being positive. It ruined the guys life publicly and socially. Not to mentioned being fired from his job. It was a big mess. Not only does those who are positive have a responsiblity to inform certain others about their status, but the ones being told also have to be adults and learn that not everything is to be shared among the general public.

[Unregistered]

you are responsible for your sexual activities ...have safe sex and then there is no need for pointing the finguer at no one ...if you respect yourself than take action to protect yourself ...thank you and have a safe life

[Unregistered]

anyone who does not inform their partners is responsible for any infections and the deaths they may cause. protection or not, the buck stops here!!! Enough people have died!