...(100% of all HIV+ youth who have been clients of the Downtown Youth Clinic have been infected through sexual contact). However, such a belief is incorrect. While their behavior may have been risky, many HIV+ youth receive an HIV diagnosis after just one or two sexual experiences, or after being in a long-term, perceived monogamous, relationship. The biggest risks have to do with being in relationships with unequal or shifting power dynamics (male/female, masculine/feminine, older/younger) with an unaware, fearful or uncaring partner; having a false sense of security about the level of commitment of their partners; and assuming that 'looking healthy', identifying as 'straight', and being married meant there was no risk.

While many...

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