The gay community has experienced the greatest impact of AIDS in New Zealand. Through the two decades since the HIV epidemic struck here, gay and bisexual men have had to come to terms with death: either their own or that of their friends and loved ones. They have had to reinvent sexual practice and learn to keep themselves and their partners safe. This book tells the story of that journey. It aims to give the reader an overview of gay men's lives in the era of AIDS, their sexual practices and the strategies they have used in dealing with the epidemic. It uses data, both qualitative and quantitative, gathered by the author and other researchers from a range of projects that investigate the hard facts about gay men's response to the virus as well as their personal stories.
