During puberty not only does your body change, so do your feelings. A crush is when you have special feelings for another person. You may think about someone a lot, want to be very close with them and may have sexual feelings. This is a normal and healthy part of growing up.
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Demisexual describes a person who only feels sexual attraction if they already have a close emotional bond with that person. For more information: LGBTQ Students: A guide for counsellors
Gay is a word used to describe people who are attracted to people of the same gender.
Pansexual means you are attracted to a person’s personality (who they are), regardless of their gender, sexual orientation, or body parts. Think of “P” for person. For more information: LGBTQ Students: A guide for counsellors
Polyamory is having more than one sexual, loving relationship at the same time and with consent of all partners involved.
There is no cure for HIV. There is treatment and medication that can help people live, long healthy lives.
HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is a drug that helps prevent HIV in people who are at high risk of getting the virus. It is taken as a pill once a day. HIV PrEP doesn’t prevent other STIs or pregnancy. It’s important for sexually active people to have regular STI testing and use dual-method protection (using […]
People who are HIV negative, but are at a high risk of getting HIV. This includes: Men who have sex with men (MSM), transgender women and gender diverse people reporting anal sex without a condom in the past 6 months and who: have had chlamydia, gonorrhea, or syphilis in the past 12 months have sex partner(s) […]
The medication is prescribed by health professionals who have knowledge in HIV prevention. They are called Designated HIV PrEP Prescribers. To get a prescription for HIV PrEP, people must be Alberta residents with a valid Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan card. People that get a prescription for HIV PrEP can have their prescription filled at […]
AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) is caused by HIV. AIDS is the last stage of infection with the HIV. As HIV weakens the immune system it can’t fight infection or disease and this is usually what causes a person with AIDS to die. Medicine can be taken to help keep the immune system strong, allowing people […]