If someone has HIV, it can be passed to another person through anal or vaginal sex. This can happen whether the person with HIV is doing the penetrating or being penetrated.
If either you or your partner has HIV (or could have HIV), the only way to protect each other when having sex is to have safer sex.
SAFER SEX
Safer sex principally means using condoms or Femidoms (the female condom) and lubricant if you have penetrative sex, or having sex where the penis does not penetrate the vagina or anus.
It is "safer" not safe sex, because there will always be a tiny risk (for example, condoms can break), but the risk can be made so small that it does not interfere with enjoyment of sex.
As well as preventing HIV transmission, safer sex protects against most other sexually transmitted infections (STDs). Some STDs can do serious long-term damage if they are not treated promptly.
Safer sex will also prevent pregnancy.
This section gives a general overview of safer sex. Other Terrence Higgins Trust publications provide information about safer sex for particular groups of people:
Safer sex for gay men
HIV and AIDS - information for women
Reducing the risks (for drug users)
HIV and AIDS - information for lesbians
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