41 min

Episode 60 - A Discussion on HIV/AIDS The Unnamed Path

    • Spirituality

RECORDED BY HYPERION (EDDY GUTIERREZ) & ORIGINALLY AIRED 02 / 19 / 2009

Show Highlights:


Hyperion interviews Dr. Matthew, a clinical psychologist, to discuss the impact that HIV/AIDS has had on our spirituality and sexuality as Men-Who-Love-Men.
HIV/AIDS brings out all of our unresolved issues as individuals and as a community.
Death-accepting spiritual paths tend to draw HIV positive men, and can assist us in overcoming our fears around mortality.
HIV/AIDS is no longer a death sentence, yet we still associate them with death.
The evolution of safer sex practices affected our ability to connect, trust one another and be intimate in relationships.

This is not a medical discussion about the transmission risks of HIV nor is it a discussion about safer sex practices and HIV prevention, see your doctor or local gay and lesbian center for assistance in finding information on those topics.

RECORDED BY HYPERION (EDDY GUTIERREZ) & ORIGINALLY AIRED 02 / 19 / 2009

Show Highlights:


Hyperion interviews Dr. Matthew, a clinical psychologist, to discuss the impact that HIV/AIDS has had on our spirituality and sexuality as Men-Who-Love-Men.
HIV/AIDS brings out all of our unresolved issues as individuals and as a community.
Death-accepting spiritual paths tend to draw HIV positive men, and can assist us in overcoming our fears around mortality.
HIV/AIDS is no longer a death sentence, yet we still associate them with death.
The evolution of safer sex practices affected our ability to connect, trust one another and be intimate in relationships.

This is not a medical discussion about the transmission risks of HIV nor is it a discussion about safer sex practices and HIV prevention, see your doctor or local gay and lesbian center for assistance in finding information on those topics.

41 min