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You can access a list of content you follow, which (when I remember) use as a sort of quasi favourites or bookmarks list. Downside is that you can’t sort or search it. In the menu select Account > Manage Followed Content, the first page under that will provide a list topics you follow.

IIRC, long ago (I’m thinking like 10+ years ago) it was possible to upload video to your gallery but I believe it was disabled for three reasons: (i) hosting video files massively increases the hosting and bandwidth requirements (and thus site running costs), (ii) video comes with a lot more moderation and copyright headaches as well as increasing the likelihood of DCMA takedown notices, (iii) raw top launched a separate tube site for video posting (raunchyfuckers) but that’s since gone into abeyance.

@viking8x6 thanks, my main reason for posting it here was in the hope of being in service to others that might have the same question in the future, but noted re not relying on this as a way to get the attention of moderators. Thanks for the reply, yes as you say slash fiction is already a tricky one and I can fully appreciate it being complicated further by the addition of HIV fetishisation into the mix. As it’s not an outright no, I’ll see where my inspiration takes me and if I can turn it into something worth posting, and will bear in mind your points re copyright, respectfulness and judiciousness. Like I said I’d already thought about some level of obfuscation so it wouldn’t end up in innocuous google searches. The quote of JKR’s views made me chuckle given that I suspect there’s a lot of LGBT-coded fanfic out there that, given her views as professed via her Twitter account, she almost certainly despises.

Having checked the rules I think a story idea I've had some initial thoughts about is ok, but I just want to be sure. Basically it's a chasing fanfic based on an existing book/TV series. So I was wondering if there are any prohibitions on derivative works based on existing material. I was probably going to change character names and some details to make it less likely that a random person search for content relating to the series wouldn't find it, but folk here that know it could make an educated guess about the connection.

I don’t intend this to sound harsh but do you know if/when they intend to fix this? By my reckoning it’s two months since the problem started (given the date of the other thread about email notifications and the last new member being on June 11). There are a couple of folk I’ve been wanting to encourage to sign-up, but there’s no point unless/until this is fixed. From my professional life I know that tech issues aren’t as simple as people think, but it’d be useful to get some sort of indicative timeline and might go towards stopping some of the repeat posts in this thread.

Is this also affecting new sign-ups? I was going to suggest joining to someone I’ve been chatting to but just noticed on the homepage that it says the newest member was back on June 11.

I hadn’t realised this had been posted in the general section, I’d assumed given the content it was in the backroom/a fantasy section. Given this is the “reality” side, for what it’s worth I agree that condom sabotage is wrong, I don’t do it and like others just don’t fuck unless it’s raw, but can’t deny that for me condom sabotage is an intensely hot fantasy.

Repeat the process/stab them with a needle. Get that failure rate up to 100% 😈🐷

As someone with a fair bit of DPA/GDPR experience in the UK I thought it might be useful to give my take on the situation. First the legal position, caveat here I’m not a legal professional but have worked with closest with data protection specialists: Breeding Zone as a forum site is a platform not a publisher, users are the publishers and are responsible for what they do and don’t post. Depending on where they are based platforms have different requirements to comply with regards data privacy. Just because you can access a website on the internet does not automatically mean that the laws in your country apply to that site. It’s not quite the same, but the easiest way to think about it is to take a physical world analogy, if you go on holiday to another country then the laws of that country apply not the laws of your home country. That being said the GDPR was drafted to apply to any website that provides a service to residents in the EU (and UK). In theory, sites based outside have to comply with the law if they have users based in the UK/EU. In practice, if a website is based outside of these jurisdictions then you have little to no chance of ensuring compliance if they are in breach of the law. Breeding Zone has no presence in the UK or EU, so even where there are laws that apply to internet platforms, unless there is a legal entity in those jurisdictions there’s little you can do even if you think there’s a valid complaint. The big tech firms have a presence in the UK/EU because they actively do business in these places. Websites based outside of the UK/EU tend to apply one of two approaches: (i) block access from those locations, or (ii) implement cookie controls and account deletion policies. Breeding Zone has taken the second course of action. Adopting this second approach makes Breeding Zone compliant with UK/EU law on data protection and privacy. Second let’s consider the specifics: You allege that Breeding Zone has published your personal data. As per point 1 above, you are the publisher not Breeding Zone. Just because a platform gives you the ability to publish information does not mean you have to publish information. Before you register for an account it is quite obvious that a lot of content is publicly available. Breeding Zone does not deceive any one of this fact. You do not have to use your real name, you do not have to publish your date of birth (you have to provide a date of birth so the site is compliant with adult content regulations but that information does not need to be publicly available, you can change the viability of it at any time), you do not have to publish your contact details, you do not have to publish identifiable photos of yourself. Ultimately, you have chosen to do all of these things. Even if everything were private (ie you could only see content if a registered user and logged in) the legal position would be unchanged. Not having read the terms and conditions has never been a valid defence in a court of law. As far back as 2019 you have posted on this site: “I am confident of my experience of this website and sure,I have not so sure moments,but I firmly believe that,the best path is to 'wash your dirty washing in public'.Nobody can surprise you then. I have four accounts registered here. I cannot delete the memory,so why agitate myself.Life is too short.” I don’t repeat that out of malice but to indicate that you’ve been aware of the public nature of this site for quite some time. You could have stopped posting or interact with this website at that point in time but you did not. I’m not intending this to come across as rude or condescending, we all sometimes do things that in the future we’re not at always happy about. Regret about past behaviour and any impact that has on us in the present can be painful. You might not be comfortable with what you have previously published here, but it is not Breeding Zone’s fault and they have not broken any laws.

So yes, for tablet medications (i.e. solid pills like truvada) then many drugs will last notably beyond their expiration date, but over time their effectiveness reduces. The medication is a stable chemical compound that either requires a reaction with water to activate or disolve the outer coating of the tablet - background mositure in the air will eventually cause this reaction to occur, which is something to consider if the medication is contained in a bottle/jar rather than in self-contained "blister packs" where each pill is separately sealed. The stability of the medical compounds and their resistance to background mositure will partially determine the choice of packaging by the manufacturer. As already mentioned by others this is why free clinics, and those in developing countries, will often use medicines past their expiration date because they are still likely to be effective, but certainly aren't guaranteed to be as effective. There's also consumer/health protection rules and regulations, as well as corporate interests from pharma companies to stop you stockpiling. I'd wager that many folk have almost certainly grabbed a couple of out of date paracetamol/acetaminophen when they've had a headache and its still worked. Liquid based medications (i.e. either a straight liquid in a bottle that you pour or liquid medications contained in a small swallowable capsules) are naturally more volatile compounds, and so can be much less stable long-term but again it depends on the compound itself and how its been stored - cough syrups are largely the same medications as in cold/flu tablets just in a liquid solution that's mainly sugar and will probably still work years later, whereas something like insulin has a very definite short-term window of effectiveness. For both Truvada and Descovy the information published by Gilead ([think before following links] https://www.askgileadmedical.com, search the drug name and "stability") says that when either medication is provided in a bottle they include a "silica gel desicate" (think those "DO NOT EAT" sachets that you get in some packaging boxes). Descovy is also available in a blister pack, and again Gilead includes within each blister cavity some form of desicant, which will protect the medication against mositure. They also publish some information about in-house stability tests but these are largely testing extreme circumstances (e.g. high/low temperatures, different humidity conditions). These are also stability tests once the medications have been opened, not tests of the long-term stability of medication that has been kept unopened in its original packaging. Not that anyone should be taking random medical advice from an unqualified random stranger on the internet...

Picking up on an earlier post about allowing yourself to have these feelings and emotions, I fully agree. There’s clearly an intensity and connection that’s focussed it on Tom, but is it solely him, is it solely the closeness of your existing bond that’s fuelling your feelings, or has it opened something more and it’s changed how you consciously think about other men. I don’t know how much opportunity you get to have time to yourself but there’s three LGBT movies I’d suggest. Largely as a non-porn way of helping you to explore your feelings and experiences. God’s Own Country, an exceptional film from a couple years back, about a guy that works on his family farm and develops a relationship with a labourer on his farm. Weekend, a film about a one night stand that lasts over the course of a weekend. In From The Side, a film set at a gay rugby club where two team members have an affair with each other. I picked these three because (a) they’re all British, (b) while they don’t involve coming out struggles they show gay experiences that aren’t stereotypical depictions of being gay, (c) they involve characters in their late 20s/early 30s. All three are available on regular streaming platforms (GOC and Weekend are on Amazon Prime, In From The Side is on Netflix), but I suspect you might not want them to appear in the history so as not to raise suspicions of your wife. Weekend and In From The Side are both available on the BFI Player service from the British Film Institute and are free as part of their subscription packages which is free for 14-days. God’s Own Country is also available through the BFI Player as a rental for £3.50. Their LGBT+ collection of films is called Flare, after the name of their annual film festival for LGBT+ films, [think before following links] https://player.bfi.org.uk/subscription/collection/bfi-flare-lgbtqia.

Strongly support the recommendation to talk to a counsellor/therapist, though what with the state of the NHS you’d almost certainly need to go private. You mention you work for the council, most public sector employers in the UK have an employee assistance provider that can offer confidential counselling, with my previous employer you were able to get up to 12 sessions in a year. You can talk to them about any issue not just work related things. Similarly if you’re a member of a trade union some of them provide access to counselling services for their members There are also two national LGBT helpline services: Switchboard, you can call them on 0800 0119 0100 (10:00-22:00 every day) or email them on hello@switchboard.lgbt (replies guaranteed within 5 days), they also offer a web chat service [think before following links] https://switchboard.lgbt/ LGBT Foundation, you can call them on 0345 3 30 30 30 (9:00-21:00 weekdays, 10:00-17:30 weekends) or email them on helpline@lgbt.foundation (replies guaranteed within 10 days) [think before following links] https://lgbt.foundation/helpline You can phone either of these to talk confidentially with a trained volunteer that can provide advice and support, and they can put you in contact with other services. This will offer you an immediate opportunity to talk with someone confidentially about your situation which I think will be helpful, and help you to figure out what next. To find a counsellor or therapist outside of these routes use a service like the Counselling Directory (a general directory of UK counselling services and counsellors) you can filter for those who specialise in LGBT+ and sexuality issues. Alternatively, Pink Therapy is a specific directory of counsellors that support LGBT+ clients. Like I said at the start, really recommend talking to a professional about your situation. They can help you to process your thoughts and understand them better, to understand whether it’s an infatuation borne out of the differences between you two or is it because you are genuinely attracted to him. Everyone’s sexuality evolves over time, for some it’s preferring a different type of man/woman than they used to or developing a new kink, but for some it’s more fundamental and involves moving along the scale and realising they’re not as straight as they thought they were. I know a couple of folk who only discovered they were bi or gay after 30, so you’re not alone if that’s what this is. I’ve also written this assuming you don’t have a friend, family member or colleague you can talk about your feelings with in confidence, or rather for any other matter you’d be talking to Tom about it to get his advice. Obviously that’s a non-starter at this point. But you never know maybe there is someone you can trust. Good luck buddy.

You would not become "full-blown" as a result of having sex with some that is "full-blown", you may (but may not) become HIV-positive. You would only become "full blown" if your CD4 counts reached less than 200. Assuming that you became HIV-positive after sex with someone that is "full-blow", but you accessed and took modern anti-retrovial drugs as prescribed then it is unlikely that you would become "full-blown" yourself. Some individuals have a strain of HIV (i.e. a specific variation) that is resistant to certain medications, but there are very few individuals that have wide resistance. It is most likely that even if you have sex with someone that is "full-blown" that there are medications that will treat your HIV infection and ensure you do not become "full-blown".

"Full blown" is a term used in reference to an AIDS diagnosis, as in someone having "full blown AIDS" its not an actual medical term. An AIDS diagnosis is typically made when an individual that is HIV-positive registers a CD4 count of less than 200 copies. CD4 is one of the main proteins of immune system white blood cells (also called T-cells), and is one of the main things that HIV attacks. Having sex with someone that is "full-blown" implies an acute HIV infection that has progressed to AIDS, that is the individual has a low CD4 count. The issue that matters for transmission is the HIV-positive individual's viral load, i.e the number of copies of HIV that can be detected per milimetre of blood. This is the basis behind the U=U campaign, this is based on a number of studies that have shown there are no known HIV infections that have involved an HIV-positive partner that has an undetectable viral load (which is typically defined as less than 200 copies per milimetre). It is often, but not always the case, that someone with a low CD4 count, and thus "full blown" is likely to have a high viral load. However, an individual with a high viral load and a low CD4 count that starts treatment can quite quickly reduce their viral load but it will take much longer for their CD4 to recover, but also once you have dipped below a CD4 of 200 you will always retain the diagnosis of being an AIDS patient even if your CD4 recovers to much higher levels.