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Saturday HIV Testing Day
Saturday, February 6, 2010
11:00AM to 5:00PM
The only way to know your HIV status is to get tested. Appointments are strongly encouraged, and walk-ins will be accommodated. The MALE Center is Boston’s only Saturday rapid testing option for gay and bisexual men.
Monthly Book Club Meeting
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
6:30PM to 8:00PM
The group reads and discusses books by gay and bisexual authors, containing gay and bisexual characters or themes, or just about living gay, bisexual, and happy lives in today’s world.
February's selected reading is:
Vermilion
By Nathan Aldyne
Alyson Books, 240 pages
ISBN-13: 978-1555834340
Vermillion is the first of 4 mystery novels from author Michael McDowell writing under the pen name of Nathan Aldyne. According to a customer reviewer at Amazon:"The Boston and Provincetown settings are great, the Daniel & Clarisse team is hysterical, the stories solid, and the 80's period --once current with the first publication -- is sweetly nostalgiac. If you want a good, light, comic romp .. get these books.
Monthly Movie Night
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
6:30PM to 8:00PM
February's movie will be: 
Outing Riley
An Irish Catholic family learns that the youngest son is gay. Self-accepting Bobby Riley, a Chicago architect, tells us right off the bat he's gay. But he's never told his three brothers. Bobby's relationship with them is close but centers around sports, drinking beer, and playing practical jokes not discussing private lives. But when Bobby does spill the beans, his brothers assume due to his regular-guy demeanor that he's kidding. Eventually, they all must come to terms with these revelations and as it turns out, each brother also has been holding back family secrets...
USE ME Training
Thursday February 25, 2010
6:00PM to 9:00PM
The USE ME team consists of guys and girls who enjoy going out to bars and clubs in Boston to help distribute  prevention and other safer sex materials. Don’t do the bar scene? You can help distribute condoms and lube and talk about The MALE Center and safer sex with your friends anytime, anyplace! To find out more or to register for our next training send us an email malecenter@aac.org
Saturday HIV Testing Day
Saturday, March 13, 2010
11:00AM to 5:00PM
The only way to know your HIV status is to get tested. Appointments are strongly encouraged, and walk-ins will be accommodated. The MALE Center is Boston’s only Saturday rapid testing option for gay and bisexual men.
Monthly Book Club Meeting
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
6:30PM to 8:00PM
The group reads and discusses books by gay and bisexual authors, containing gay and bisexual characters or themes, or just about living gay, bisexual, and happy lives in today’s world.
March's selected reading is:
Cobalt
By Nathan Aldyne
Avon Books, 224 pages
ISBN-13: 978-0380811175
The two sometimes-detectives from VERMILION have teamed up again for a summer of fun in Provincetown. While Valentine browses for Mr. Right, Clarisse nabs a hunky cop all her own. But suddenly suspicion burns hotter than the sun as a string of murders mars the merriment. And somehwere in the endless secrets, jealousies, and lies behind the beautiful faces around them is a motive for murder.
Monthly Movie Night
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
6:30PM to 8:00PM
March's movie will be: 
A Four Letter Word
Let the Manhunt begin! When Luke enters the gay bar flanked by his sidekicks, he doesn t know that he is about to meet his match in hot macho man Stephen. Awakening in a twisted heap of naked strangers, Luke heads to work at a Chelsea sex store where he is forced to face his lifestyle by his co-worker Zeke, a confrontational gay crusader who will stop at nothing short of changing the world.
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Living Positively Support Group
Thursdays
1:00PM to 2:30PM
Open to all men regardless of HIV status, this group will primarily focus on health recovery issues. In a discussion format and using a harm reduction model, this group will discuss such topics as substance use, career planning, finances, domestic violence, personal healing, and support behavior changes to healthier living.
Newly Diagnosed Group
Evening Group - Call for more information
Confidential pre-registration requested
This educational and support group is exclusively for people newly diagnosed with HIV, people still adjusting and building support around living with HIV, or for people living with HIV who are isolated, having a difficult time or are not in medical care. This group is free. Please call 617-450-1221 to register.
Know your HIV status.
Get Tested FREE at the MALE Center.
The MALE Center Offers More Convenient HIV Testing Hours
Rapid testing involves a small finger stick and results are ready in about 10 minutes. The MALE Center offers evening rapid HIV testing appointments on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays until 8PM. This is the only rapid HIV testing location in Boston to offer after 5PM testing hours.
The MALE Center also offers a once-a-month Saturday rapid HIV testing clinic from 11AM 5PM, making it the only location in Boston to offer Saturday testing.
Appointments are strongly encouraged, and walk-ins will be accommodated.
To learn more about HIV Rapid Testing at The MALE Center, to talk to a prevention specialist, or to make an appointment to get tested, call 617.450.1987 or email us malecenter@aac.org
Community Advisory Board
The MALE Center is now accepting applications to join our Advisory Board.
The mission of The MALE Center’s Community Advisory Board (CAB) is to provide advice to the staff and senior management of The MALE Center and to work collaboratively on a range of strategies, policies, and programmatic issues affecting the lives of gay, bisexual, and all men who have sex with men (MSM) living in the Boston metro area.
The CAB and Center staff will work toward achieving the following goals:
1) To decrease the number of new HIV infections;
2) To increase the number of men who know their HIV status;
3) To empower the community to make choices that reflect their desire for health and well-being;
4) To create community for gay and bisexual men in Boston through activities that focus on holistic perspective of health; and
5) To improve the health and quality of life of infected and high-risk uninfected men.
Members of the CAB must be members of the MSM community and live in or frequent the City of Boston. Download an application (PDF) or email us at malecenter@aac.org for more information.
Alcohol, Substance Use, or Crystal Meth Concerns -- Call Us!
Do you have concerns over the amount of alcohol, substances, or crystal meth you are using? Do you have a friend you think needs some help? The MALE Center is able to assist you and your friends. Please contact us at 617.450.1987 for more information or to speak privately with a counselor.
Do you need condoms & lube for yourself or an upcoming party?
We will be happy to supply you with what you need to play safer. Ask about some of our other fun sexual health supplies.
Free Internet & Computers
Did you know The MALE Center offers free wireless internet? Don’t have a laptop? Don’t worry, we have computers for you to use in our community room. Get online, prepare your resume, or check your email in a friendly, supportive environment.
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