Guides to dating with an STI
The rest of this site explains how PositiveSingles works. These guides are for the harder question underneath it: whether a diagnosis has to change your dating life at all. Each one takes a question people actually search, answers it from primary sources, and says plainly where the facts run out.
- Best herpes dating sites in 2026, compared honestly
The honest comparison of the herpes/STI dating-site options, US focus.
- How common is herpes, really?
The real prevalence numbers, from primary sources, for the reader who feels alone with a diagnosis.
- Dating with herpes: what changes, and what doesn’t
The core “can I still date?” guide: transmission in plain terms, disclosure, and how dating actually goes.
- How to tell a partner you have herpes
A disclosure playbook, sourced and specific, for the conversation people fear most.
- The first weeks after a herpes diagnosis
Emotional first-aid for a fresh diagnosis, anchored in what is medically true.
- Dating someone who has herpes
The partner’s side: what the risk really is, and how mixed-status couples do fine.
- Where to meet people who get it
The community and dating-site guide, with an honest look at the options.
- Herpes stigma, and how to carry it lighter
The psychology of herpes stigma, and how to loosen its grip.
- Dating with HPV
HPV-specific dating and disclosure, given how nearly universal it is.
- Dating with HIV, and what U=U means
HIV-specific dating, built on the U=U fact that changes the whole picture.
- Marriage, kids, and the long view with herpes
The hopeful long arc: marriage, pregnancy, and life years after a diagnosis.
- Which STDs can't be cured?
The WHO’s four viral STIs, what no cure means for each, and which STDs can be cured.
- HPV in a relationship: does it mean someone cheated?
A positive HPV test does not mean a partner cheated. What a late result, a high-risk type, sex, and screening actually mean.
- STD rates by state
CDC's 2023 chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis rates for every state, the 2024 HIV rates, and what those rankings leave out.
- HIV dating sites and apps
Which apps document an HIV status field, what PositiveSingles lets you do free, and what U=U and state law say.
- My partner has hepatitis B: can I get it?
Sex can pass hepatitis B between partners. Kissing does not. What the vaccine, exposure shots, and pregnancy care change.