Get tested and talk to your partner: how to have safer sex after age 50

At 51, I want many more years of a healthy, happy sex life. So I decided to compile my own guide When I got divorced after 28 years of monogamy, I was excited to be having sex again, but had concerns.

I was 48, and the last time I’d been single was in the 90s; terrified of pregnancy and hyperconscious of HIV/Aids, I hadn’t considered condomless intercourse an option back then. Now, at 51, I’ve been wondering how important barrier protection is for me. Though I haven’t hit menopause, the American…