Government-funded app targeting Black teens teaches young gay men to 'enhance' sex in HIV prevention study

A government-funded effort to study prevention of HIV in Black youth aimed to "enhance" homosexual experiences for teens as young as 14 while potentially keeping parents and guardians in the dark.

App developer Dfusion Inc. and health researchers at ETR were awarded more than $1.6 million over three years from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study innovative methods of reducing sexually transmitted diseases in gay, bisexual and queer teens in the Black community between 14 and 17 years old.