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Create your profile
Share your interests, what kind of connection you are looking for and only the information you feel comfortable showing.
Private STI dating, friendship and support
Meet peoplewho understand.
Connect with adults living with herpes, HPV, HIV, hepatitis and other STIs. Browse locally or worldwide, start conversations at your own pace and choose what you feel comfortable sharing.
Free to join, browse and message. No subscriptions or paid upgrades.
Dating & support for people living with STIs
Conversation at your pace
Browse locally or worldwide
Find a connection that feels right
Privacy comes first
PrivateMatch
A private place to meet people without the usual pressure
PrivateMatch is a global community for adults living with STIs who are looking for dating, friendship, emotional support or simply someone who understands.
Browse locally or worldwide, choose your location manually and decide what information you are comfortable displaying. The experience is designed to feel like a modern dating platform, not a medical portal.
Free to join, browse and message
No subscriptions, paid boosts or premium visibility.
How PrivateMatch works
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Browse your way
Choose a country or town manually, search more broadly or explore people worldwide using optional filters.
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Start a conversation
Read someone's profile and send a message when it feels right. Connections can begin with dating, friendship or conversation.
Privacy in practice
You stay in control of what you reveal
Choose your country and city or town manually. PrivateMatch does not request your device GPS location, and profile settings let you control whether your country, region, city and online status are shown.
Keep shared experience private, show it once a conversation starts or make it public. You can also choose who can send new messages, block members and report conduct that does not feel right.
Dating, friendship or simply someone to talk to
Dating
Meet people who are open to dating, relationships, long-distance connections or building something meaningful.
Friendship
Find people who understand similar experiences without the expectation that every connection must become romantic.
Conversation and reassurance
Start with a message, take your time and decide what kind of connection feels right.
Discovery
Search nearby or look further afield
Some members want to meet someone in their own area. Others live in places with smaller communities or are open to long-distance connections. PrivateMatch lets members choose their search location and scope manually rather than deciding it for them.
Start exploringSafety and moderation
Connect with clearer boundaries
Block a member to stop new messages, and report profiles or messages when something needs attention. Reports are available to moderators for review. Keeping early conversations on PrivateMatch can give you more space to decide what feels comfortable.
Read the Safety page or Community Guidelines for the expectations that help keep the community respectful.
Find your community
Find people who share your experience
Explore dating, friendship and support spaces while staying in control of what appears on your profile.
Herpes and HSV
Meet people looking for dating, friendship and understanding around oral or genital herpes.
Explore herpes datingHPV
Connect with people who understand HPV without pressure to reveal more than you choose.
Explore HPV datingHIV
Explore private dating, friendship and conversation for adults living with HIV.
Explore HIV datingHepatitis
Find people open to dating, friendship and supportive conversation.
Explore hepatitis datingFrequently asked questions
A few useful details
Straightforward answers about joining, privacy, messaging and finding people.
PrivateMatch is for adults aged 18 and over who are living with an STI and want to meet people for dating, friendship or supportive conversation.
No. Your shared experience can stay private, be visible once a conversation starts, or be public. You choose the setting that feels right for you.
No. Member profiles and other member-only pages use noindex metadata and require a PrivateMatch session, so they are not intended for search-engine results.
No. You choose your country and city or town manually in your profile and search filters; PrivateMatch does not request your device GPS location.
Yes. Choose a country or city or town when you want a more local search, or clear location filters to browse worldwide. Members can also show that they are open to other countries.
No. Members can say they are open to dating, casual connection or friendship, and many conversations begin simply as a chance to talk with someone who understands.
PrivateMatch is free to join, browse and message. New subscriptions, paid tiers, premium visibility features and paid boosts are not offered. Safety limits may still slow unusually rapid sending to help prevent abuse.
Yes. You can block a member from a profile or conversation to stop new messages, and report profiles or messages when something needs moderator review.
You can delete your account from Account settings when you no longer want to use PrivateMatch. The privacy page explains the account information the service uses.
Trust and transparency
Learn how PrivateMatch protects your choices, handles reports and keeps member spaces private.
Ready to meet people who understand?
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