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I feel more fortable to do that, so yeah…When you first accept you're gay and you know who you are and you [learn] you have higher risk, like to get some fectn, you do feel like necsary, oh I have to go to tt, I have to e a ndom to protectn and maybe I have the obligatn to tell other gay people and my gay iends to do the same thgs. It’s hard for a straight person to relate to a gay person’s feelgs bee they n’t really put themselv our sho. It’s not the same as talkg to a gay person self, bee the stggl and what they feel is more le as to what you’re feelg.

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Asian-born gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men (gbMSM) newly arrived Atralia are more than four tim as likely than their Atralian-born unterparts to be diagnosed wh cint HIV. Our aim was to explore experienc of Asian-born gbMSM newly arrived Atralia and attendg a sexual health centre wh regards to their knowledge of and preference for HIV preventn strategi. Twenty-four gbMSM aged 20–30&nbsp;years attendg Melbourne Sexual Health Centre who were born Asia and arrived Atralia the precedg four years, participated semi-stctured face-to-face terviews om 8th May 2019 and 23rd December 2019. Men were exclud if they were livg wh HIV. Interviews were rerd, transcribed verbatim and analysed thematilly. Men reported ltle knowledge of HIV preventn strategi outsi of ndom e prr to g to Atralia. Although participants reported basic knowledge of HIV transmissn and treatment, exposure to sexual inty and HIV-related stigma their untri of birth meant they imaged a HIV diagnosis would be vastatg. Most relied on ndoms to stay HIV negative however their nsistency of e varied. Seven men were on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP); all but one started PrEP after g to Atralia. Many dited tert PrEP but scribed as too expensive given they do not have accs to ernment-subsidized healthre. Sexual health unsellg and nnectns wh LGBTQI muny groups appeared to facilate PrEP and nsistent ndom e. Asian-born gbMSM newly-arrived to Atralia may have limed knowledge of HIV preventn strategi asi om ndom e. Increased nnectns wh sexual health servic and LGBTQI muni may facilate more effective HIV preventn strategi. * asian gay community melbourne *

I feel ’s really nice to meet like gay people that you n really bond and be really close wh to jt pour your feelgs out to.

— Participant 21, Vietnam, 3 years AtraliaFor one participant, volvement wh a state-based anisatn that supports LGBTQI muni facilated not only his sexual health knowledge terms of learng about g PrEP and the risks associated wh ndomls sex, but his unrstandg of what means to be gay and what relatnships uld look like. Prr to his volvement wh this anisatn he did not know that he uld be gay and also have a fay one day or that relatnships uld be open. This study provis key sights to how gay and bisexual men who were newly arrived Atralia beme nnected to sexual health, as well as how their HIV preventn strategi change over the urse of their time Atralia as they bee nnected to sexual health.

Emergg Gay Inti Cha: The Prevalence and Predictors of Social Discrimatn Agast Men Who Have Sex wh Men. J Homosex.

NEWLY ARRIVED ASIAN-BORN GAY MEN ATRALIA: EXPLORG MEN’S HIV KNOWLEDGE, ATTUS, PREVENTN STRATEGI AND FACILATORS TOWARD SAFER SEXUAL PRACTIC

This article exam mon assumptns behd the notn of "gay muny," ntrastg the views wh the experienc of homosexual men origatg om Southeast Asia on the mercial gay scene Melbourne, Atralia. The narrativ here reveal agmented social works volvg var s … * asian gay community melbourne *

Explorg the effect of trsic religns, extrsic religns, and relig fundamentalism on people’s attu towards lbians and gays Indonia. The voice of Indonian gay men who want to have heterosexual orientatn. Homonegativy southeast Asia: Attus toward lbians and gay men Indonia, Malaysia, the Philipp, Sgapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Explorg the transnatnal experience of Asian-born gay and bisexual men who have sex wh men newly arrived Atralia. Gay Men’s relatnship agreements the era of pre-exposure prophylaxis: an analysis of Atralian behavural surveillance data. Mory strs and muny nnectedns among gay, lbian and bisexual Atralians: a parison of ral and metropolan loli.

Newly arrived Asian-born gay men Atralia: explorg men’s HIV knowledge, attus, preventn strategi and facilators toward safer sexual practic.

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CatnReceived: 04 March 2021Accepted: 04 Febary 2022Published: 03 March 2022DOI: preventnHomosexualyPrEPAsianImmigrantHIV-related stigma.

In 1992 when I was Year 6 I knew I was gay the anglo mal ed to ll me chky Che, (although I wasn’t) go back home I was yelled, phed and spat upon.

As a GAM(Gay Asian Male) I had to do a send g out as 5- 10 years ago beg Asian the gay muny particularly Sydney was seen as unattractive and unsirable I was ma to feel like a send class cizen. What I realize is that I had no satisfactn om the gay clubbg scene and found more gay iends through christian works.

"ASIAN" MEN ON THE SCENE: CHALLENG TO "GAY MUNI"

Often as an ethnic gay man who grew up Atralia then tryg to f the gay party scene was not easy, often I and my other brothers and Sisters would be judged for beg ethnic or digeno often relotg to Melbourne jt over 2 years ago i realise homosexualy is not a “whe “ thg and I am not alone I also felt my journey wh God was and is rtorg I have met acceptg gay christian men 2 years.

I am who I am and I know I am attracted slightly more to Csian gay men but I didn’t choose this, this isn’t a choice after all I have lived Atralia for almost 24 years.

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