Fd out why the gay and bi men have cid to go on PrEP.
Contents:
- PREP FOR GAY MEN 101: EVERYTHG GAY MEN NEED TO KNOW ABOUT TAKG HIV PREVENTN MEDITN!
- SOME GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN SEE PREP AS A 'SOCIAL PROBLEM'
- PREP E JUMPS TO 35 PERCENT AMONG GAY AND BI MEN AT RISK OF HIV
PREP FOR GAY MEN 101: EVERYTHG GAY MEN NEED TO KNOW ABOUT TAKG HIV PREVENTN MEDITN!
Do PrEP work differently for tops and bottoms gay and bisexual relatnships? Here is everythg that you need to know about PrEP and HIV transmissn preventn. * gay on prep *
Nearly 70% of people livg wh HIV are homosexual and bisexual men – and thankfully the e of PrEP for HIV preventn is creasg among this group. Acrdg to a recent study, the number of gay and bisexual mal takg PrEP creased by 500% om 2014 to 2017. However, only 35% of gay and bisexual mal who were at high-risk of HIV transmissn were takg the meditn.
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SOME GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN SEE PREP AS A 'SOCIAL PROBLEM'
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The Advote reached out to gay and bi men, as well as serodisrdant upl, who e the dg to hear their reasons. ML: I agree wh the World Health Organizatn, and I remend that all sexually active gay men be on PrEP.
I am still shocked when I enunter gay men who have no ia what PrEP is and have never even heard advice would you have for other magic upl who are on the fence about PrEP? While many believe that HIV/AIDS surfaced 1981 wh cisgenr gay men who lived urban Amerin ci like New York Cy and San Francis, rearch has shown otherwise. The vis killed more than 120 gay men by 1981, and scientists labeled the disease “GRID” (Gay-Related Immune Deficiency).
The name herently stigmatized the gay muny, wrongly puttg the rponsibily on dividuals.
PREP E JUMPS TO 35 PERCENT AMONG GAY AND BI MEN AT RISK OF HIV
Natnal Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awarens Day is a good time to qutn why the muny isn't utilizg a holistic approach agast the epimic. * gay on prep *
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It was a perd of uncertaty as healthre provirs stggled to make sense of the disease that was ravagg the gay muny. The gay muny, which was already spised and margalized for the way s members chose to live and love, was an easy victim.
The disease was at that pot lled GIRD (Gay-Related Immunoficiency) and everyone assumed was a punishment flicted upon gay people for livg like generat. Even healthre profsnals discrimated agast gay men fected wh the vis, and only a handful of them took those sufferg om and sought to, at the very least, make their last days fortable. Gay and bisexual.