Substance Use Among Gay and Bisexual Men | CDC

Contents:

• METH HAS VASTATED THE GAY MUNY FOR S. A NEW TREATMENT OFFERS HOPE.
• DGGGS, DEATHS AND ROBBERI PUT NEW YORK’S GAY COMMUNY ON EDGE
• GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH ISSU
• GAY MEN ARE DYG FROM A CRISIS WE’RE NOT TALKG ABOUT
• HOW A VICTORIAN HEART MEDICE BEME A GAY SEX DG
• CHECHNYA IS TRYG TO EXTERMATE GAY PEOPLE. OUR SILENCE ONLY EMBOLNS VLADIMIR PUT AND RAMZAN KADYROV.
• GAY MOSW · CY GUI
• SEXUAL INTY, STIGMA, AND DEPRSN: THE ROLE OF THE "ANTI-GAY PROPAGANDA LAW" MENTAL HEALTH AMONG MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN MOSW, RSIA
• MOSW GAY BARS

METH HAS VASTATED THE GAY MUNY FOR S. A NEW TREATMENT OFFERS HOPE.

Rearch published JAMA September documented a spike after the first wave of ernment shutdowns the e of meth, e, fentanyl and hero among those diagnosed wh or at risk of substance e and the gay munyMeth has st a heavy cloud over the gay muny particular for s. The Natnal Survey on Dg Use and Health timated that 2015, past-year meth e prevalence was more than four tim higher among gay men pared to straight men — at 4. Rearch also suggts that for people who are livg wh HIV, like Roger, meth exacerbat the vis's harm to the, who said he first started takg meth at gay "circu" parti, said his e of the dg led him to stop gog to the doctor and qu takg his HIV treatment a ago.

DGGGS, DEATHS AND ROBBERI PUT NEW YORK’S GAY COMMUNY ON EDGE

""They e the high for the stimulant and then they e a prsant to even them out after a few days, so they uld be able to eat and get sleep, " he his film, he wanted to highlight how the issue is particularly pronounced for young Black, gay men. Studi have shown that, when pared wh the general populatn, gay and bisexual men, lbian, and transgenr dividuals are more likely to:.

Alhol and dg e among some gay and bisexual men n be a reactn to homophobia, discrimatn, or vlence they experienced due to their sexual orientatn and n ntribute to other mental health and physil problems. For some gay and bisexual men, alhol and illegal dg e, pecially methamphetam (meth), amyl nrat (poppers), and dgs ed to treat erectile dysfunctn (when a man has a hard time keepg an erectn durg sex), also ntribute to a higher chance of gettg HIV and other STDs. This is Part 4 of a BuzzFeed News 1: Revealed: The Hidn Epimic of Abe, Overdose, And Death Csed By The Sex Dg GPart 2: The Sex Dg GBL Is Beg Sold Through FacebookPart 3: He Found His Hband Dead From A GHB Overdose But Is Now Fightg To Unver The Tth About What HappenedGay men are beg dgged whout their knowledge g GHB put to lubrint orr to rape and sexually asslt them, BuzzFeed News and Channel 4’s Dispatch n a documentary to be broadst on Sunday night, Stephen Morris, who ns the only specialist un the Prison and Probatn Service for offenrs who m crim amid chemsex suatns, warns: “One of the most recent velopments is that GHB n be admistered wh lubrint.

GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH ISSU

”The crimal technique volv dggg victims by jectg the mixture anally, g the chemil to be absorbed more quickly to the bloodstream, therefore triggerg a more immediate or heightened ’s warng a BuzzFeed News–Dispatch documentary lled Sex, Dgs and Murr, which reveals how GHB is beg weaponised by rapists and murrers, and maps the abe, addictn, and aths has ed among gay victim, who rpond to a survey nducted for the documentary, said he had been unknowgly overdosed on the dg through lubrint and later was sent photographs of the two men rapg him. His acunt was one of dozens of survey rponnts’ who also reported beg dgged wh GHB through method is particularly beg ed on gay and bisexual men and often chemsex suatns — where crystal meth, GHB, and mephedrone might already be prent — and has prompted LGBT health chari to highlight the ser health risks pos as well as the numero crim n unique danger of GHB and GBL, which turns to GHB the body, is how easy they are to overdose on: Jt half a lilre too much n e ath, and when mixed wh alhol, the danger is even higher. That mixture uld then be put to a syrge and jected anally or “would be ed the body the way that you would e lubrint to facilate sexual behavur peratn” is often referred to the media as a “date rape” dg, but reference to beg slipped to people’s drks, and ually relatg to female ’s warng, however, cid wh the rults of the largt-ever survey of gay and bisexual men’s experienc of GHB and GBL, the two almost intil dgs ually referred to simply as “G” effect of this dg, like crystal meth, n crease the chanc of an offence, said Morris.

”The method of applyg GHB anally, or through lubrint, first emerged the se of serial killer Stephen Port, who was nvicted 2016 of rapg and killg four young gay men wh GHB. “As gay men, we know what ’s like for our sexualy to be crimalised and stigmatised, and we’ve fought hard for the right to have nsensual and adventuro sex whout shame. People who intify as gay or lbian are more than twice as likely as those who intify as heterosexual to have a “severe” alhol or tobac e disorr.

GAY MEN ARE DYG FROM A CRISIS WE’RE NOT TALKG ABOUT

The difficulti members of the LGBTQ+ muny face due to homophobia, discrimatn, and outdated legal, relig, and ethil practic, are unique — members of the heterosexual muny do not experience them. AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTAt first, the men’s aths were treated as overdos, until tens of thoands of dollars were found draed om their bank Umberger was seen leavg the Q nightclub Manhattan, his mother Moon for The New York TimJul Ramirez died the back seat of a taxi April after he left a popular gay bar Manhattan wh a group of men. They stole his wallet, phone and ID before they abandoned his body the r wh a distrsed month later, John Umberger was found ad an Upper East Si townhoe after he and a group of men left another popular gay bar jt three blocks om the last place Mr.

Muny at first regard the aths as isolated dg overdos: men who partied too hard, quotidian tragedi a gay nightlife scene that has roared back to life as the ronavis panmic has the men’s fai soon disvered somethg more sister: Cred rds the men’s nam were maxed out and their bank acunts draed of tens of thoands of dollars. Muny, which emerged om the panmic to the jaws of a monkeypox outbreak, a landspe of stgglg and sometim shuttered bars and an creasgly hostile natnal polil have also spread fear and mor, while startg a broar nversatn about siar attacks that have quietly plagued the cy’s gay nightlife for years. Umberger were targeted bee they were gay, and they have not said if they believe the men’s aths and other nonfatal attacks are men who said they were dgged have stggled to nvce the police they were the victims of a crime and not jt irrponsible partygoers who took someone home and blacked Alarn, 33, said he was dgged at the Rz March 2020.

Umberger, The Tim has spoken to five men who said they were dgged at gay bars the cy — cludg the Eagle, the Boiler Room and the 9th Avenue Saloon — and then robbed.

HOW A VICTORIAN HEART MEDICE BEME A GAY SEX DG

It is also ed recreatnally by some the gay Burt, 27, was robbed of more than $25, 000 after he was dgged at the Boiler Room the East Village last December. ImageCouncilman Erik Bottcher reprents much of the cy’s gay heartland Hell’s Kchen, Chelsea and the Wt Moon for The New York TimGay bars hold a special place L. Councilman Erik Bottcher — who reprents much of the cy’s gay heartland Hell’s Kchen, Chelsea and the Wt Village — lled “a goln age of nightlife.

Bar Colorado addn, many gay bars are or near Midtown Manhattan, which has been transformed by panmic-era enomic llapse and acts of high-profile street crime. More about Liam StackA versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 16 of the New York edn wh the headle: Dgggs, Deaths and Robberi Put Cy’s Gay Communy on Edge. Has a history of repeatedly sharg unfound nspiraci that man-ma chemils the environment uld be makg children gay or transgenr and g the femizatn of boys and masculizatn of girls.

CHECHNYA IS TRYG TO EXTERMATE GAY PEOPLE. OUR SILENCE ONLY EMBOLNS VLADIMIR PUT AND RAMZAN KADYROV.

The basels claim that chemils – particularly tap water – uld turn people gay has gaed populary wh nspiracy theorists over the years, most memorably wh nservative rad host Alex Jon, who said chemils the water were “turng the igg’ ogs gay. Rearch has shown that the followg are some of the most mon health ncerns faced by gay and bisexual men. While ’s te that most timate partner vlence rourc are for women, specific assistance is available for gay and bisexual men.

Bee of strs and discrimatn, gay and bisexual men are more likely to e tobac and alhol than the general populatn. There are a few optns for gay men and bisexual men same-sex relatnships who aspire to have children, cludg surrogacy, where sperm is ed to fertilize a donated egg, which is then rried to term by a surrogate mother.

Early rults show promise At this pot, most of the rearch has foced on how well doxy-PEP works when offered to gay and bisexual men, and transgenr women — groups that have disproportnately high rat of STIs.

GAY MOSW · CY GUI

"It's been workg, " says Keh Byrd, a gay man who liv Fort Lrdale and was prcribed doxycycle by his primary re doctor. "I have certaly talked wh a lot of my iends about , but I don't thk 's very mastream the gay muny at this pot, " he says.

Mangia ns a work of muny health centers Los ANGELES — I me of age as a gay man Greenwich Village durg the late 1980s when the AIDS epimic was ragg. But took far too many aths to get, the gay muny is facg another crisis that we’re not talkg about and that elected officials are once aga ignorg.

One explanatn for this uld be that gay men stggle wh acceptance ways straight men don’t have to. Growg up gay and beg forced to keep that a secret for fear of fay rejectn or neighborhood bullyg n create huge securi and issu wh bt iend was rejected by his fay for beg gay and was beaten the streets of his hometown Mexi. He sought out men on gay apps, and he end up fallg for a handsome young man who was addicted to meth.

SEXUAL INTY, STIGMA, AND DEPRSN: THE ROLE OF THE "ANTI-GAY PROPAGANDA LAW" MENTAL HEALTH AMONG MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN MOSW, RSIA

In realy, ’s g untls are many unrlyg reasons gay men start g meth — and those reasons mt be ’s an unfortunate realy that certa sid practic and beliefs are upheld wh gay male culture that put all of danger of adoptg risky behavrs.

Pl, while society is signifintly more acceptg than was even 10 years ago, many gay men still stggle wh discrimatn, vlence and our own ternalized homophobia, which means dgs n be an pe for many. He relapsed after two years of sobriety and eventually died on the one the gay muny is immune to the impact of crystal meth addictn. If we want to ntue growg as a muny, we mt immediately provi fundg and support for gay men who are the work of muny health centers I lead South Los Angel, an overwhelmg majory of patients we treat our substance abe programs are addicted to crystal meth.

Bee meth addictn disproportnately affects gay men, hasn’t risen to the level of prry and terventn of other addictns.

MOSW GAY BARS

Elected officials, gay lears, health re centers and muny centers mt velop fundg and programmg to rpond to this crisis. Countls gay men suffer om this cripplg addictn — and we nnot lose even more of our fay members.