Unrstand health ncerns for gay men and other men who have sex wh men, and learn how to promote good health.
Contents:
- CANCER FACTS FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
- REMEMBERG THE EARLY DAYS OF 'GAY CANCER'
- CANCER RISKS FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
- COPG WH CANCER AS A GAY OR BISEXUAL MAN
- LBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL CANCER SURVIVORS FACE CHALLENG
- IN CHIGO, A NEW APPROACH TO GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN WH PROSTATE CANCER
CANCER FACTS FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
Rearch suggts that some gay and bisexual men may face a number of barriers to gettg the health re and ncer screeng tts they need. Learn what you need to know about ncer risk and preventn. * gay da cancer *
Some gay men, pecially those who are HIV posive, might have a higher risk of anal ncer. Rearch suggts that some gay and bisexual men receive ls health re than heterosexual men.
REMEMBERG THE EARLY DAYS OF 'GAY CANCER'
Commentator Joe Wright spent more than 10 years dog AIDS muny work San Francis. He says that back 1981 and '82, before AIDS was lled AIDS, was lled "gay ncer." At the time, ncer was the most dread disease the Uned Stat. But for some of the men who had the myster new illns, llg "ncer" was a form of hope. Joe Wright is a stunt at Harvard Medil School. * gay da cancer *
Fear of discrimatn: Some gay and bisexual men don’t tell their health re provirs about their sexual orientatn, bee they worry about discrimatn affectg the qualy of health re they receive. This mak harr for many gay and bisexual men to get qualy health re. Some evince suggts that gay and bisexual men are much more likely to smoke than heterosexual men.
CANCER RISKS FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
Lbian, gay, bisexual, and other non-heterosexual ncer survivors have a lower qualy of life than heterosexual ncer survivors, acrdg to a study by Boston Universy and Harvard Universy rearchers. * gay da cancer *
Cancer Screeng Consiratns and Cancer Screeng Uptake for Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Persons.
COPG WH CANCER AS A GAY OR BISEXUAL MAN
Cancer and Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr/Transsexual, and Queer/Qutng (LGBTQ)Populatns. Barriers to health re largely due to stigma and discrimatn make members of the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer and genr-nonnformg muny particularly vulnerable to ncer.
3% of participants felt fortable treatg people who intify as lbian, gay and bisexual, but only 53.
Rememberg the Early Days of 'Gay Cancer' Commentator Joe Wright spent more than 10 years dog AIDS muny work San Francis.
LBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL CANCER SURVIVORS FACE CHALLENG
He says that back 1981 and '82, before AIDS was lled AIDS, was lled "gay ncer. Rememberg the Early Days of 'Gay Cancer'.
IN CHIGO, A NEW APPROACH TO GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN WH PROSTATE CANCER
And bee the first people diagnosed wh the new syndrome were gay men, some people started llg the disease Gay Cancer. But lots of people the media and the gay muny still lled Gay Cancer until the later part of 1982. Soon after he was diagnosed wh KS, he spent time troducg himself to men the Kaposi Sara clic wag room, vg them to the Shanti Project Gay Cancer support group.
Medilly, Bobbi Campbell knew that his so-lled gay ncer was very different than the kds of ncer that most of his patients the hospal had. Gay and bisexual men are at higher risk for certa kds of ncer. Gay and bisexual men are more likely to smoke than heterosexual men.
Anal ncer is much more likely gay and bisexual men. Gay and bisexual men face addnal health re challeng pared to their heterosexual peers, cludg health re dispari, creased risk for specific ncers and negative medil experienc.