Sexually Transmted Diseas Among Gay and Bisexual Men | CDC

Contents:

• LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR HEALTH
• IS TE THAT GAY SEX HAS A HIGHER RISK OF STDS?
• HI, GAY! - CANNED VODKA SODA BRAND CREATED BY AND FOR THE LGBTQ+ MUNY AIMS TO DTIGMATIZE THE WORD 'GAY', LNCH WH FOUR INIC FLAVORS
• AMERI MAY BE HEADG INTO AN STD EPIMIC—AND GAY AND BI MEN ARE GOG TO BE THE HARST H
• ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL

LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR HEALTH

Get Vaccated: Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men have a greater chance of gettg Hepatis A, Hepatis B, and HPV. People who are lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr (LGBT) are members of every muny.

Is te that if you have gay sex you have more of a chance of ntractg an STD. A gay person’s chance of fectn is no different om a straight person’s. Gay, straight, or somewhere between, ’s important to practice safer sex.

IS TE THAT GAY SEX HAS A HIGHER RISK OF STDS?

gay. Jt like all other men, gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men need to know how to protect their health throughout their life.

HI, GAY! - CANNED VODKA SODA BRAND CREATED BY AND FOR THE LGBTQ+ MUNY AIMS TO DTIGMATIZE THE WORD 'GAY', LNCH WH FOUR INIC FLAVORS

However, pared to other men, gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men are addnally affected by:. There are many reasons why gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men may have higher rat of HIV and STDs.

Prevalence of HIV among sexual partners of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men is 40 tim that of sexual partners of heterosexual men;. Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men on average have a greater number of lifetime sexual partners. Homophobia;.

In fact, gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men make up more than half of the people livg wh HIV the Uned Stat and experience two thirds of all new HIV fectns each year. Further, young gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men 13-24 had over 72% of the timated new HIV fectns 2010. In 2012, 75% of reported syphilis s were among gay and bisexual men.

AMERI MAY BE HEADG INTO AN STD EPIMIC—AND GAY AND BI MEN ARE GOG TO BE THE HARST H

The large percentage of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men who have HIV and STDs means that, as a group, they have a higher chance of beg exposed to the diseas. Most gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men get HIV by havg anal sex, which is the riskit type of sex for gettg or spreadg HIV. Which tts are remend to help ensure the sexual health of gay and bisexual men?

All sexually active gay and bisexual men should be tted regularly for STDs. CDC remends sexually active gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men tt for:. CDC’s Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr Health Servic page has rourc that n help you fd health re provirs that are skilled providg health servic to gay and bisexual men.

Which vaccatns do CDC remend for gay and bisexual men? The human papillomavis (HPV) vacce is also available for gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men up to 26 years of age to prevent genal warts and other HPV-associated diseas and ndns such as oropharyngeal or anal ncer.

ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL

The overall number of reported STDs has been on the rise sce 2014 and shows no sign of slowg, wh fectns disproportnately affectg young people unr the age of 25, racial and ethnic mory groups, and gay or bisexual men.

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. "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.