GMHC was started 1982 rponse to ernment actn agast a disease that was ravagg the gay and bisexual muni at the time.
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GAY MEN, BISEXUAL MEN AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN
Our Lotn SUNY ATTAIN Lab @ Gay Mens's Health Crisis 307 Wt 38th Street, Rm. 04-057 New York, NY 10001 (212) 367-1351 (212) 357-1348 See our lendar for exact hours. * gay men's health nyc *
Gay men, bisexual men and other men who have sex wh men (MSM), cludg transgenr men, may experience poorer health out than heterosexual men due to stigma, discrimatn, homophobia and transphobia.
Stigma, homophobia and discrimatn n have negative effects on the mental health and well-beg of MSM. Our HistoryIn 1981, eighty men gathered wrer Larry Kramer’s apartment to addrs the “gay ncer” and to raise money for rearch. This rmal meetg provid the foundatn of what would soon bee Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC).
Gay Mens’s Health Crisis. On June 5, 1981, the Uned Stat Centers for Disease Control and Preventn (CDC) issued s first warng about a relatively rare form of pnmonia among a small group of young gay men Los Angel, which was later termed to be AIDS-related.