In his latt piece on Substack (click on screenshot, though you may have to be a subscriber), Andrew Sullivan, who is HIV posive, par ndom e by gay men to prevent HIV viral transmissn wh masks worn by people to prevent transmissn of a different vis: Covid 19. Sullivan, who's been takg the HIV dg…
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- TO USE OR NOT USE CONDOMS? GAY, BI, QUEER TEEN GUYS TELL US
- WHAT’S THE BT WAY TO E PROTECTN DURG GAY SEX?
- GAY SEX: TWO-THIRDS OF MEN DIDN'T WEAR A CONDOM LAST TIME THEY DID IT
- ARE GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN USG CONDOMS AS A PREVENTN METHOD?
- CHANG NDOM E BY GAY MEN
- AMERIN GAY MEN’S E OF NDOMS HAS BEEN FALLG FOR A , REGARDLS OF SEROSORTG OR PREP
- “CONDOMS ARE … LIKE PUBLIC TRANS. IT’S SOMETHG YOU WANT EVERYONE ELSE TO TAKE”: PERCEPTNS AND E OF NDOMS AMONG HIV NEGATIVE GAY MEN VANUVER, CANADA THE ERA OF BMEDIL AND SEROADAPTIVE PREVENTN
- ANDREW SULLIVAN PAR WEARG MASKS TO GAY MEN WEARG NDOMS
- ARE GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN USG CONDOMS AS A PREVENTN METHOD?
TO USE OR NOT USE CONDOMS? GAY, BI, QUEER TEEN GUYS TELL US
How do gay and bi teenage guys feel about g ndoms? * gay men wearing condoms *
Therefore, enuragg gay, bisexual, and queer (GBQ)-intifyg teenage men to e ndoms is an important preventive step. To read our other blog posts on the same study wh GBQ teenage men, check out: Talkg Onle Can Be Life Changg for Sexual Mory Guys and Why Aren’t Gay, Bi, Queer Teen Guys Gettg Tted For HIV? A mixed-methods study of ndom e and cisn makg among adolcent gay and bisexual mal.
WHAT’S THE BT WAY TO E PROTECTN DURG GAY SEX?
More than a quarter of gay and bisexual men surveyed by a U.K.-based chary said they have a risky sex life. * gay men wearing condoms *
HIV Among Gay and Bisexual Men. Is there any specific ndom that is bt for e wh homosexual mal? gay.
GAY SEX: TWO-THIRDS OF MEN DIDN'T WEAR A CONDOM LAST TIME THEY DID IT
The emergence of bmedil and seroadaptive HIV preventn strategi has cid wh a cle ndom e among gay men. We unrtook a social elogil analysis of ndom e and perceptns g neteen semi-stctured terviews wh HIV negative gay men Vanuver, Canada who ed HAART-based preventn strategi. Contributors to nsistent ndom e were found at var levels of the social elogil mol. Ongog ncern regardg HIV transmissn and belief the proven efficy of ndoms motivated ntextual e. When ndoms were not ed, participants utilized seroadaptive and bmedil preventn strategi to migate risk. The fdgs dite that notns of “safety” and “risk” based on nsistent ndom e are erodg as other mos of preventn ga visibily. Communy-based and public health terventns will need to shift preventn msagg om advocy for universal ndom e toward batn preventn orr to meet gay men’s current preventn needs. Interventns should advance gay men’s munitn and self-advocy skills orr to optimize the strategi. * gay men wearing condoms *
More than a quarter of gay and bisexual men surveyed by a U. In a new survey of sexual behavr, two-thirds (65 percent) of gay and bisexual men said they didn't e a ndom the last time they had anal sex, wh more than a quarter nsirg themselv to have a "risky sex life, " cludg sex wh partners who are numbers, llected by the U. -based gay men's health chary Gay Men Fight Aids (GMFA), surveyed 500 gay and bisexual men, askg them about the risk volved their sex liv.
"We all measure risk differently, " said David Stuart, well-beg program curator for 56 Dean Street, a London-based health clic specializg servic for gay and bisexual men. For others, risk is measured by rejectn for not beg sexy enough, f enough or tertg enough, " he advent of the HIV-preventn dg PrEP, pre-exposure prophylaxis, means that gay and bisexual hookup culture, which prevly relied solely on protectn to avoid HIV (the only other optn beg abstence), has changed.
ARE GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN USG CONDOMS AS A PREVENTN METHOD?
Anonymo hookups mean often that gay and bisexual men do not have nversatns about their sexual health beforehand. A study om the BC-CfE, published Sexually Transmted Diseas, set out to terme how often HIV-negative gay, bisexual and men who have sex wh men (gbMSM) Vanuver e ndoms durg anal sex—and what factors fluenced the cisns.
The study, "An Event Level-Analysis of Condom Use Durg Anal Interurse among Self-Reported HIV-Negative Gay and Bisexual Men" a Treatment as Preventn Environment", found ndoms were ed 56% of HIV-negative gbMSM’s recent sexual enunters. “Condoms rema one of the most ed strategi for HIV and STI preventn amongst HIV-negative gay and bi men Vanuver, ” says Dr. Individuals who felt more rponsibily for protectg their partners and the gay muny om HIV and STI transmissn were more likely to report ndom e.
CHANG NDOM E BY GAY MEN
"I'm a gay guy, I'm circumcised and my boyiend is not. Wh all the news and rearch related to PrEP the days, ’s almost easy for gay men to fet about ndoms for HIV preventn. They still have a role to play protectg the sexual health of gay men—sce they n protect agast STIs addn to HIV.
Sce we are human and tend to not have laboratory-style sex, how well do they actually work realy to prevent HIV for gay men? It’s a qutn I get om time to time at the clic—and I n tell you, the effectivens is different for gay men than is for people havg penis/vaga sex. The timated effectivens of ndom e for gay men wh HIV-posive partners is 70%—but only for those who report “always” g ndoms.
Chang ndom e by gay men. Cross sectnal and longudal data on ndom e among homosexually active men is prented.
AMERIN GAY MEN’S E OF NDOMS HAS BEEN FALLG FOR A , REGARDLS OF SEROSORTG OR PREP
Data perta to two wav of terviewg (1987/8 and 1991) om Project SIGMA, a large longudal study of male homosexual behavur the light of HIV. Even though the uptake of ndoms by homosexual and bisexual mal fely ranks as one of the most dramatic health protective behavral chang ever rerd, HIV preventn mpaigns nohels ntue to enurage the men to e ndoms durg anal terurse.
Maybe 10% of gay men ed ndoms prr to 1980, and then primarily for reasons of hygiene, but 78% of gay and bisexual men e them for anal terurse by 1987 and were regularly ed by 50% of all men engagg anal sex.
“CONDOMS ARE … LIKE PUBLIC TRANS. IT’S SOMETHG YOU WANT EVERYONE ELSE TO TAKE”: PERCEPTNS AND E OF NDOMS AMONG HIV NEGATIVE GAY MEN VANUVER, CANADA THE ERA OF BMEDIL AND SEROADAPTIVE PREVENTN
This paper reports chang ndom e the only non-clic longudal study of gay and bisexual) men England and Wal.
Condom e a large hort of homosexually active men England and Wal.
Sexual practic and ndom age a hort of homosexual men relatn to human immunoficiency vis stat. Trends HIV/AIDS behavural rearch among homosexual and bisexual men the Uned Stat: 1981-1991. Why do homosexual men ntue to practise unsafe sex?
ANDREW SULLIVAN PAR WEARG MASKS TO GAY MEN WEARG NDOMS
There has been a long-term cle ndom e by Amerin gay men, rearchers om the Centers for Disease Control and Preventn (CDC) report AIDS.
ARE GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN USG CONDOMS AS A PREVENTN METHOD?
Men were reced at bars and clubs, social anisatns, gay bs, bathho, parks, etc.
Dpe wispread HIV awarens mpaigns and knowledge about ndoms, 50 percent of gay men do not e them, and the HIV rate among gay men is on the rise bee of .