Most gay men who don’t e ndoms are mdful of HIV and attempt to rce their risk | aidsmap

Contents:

• TO USE OR NOT USE CONDOMS? GAY, BI, QUEER TEEN GUYS TELL US
• ARE GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN USG CONDOMS AS A PREVENTN METHOD?
• CHANG NDOM E BY GAY MEN
• MOST GAY MEN WHO DON’T E NDOMS ARE MDFUL OF HIV AND ATTEMPT TO RCE THEIR RISK

TO USE OR NOT USE CONDOMS? GAY, BI, QUEER TEEN GUYS TELL US

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?

ARE GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN USG CONDOMS AS A PREVENTN METHOD?

A mixed-methods study of ndom e and cisn makg among adolcent gay and bisexual mal. HIV Among Gay and Bisexual Men. 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

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. We ed the search terms (“MSM”, “men who have sex wh men”, “homosexual”, “gay”, “bisexual”, “same-sex”, OR “queer”) AND (“ndom”, OR “ndom e”) AND (“barrier”, “bias”, “obstacle”, OR “factor”) AND (“qualative study”, “qualative rearch”, “qualative methods”, “terview”, “mix-methods study”, OR “mix-methods rearch”).

MOST GAY MEN WHO DON’T E NDOMS ARE MDFUL OF HIV AND ATTEMPT TO RCE THEIR RISK

There are a lot of gay men who thk that HIV is curable, and bee of that [they] take risks and don’t e ndoms.