Unrstand health ncerns for gay men and other men who have sex wh men, and learn how to promote good health.
Contents:
- LAYG IT BARE: GAY MEN AND UNPROTECTED SEX THE AGE OF HIV/AIDS
- GAY SEX: TWO-THIRDS OF MEN DIDN'T WEAR A CONDOM LAST TIME THEY DID IT
LAYG IT BARE: GAY MEN AND UNPROTECTED SEX THE AGE OF HIV/AIDS
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Are dog so whout ndoms -- and meanwhile, for many gay men, HIV preventn msag have bee like broken the other hand, when you look at nearly 30 years of the HIV/AIDS epimic, which has taken such a vastatg toll on the gay muny -- many of whose members already fight homophobia, rejectn by their fai and lack of regnn by the state on a daily basis -- perhaps the more appropriate qutn be: How uld gay men not be exhsted by the prospect of protectg themselv each and every time they have sex?
_In this discsn morated by blogger fogcyjohn, a psychologist, a public-health veteran and an HIV tn rearcher hash out om their own perspectiv the many factors that lead gay men to engage unprotected anal sex -- and what needs to be done about Panelistsfogcyjohn: Wele to This is John reportg. And ually 's ed the ntext of gay then on the other si, you have "barebackg" ed to really intify those that intify themselv as folks that bareback, or intify as a particular group of people who intify as a subculture of I would argue that we should probably be as broad as possible the e of the language "barebackers, " and those beg, dividuals who partake unprotected anal terurse, irrpective of whether or not they themselv intify as a barebacker.
Centers for Disease Control and PreventnRashad Burgs: This is actually a very important issue, particularly the ntext of gay men, where, bee the background prevalence of HIV is rpectively so high, so many gay men are unaware of their HIV stat, even though there's a nsirable equency of ttg. And so to not start wh that unrstandg n lead you down a road of signifint misunrstandgs of sex between gay I would also add to that, that I thk is really important, is that, you know, given nearly 30 years to the epimic, and many of the benefs of treatment, the ntext of HIV -- 's very different. But I thk Walt's rrect; is too often dismissed, particularly the majory of the preventn work that we I certaly thk that the majory of gay men out there are not tryg to engage behavrs that put them at high risk for HIV.
GAY SEX: TWO-THIRDS OF MEN DIDN'T WEAR A CONDOM LAST TIME THEY DID IT
After years of activism, risk awarens, and AIDS preventn, creasg numbers of gay men are not g ndoms, and new fectns of HIV are on the rise. Us * gay without condom *
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_\-- Rashad Burgs_But I thk 's also really important to note that across the board whether or not, if you're lookg at our natnal behavral surveillance, or you're lookg specifilly at a number of ci and studi, gay men e ndoms far more than heterosexuals, pretty much across the board. I thk, when you look at the trmas that gay men often experience -- as children, as adolcents, as teenagers, and then as young adults -- oftentim, do lead to a yearng for timacy that tak great precence over the need for someone to prevent themselv om gettg so, the rejectn of fay members, gettg thrown out of your home, needg a place to stay...
You see across the board, not only young gay men gettg fected, but actually, we look at fectns amongst men that are their 40s and 50s; the far majory are amongst men who have sex wh men almost across the board.