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• GAY MARRIAGE BAN LKED TO HIV FECTN RAT
• GAY MARRIAGE AND AIDS: WE NOW KNOW THE CONNECTN
• HIV AND ALL GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
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OR ARE YOU NEW TO THIS FIELD? CURAT LEARNG OPPORTUNI FOR YOU, AND THE PEOPLE YOU SERVE AND LLABORATE WH.STAY UP TO DATE WH THE WEBARS, TWTER CHATS, NFERENC AND MORE THIS SECTN.MORE LEARNG OPPORTUNIBLOGGET TTED. FD SERVIC + PREPSEARCHGOESPAñOL ESPAñOL ES GET TTED. FD SERVIC + PREPSEARCHOPEN LOTOR SEARCHHIV SERVICES LOCATORSEARCH⨯CLOSEHOMEBLOGMARRIAGE – A SOCIAL DETERMANT OF HEALTH?MARRIAGE – A SOCIAL DETERMANT OF HEALTH?CONTENT FROM: DR. JONATHAN MERM, MD, MPH, (RADM, USPHS), DIRECTOR, NATNAL CENTER FOR HIV/AIDS, VIRAL HEPATIS, STD, AND TB PREVENTN, CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTN, AND JOHN AUERBACH, MBA, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR POLICY, CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTN•PUBLISHED: MARCH 28, 2016•2 M READTOPICSLGBT HEALTHLBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, & TRANSGENR HEALTHSHARESHARE ON FACEBOOKSHARE ON TWTERSHARE ON LKEDINSHARE ON EMAILDR. JONATHAN MERMTHIS WEEK IS LGBT HEALTH AWARENS WEEK, A NATNWI OBSERVANCE THAT PROMOT THE UNIQUE HEALTH AND WELLNS NEEDS OF THE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR (LGBT) PEOPLE. THIS YEAR, WE HAVE SOMETHG NEW TO NSIR TERMS OF LGBT HEALTH – MARRIAGE.WE HAVE KNOWN FOR YEARS THAT MARRIAGE NFERS A NSTELLATN OF BENEFS THAT SPAN FANCIAL, LEGAL, AND HEALTH REALMS. MARRIED HETEROSEXUALS LIVE LONGER, ENJOY BETTER HEALTH, AND EXPERIENCE LOWER RAT OF PRSN PARED TO UNMARRIED HETEROSEXUALS. REARCH SUGGTS THAT SAME-SEX DIVIDUALS WHO MARRY MAY EXPERIENCE SOME OF THE SAME HEALTH REWARDS AS HETEROSEXUALS, CLUDG POTENTIALLY LOWER RISK FOR HIV FECTN, SEXUALLY TRANSMTED DISEAS, AND VIRAL HEPATIS BY CREASG ACCS TO RE AND PREVENTN SERVIC AND CREASG RISK FACTORS FOR THOSE FECTNS. BEG A DOMTIC PARTNERSHIP HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WH CREASED RISK BEHAVRS FOR SEXUALLY TRANSMTED DISEAS AND HIV AMONG GAY MEN, CLUDG A RCED RATE OF MULTIPLE PARTNERSHIPS, ONE-NIGHT STANDS, AND TERURSE WHOUT A NDOM. IT APPEARS THAT LEGAL REGNN OF RELATNSHIPS, AS FOUND MARRIAGE, MAY BE MORE PROTECTIVE OF HEALTH THAN EVEN REGISTERED DOMTIC PARTNERSHIPS.JOHN AUERBACHTHE REARCH ON THE POSIVE HEALTH ASPECTS OF MARRIAGE IS STRONG ENOUGH THAT MANY MEDIL ANIZATNS, CLUDG THE AMERIN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNELOGY, AMERIN MEDIL ASSOCIATN, THE AMERIN AMY OF PEDIATRICS, AND THE AMERIN PSYCHOLOGIL ASSOCIATN, NOTE POTENTIAL HEALTH BENEFS ASSOCIATED WH SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, RANGG OM RCG STIGMA AND HEALTH RE DISPARI TO ENHANCG THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN LIVG WH PARENTS OF THE SAME SEX. BY ENSURG THAT AN DIVIDUAL N SHARE A SPOE’S HEALTH SURANCE OR BE ASSURED OF MAKG MEDIL CISNS FOR A SPOE UNABLE TO DO SO, SAME-SEX MARRIAGE MAY OPEN THE DOOR TO ADDNAL POSIVE OUT.LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE OFTEN EXPERIENCE STIGMA AND DISCRIMATN THAT N MAKE MORE DIFFICULT TO LIVE A FULL AND HEALTHY LIFE – AND CREASE THE RISKS FOR MANY OF THE FECTNS, DISEAS, AND POOR HEALTH OUT THAT WE, WORKG PUBLIC HEALTH, SPEND OUR DAY-TO-DAY LIV PREVENTG. UNTIL RECENTLY, DISCSNS ABOUT THE HEALTH BENEFS OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE WERE MOSTLY THEORETIL. WILL REGNIZED SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IMPROVE HEALTH AND LONGEVY FOR LGBT PEOPLE? IT IS A QUTN WORTH ANSWERG, NOT ONLY FOR PERSONS DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THIS CHANGE POLICY, BUT FOR EVERYONE TERTED THE PUBLIC HEALTH OF THE NATN.RELATED BLOGSJUL 3, 2023HHS HOSTS PRI SUMM AND CELEBRAT PRI MONTH5 M READLISTEN(1)WATCH(1)DOWNLOAD(, )JUN 22, 2023SUMMER OF PRI AND LGBTQI+ HEALTH3 M READLISTEN(1)WATCH(1)DOWNLOAD(, )JUN 12, 2023STATEMENTS BY HHS SECRETARY XAVIER BECERRA AND HHS PRCIPALS ON PRI MONTH9 M READLISTEN(1)WATCH(1)DOWNLOAD(, )SIGN UP TO RECEIVE EMAIL UPDAT OF BLOG POSTS (AND MORE!)TOPICS & ADDITIONAL RESOURCESTOPICSLGBT HEALTHLBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, & TRANSGENR HEALTHWAS THIS PAGE HELPFUL?WAS THIS PAGE HELPFUL? Y NONEXT FORM APPROVED OMB# 0990-0379 EXP. DATE 8/31/2023I FOUND THIS PAGE HELPFUL BEE (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)I FOUND THIS PAGE HELPFUL BEE (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)HAD THE RMATN I NEEDWAS TSTWORTHYWAS UP-TO-DATEWAS WRTEN CLEARLYOTHER: NEXT FORM APPROVED OMB# 0990-0379 EXP. 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• GAY COMMUNY WON BATTL ON MARRIAGE, BUT MAY BE LOSG THE WAR ON HIV/AIDS
• OPN GAY MARRIAGE IS GREAT, BUT HOW ABOUT SOME LOVE FOR THE AIDS FIGHT?
• GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH ISSU

GAY MARRIAGE BAN LKED TO HIV FECTN RAT

In the first study of the impact of social tolerance levels toward gays the Uned Stat on the HIV transmissn rate, the rearchers timate that a nstutnal ban on gay marriage rais the rate by four s per 100, 000 people. “Laws on gay marriage are flux and unr bate, ” adds Andrew Francis, also an assistant profsor of enomics, cg the recent cisn by the California Supreme Court to uphold a ban on same-sex marriage. For gay and bisexual youth who are jt begng to explore their sexualy, homophobia and other forms of anti-LGBTQ bias help expla why so many young people our muny are unaware of their HIV stat.

GAY MARRIAGE AND AIDS: WE NOW KNOW THE CONNECTN

The natn also saw tremendo progrs the fight agast HIV unr former Print Barack Obama, whose Natnal HIV & AIDS Strategy explicly lled attentn to gay and bisexual men and transgenr women for the first time. †Unr 50%Only 27% of Black/Ain Amerin, 31% of Hispanic/Lato, and 42% of Whe gay and bisexual men who uld have benefted om medice to prevent HIV (PrEP) ed 50%Only 27% of Black/Ain Amerin, 31% of Hispanic/Lato, and 42% of Whe gay and bisexual men who uld have benefted om medice to prevent HIV (PrEP) ed 2017.

2 3Only about 2 3 Black/Ain Amerin (62%) or Hispanic/Lato (67%) gay and bisexual men wh HIV were virally supprsed 2019, ‡ pared wh about 3 4 (74%) Whe gay and bisexual men.

HIV AND ALL GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

From 2010 to 2019, new HIV fectns cled among Whe gay and bisexual men but remaed higher and relatively stable among Black/Ain Amerin and Hispanic/Lato gay and bisexual men. There have been signifint advanc HIV preventn and treatment but missed ttg opportuni healthre settgs are preventg some gay and bisexual men om knowg their HIV stat and beneftg om the advanc.

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OR ARE YOU NEW TO THIS FIELD? CURAT LEARNG OPPORTUNI FOR YOU, AND THE PEOPLE YOU SERVE AND LLABORATE WH.STAY UP TO DATE WH THE WEBARS, TWTER CHATS, NFERENC AND MORE THIS SECTN.MORE LEARNG OPPORTUNIBLOGGET TTED. FD SERVIC + PREPSEARCHGOESPAñOL ESPAñOL ES GET TTED. FD SERVIC + PREPSEARCHOPEN LOTOR SEARCHHIV SERVICES LOCATORSEARCH⨯CLOSEHOMEBLOGMARRIAGE – A SOCIAL DETERMANT OF HEALTH?MARRIAGE – A SOCIAL DETERMANT OF HEALTH?CONTENT FROM: DR. JONATHAN MERM, MD, MPH, (RADM, USPHS), DIRECTOR, NATNAL CENTER FOR HIV/AIDS, VIRAL HEPATIS, STD, AND TB PREVENTN, CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTN, AND JOHN AUERBACH, MBA, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR POLICY, CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTN•PUBLISHED: MARCH 28, 2016•2 M READTOPICSLGBT HEALTHLBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, & TRANSGENR HEALTHSHARESHARE ON FACEBOOKSHARE ON TWTERSHARE ON LKEDINSHARE ON EMAILDR. JONATHAN MERMTHIS WEEK IS LGBT HEALTH AWARENS WEEK, A NATNWI OBSERVANCE THAT PROMOT THE UNIQUE HEALTH AND WELLNS NEEDS OF THE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR (LGBT) PEOPLE. THIS YEAR, WE HAVE SOMETHG NEW TO NSIR TERMS OF LGBT HEALTH – MARRIAGE.WE HAVE KNOWN FOR YEARS THAT MARRIAGE NFERS A NSTELLATN OF BENEFS THAT SPAN FANCIAL, LEGAL, AND HEALTH REALMS. MARRIED HETEROSEXUALS LIVE LONGER, ENJOY BETTER HEALTH, AND EXPERIENCE LOWER RAT OF PRSN PARED TO UNMARRIED HETEROSEXUALS. REARCH SUGGTS THAT SAME-SEX DIVIDUALS WHO MARRY MAY EXPERIENCE SOME OF THE SAME HEALTH REWARDS AS HETEROSEXUALS, CLUDG POTENTIALLY LOWER RISK FOR HIV FECTN, SEXUALLY TRANSMTED DISEAS, AND VIRAL HEPATIS BY CREASG ACCS TO RE AND PREVENTN SERVIC AND CREASG RISK FACTORS FOR THOSE FECTNS. BEG A DOMTIC PARTNERSHIP HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WH CREASED RISK BEHAVRS FOR SEXUALLY TRANSMTED DISEAS AND HIV AMONG GAY MEN, CLUDG A RCED RATE OF MULTIPLE PARTNERSHIPS, ONE-NIGHT STANDS, AND TERURSE WHOUT A NDOM. IT APPEARS THAT LEGAL REGNN OF RELATNSHIPS, AS FOUND MARRIAGE, MAY BE MORE PROTECTIVE OF HEALTH THAN EVEN REGISTERED DOMTIC PARTNERSHIPS.JOHN AUERBACHTHE REARCH ON THE POSIVE HEALTH ASPECTS OF MARRIAGE IS STRONG ENOUGH THAT MANY MEDIL ANIZATNS, CLUDG THE AMERIN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNELOGY, AMERIN MEDIL ASSOCIATN, THE AMERIN AMY OF PEDIATRICS, AND THE AMERIN PSYCHOLOGIL ASSOCIATN, NOTE POTENTIAL HEALTH BENEFS ASSOCIATED WH SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, RANGG OM RCG STIGMA AND HEALTH RE DISPARI TO ENHANCG THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN LIVG WH PARENTS OF THE SAME SEX. BY ENSURG THAT AN DIVIDUAL N SHARE A SPOE’S HEALTH SURANCE OR BE ASSURED OF MAKG MEDIL CISNS FOR A SPOE UNABLE TO DO SO, SAME-SEX MARRIAGE MAY OPEN THE DOOR TO ADDNAL POSIVE OUT.LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE OFTEN EXPERIENCE STIGMA AND DISCRIMATN THAT N MAKE MORE DIFFICULT TO LIVE A FULL AND HEALTHY LIFE – AND CREASE THE RISKS FOR MANY OF THE FECTNS, DISEAS, AND POOR HEALTH OUT THAT WE, WORKG PUBLIC HEALTH, SPEND OUR DAY-TO-DAY LIV PREVENTG. UNTIL RECENTLY, DISCSNS ABOUT THE HEALTH BENEFS OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE WERE MOSTLY THEORETIL. WILL REGNIZED SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IMPROVE HEALTH AND LONGEVY FOR LGBT PEOPLE? IT IS A QUTN WORTH ANSWERG, NOT ONLY FOR PERSONS DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THIS CHANGE POLICY, BUT FOR EVERYONE TERTED THE PUBLIC HEALTH OF THE NATN.RELATED BLOGSJUL 3, 2023HHS HOSTS PRI SUMM AND CELEBRAT PRI MONTH5 M READLISTEN(1)WATCH(1)DOWNLOAD(, )JUN 22, 2023SUMMER OF PRI AND LGBTQI+ HEALTH3 M READLISTEN(1)WATCH(1)DOWNLOAD(, )JUN 12, 2023STATEMENTS BY HHS SECRETARY XAVIER BECERRA AND HHS PRCIPALS ON PRI MONTH9 M READLISTEN(1)WATCH(1)DOWNLOAD(, )SIGN UP TO RECEIVE EMAIL UPDAT OF BLOG POSTS (AND MORE!)TOPICS & ADDITIONAL RESOURCESTOPICSLGBT HEALTHLBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, & TRANSGENR HEALTHWAS THIS PAGE HELPFUL?WAS THIS PAGE HELPFUL? Y NONEXT FORM APPROVED OMB# 0990-0379 EXP. DATE 8/31/2023I FOUND THIS PAGE HELPFUL BEE (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)I FOUND THIS PAGE HELPFUL BEE (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)HAD THE RMATN I NEEDWAS TSTWORTHYWAS UP-TO-DATEWAS WRTEN CLEARLYOTHER: NEXT FORM APPROVED OMB# 0990-0379 EXP. 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Gay and bisexual men who learn they have HIV n start and stay on HIV treatment, get the vis down to an untectable level (bee virally supprsed), live long and healthy liv, and prevent sexual transmissn to others. This goal n only be achieved by dramatilly rcg new HIV fectns among the most affected groups, cludg Black/Ain Amerin and Hispanic/Lato gay and bisexual men, and expandg and stag vtments HIV servic.

High levels of HIV stigma—negative attus and beliefs about people wh HIV—make gay and bisexual men ls likely to get tted, e preventn servic like PrEP, receive re, and be virally supprsed.

Innovative and culturally rponsive strategi that addrs gay and bisexual men’s needs n rce barriers that keep men om knowg their HIV stat and receivg HIV preventn and treatment servic. Addrsg HIV service equi by race, sexual orientatn, and socenomic stat and tailorg strategi to meet the needs of lol muni and reach the most affected groups, pecially Black/Ain Amerin and Hispanic/Lato gay and bisexual men, n help end the HIV epimic.

GAY COMMUNY WON BATTL ON MARRIAGE, BUT MAY BE LOSG THE WAR ON HIV/AIDS

In light of yterday’s cisn by the Feral District Court San Francis to strike down a ban on same-sex marriage California, why not ask the qutn: How do the legalizatn of gay marriage a particular geographil regn affect the HIV rate there? The speculatn that legalizg gay marriage will lead to more HIV s go like this: Surely, the legalizatn of same-sex marriage is gog to lead to creased tolerance of homosexualy. Fortunately, we have methods to weigh the issu and keen rearchers who n provi empiril evince on the relatn between tolerance and rearch, which looks at variatns between US stat tolerance towards homosexualy and HIV rat, has found that an crease tolerance signifintly rc the rate of HIV.

On the tensive marg, for men who already have an active homosexual liftyle, creased tolerance might make possible for them to ntue that liftyle way that enurag ls risky sex.

OPN GAY MARRIAGE IS GREAT, BUT HOW ABOUT SOME LOVE FOR THE AIDS FIGHT?

This is nsistent wh evince that US stat that are more tolerant have ls high-risk meetg plac and more safe meetg the extensive marg, men who do not have an active homosexual liftyle bee they eher fear the repercsns, or strongly sire to marry and have a fay, might now choose an active homosexual liftyle if there is an crease tolerance or if marriage bans are removed. If the men, on average, behave a ls risky way, we would expect an over-all crease risky sexual behavr among homosexual men bee more risk-adverse dividuals are now part of the this remds me of that old sayg; if you are not part of the solutn you are part of the problem.

Jonathan MermThis week is LGBT Health Awarens Week, a natnwi observance that promot the unique health and wellns needs of the lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people. Beg a domtic partnership has been associated wh creased risk behavrs for sexually transmted diseas and HIV among gay men, cludg a rced rate of multiple partnerships, one-night stands, and terurse whout a ndom. Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people often experience stigma and discrimatn that n make more difficult to live a full and healthy life – and crease the risks for many of the fectns, diseas, and poor health out that we, workg public health, spend our day-to-day liv preventg.

GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH ISSU

(Kevork Djansezian/Getty Imag)As the Supreme Court heard arguments March for the two gay marriage s cid last week, one image was shared aga and aga, adorng the Facebook and Twter pag of brands, celebri and polil lears: an equal sign red, the lor synonymo wh was only ftg that the logo of the Human Rights Campaign would bee the symbol of the two gay marriage ws at the Supreme Court last week – on California's same-sex marriage ban, and on feral benefs for gay upl. Its "Millns for Marriage" mpaign had, que lerally, raised while the HRC has racked up w after w on marriage, may be quietly losg another, harr battle, a battle some say hasn't fought very hard to w: the fight agast HIV/ December 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Preventn released startlg new data that showed HIV was still plagug the gay muny.

And nearly 6, 000 gay men were dyg of AIDS every Kaiser Health Foundatn recently scribed the problem of HIV the cy of Washgton, where the HRC and many other big LGBT groups are headquartered, as "as epimic on par wh some velopg natns.

"When HRC spokman Michael Cole-Schwartz lists off the prri for the anizatn, the list is long: gay marriage, workplace nondiscrimatn protectns, safe schools, rporate support and benefs for employe, fosterg posive plac of worship. : not the HRC, or the Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD), or the Natnal Gay and Lbian Task Force (NGLTF) – who together are somewhat pejoratively known as "Gay Inc.