Gay and Bisexual Men's Health Issu | Johns Hopks Medice

Contents:

• GAY MEN ARE DYG FROM A CRISIS WE’RE NOT TALKG ABOUT
• GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH ISSU
• THE CRISIS OF METH ADDICTN AMONG GAY MEN
• GAY LIFTYLE IS FUELLED BY DGS, REARCH REVEALS
• METH HAS VASTATED THE GAY MUNY FOR S. A NEW TREATMENT OFFERS HOPE.
• GHB E AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• DG USE AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN AT WEEKEND DANCE PARTI:THE ROLE OF INTENTNS AND PERCEPTNS OF PEERS’ BEHAVRS
• THE HEALTH CHALLENG OF EMERGG ADULT GAY MEN EFFECTG CHANGE HEALTH CARE

GAY MEN ARE DYG FROM A CRISIS WE’RE NOT TALKG ABOUT

Alhol and dg e among some gay and bisexual men n be a reactn to homophobia, discrimatn, or vlence they experienced due to their sexual orientatn and n ntribute to other mental health and physil problems.

For some gay and bisexual men, alhol and illegal dg e, pecially methamphetam (meth), amyl nrat (poppers), and dgs ed to treat erectile dysfunctn (when a man has a hard time keepg an erectn durg sex), also ntribute to a higher chance of gettg HIV and other STDs. Growg up gay and beg forced to keep that a secret for fear of fay rejectn or neighborhood bullyg n create huge securi and issu wh bt iend was rejected by his fay for beg gay and was beaten the streets of his hometown Mexi. In realy, ’s g untls are many unrlyg reasons gay men start g meth — and those reasons mt be ’s an unfortunate realy that certa sid practic and beliefs are upheld wh gay male culture that put all of danger of adoptg risky behavrs.

GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH ISSU

If we want to ntue growg as a muny, we mt immediately provi fundg and support for gay men who are the work of muny health centers I lead South Los Angel, an overwhelmg majory of patients we treat our substance abe programs are addicted to crystal meth. ""They e the high for the stimulant and then they e a prsant to even them out after a few days, so they uld be able to eat and get sleep, " he his film, he wanted to highlight how the issue is particularly pronounced for young Black, gay men.

THE CRISIS OF METH ADDICTN AMONG GAY MEN

There are a few optns for gay men and bisexual men same-sex relatnships who aspire to have children, cludg surrogacy, where sperm is ed to fertilize a donated egg, which is then rried to term by a surrogate mother. Young gay men are much more likely than straight men to take dgs, cludg ecstasy, e and marijuana, acrdg to two studi Bra and one-third of men surveyed the Uned Stat who had sex wh other men said they ed dgs at least once a week, and lifetime e of e was nearly twice as high as that of the general age-group.

'The study by Md shows that gay, lbian and bisexual people are more likely to suffer psychologil strs than straight people, wh gay men 13 per cent more likely to harm themselv and lbians 6 per cent more likely.

GAY LIFTYLE IS FUELLED BY DGS, REARCH REVEALS

Rearch published JAMA September documented a spike after the first wave of ernment shutdowns the e of meth, e, fentanyl and hero among those diagnosed wh or at risk of substance e and the gay munyMeth has st a heavy cloud over the gay muny particular for s. Rearch also suggts that for people who are livg wh HIV, like Roger, meth exacerbat the vis's harm to the, who said he first started takg meth at gay "circu" parti, said his e of the dg led him to stop gog to the doctor and qu takg his HIV treatment a ago.

Published fal eded form as:PMCID: PMC3625484NIHMSID: NIHMS431715AbstractSubstance e is high among gay and bisexual men attendg weekend dance events, yet ltle rearch has vtigated motivatns for dg e and ntextual factors fluencg e the settgs. Keywords: Gay, Bisexual, Peer, Dg Use, EcstasyIntroductnUse of illegal dgs is one of the primary risk factors for HIV fectn among men who have sex wh men (MSM) [1–3], and is also associated wh other risk factors associated wh HIV fectn cludg unprotected anal terurse (UAI) and havg multiple sex partners [4–8].

METH HAS VASTATED THE GAY MUNY FOR S. A NEW TREATMENT OFFERS HOPE.

Th, unrstandg ntexts which gay and bisexual men e dgs and their motivatns for g is necsary to rm public health mpaigns geared toward this populatn that tends to have higher rat of dg e than their heterosexual peers [9–11].

GHB E AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

Also, rearch on adult populatns is limed; studi to date suggt a strong relatnship between dividuals’ perceptns of their peers’ substance e among adults neighborhoods [27] and at works [28] fluence of peer norms on dg e has rarely been studied among gay and bisexual men, though peer works may be particularly salient shapg substance e behavrs this populatn. Another study found not only that there are a number of distct, regnizable crowds gay muni but that men who affiliated wh certa crowds were at higher risk for adverse health behavrs, cludg bge drkg and dg e [30].

DG USE AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN AT WEEKEND DANCE PARTI:THE ROLE OF INTENTNS AND PERCEPTNS OF PEERS’ BEHAVRS

Portal survey methodology [33] was ed to rec gay and bisexual men as they arrived at one of two weekend parti terg to them (one held the Southeast Uned Stat; one held the Northeast Uned Stat) and characterized by multiple dance events. While many factors may acunt for dg e at the events – for example, the events themselv attract dg-ers, dgs may be more available, or the event may provi more opportuni to e them – we specifilly examed the role of tentns and of social rults om the current study nfirm what past studi g nvenience sampl have scribed: that at weekend dance events vatn statns held for gay and bisexual men, dg e is notably high. It uld be that after afford the opportuny to e themselv the men thought that many more men ed the dgs, or that seeg many more men g than they ially thought fluenced them to e the dg weekend dance events studied the current vtigatn are important venu for preventg dg e and associated harmful nsequenc among gay and bisexual men.

However, while social norm mpaigns found effective among llege stunts may be a eful startg pot for velopg such terventns, will be important to adapt them to be sensive to the gay and bisexual men attendg the events. Not only mt the mpaigns be geared toward gay and bisexual men, but the average age of participants the current study is much olr and they tend to be more highly ted than llege stunts, and th will likely require different munitn should also be noted that the PartyIntents study do not enable to differentiate whether the tentns, behavrs, and normative beliefs at the weekend dance event differ om those held by the same men their regular, day-to-day liv.

An tegrated approach may th tra peer opn lears to liver msag at such events that not only enurage safe and healthy behavrs, but that also rrect misperceptns about dg e among other party-goers [43, 44] current study fdgs th rm future studi that aim to explore and rrelat of dg e among gay and bisexual men by strsg the potential importance of event-specific ntexts which dg e occurs and perceptns of peers’ behavrs at the events. However, also foc the need for future studi to expand upon the rults by vtigatg more closely the peers wh whom gay and bisexual men affiliate and how the affiliatns fluence dividuals’ perceptns of other gay and bisexual men’s foc of the current study on tentns and normative beliefs on dg e do not disunt what may seem like alternative theori of dg e and sexual risk-takg at the typ of events.

THE HEALTH CHALLENG OF EMERGG ADULT GAY MEN EFFECTG CHANGE HEALTH CARE

”10 Exampl of sexual inty clu gay, lbian, heterosexual, bisexual, pansexual (ie, a person’s attractn toward people regardls of their sex or genr inty), and asexual (ie, a lack of sexual attractn to others).