HIV now fects more heterosexual people than gay or bisexual men – we need a new strategy | Ian Green | The Guardian

Contents:

• WHY ARE GAY MEN MORE AT RISK FOR HIV?
• HIV NOW FECTS MORE HETEROSEXUAL PEOPLE THAN GAY OR BISEXUAL MEN – WE NEED A NEW STRATEGY
• THE HIGH RISK OF GAY BLACK MEN GETTG HIV
• HIV-RELATED STIGMA WH MUNI OF GAY MEN: A LERATURE REVIEW
• IS HIV/AIDS STIGMA DIVIDG THE GAY MUNY? PERCEPTNS OF HIV-POSIVE MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN
• HIV AND ALL GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

WHY ARE GAY MEN MORE AT RISK FOR HIV?

Gay and bisexual men n take the followg steps to rce their risk of HIV fectn:. David explas what’s behd the higher rat of HIV among gay men.

David: This gentlemen asks, “’Why are gay men more at risk for HIV? Sce the HIV epimic started the 1980s gay men have been at a greater risk and reprented more of the new HIV s that we’ve known this untry and actually ternatnally as well. In this day and time, gay men still make up about 2/3 of the new HIV diagnosis.

HIV NOW FECTS MORE HETEROSEXUAL PEOPLE THAN GAY OR BISEXUAL MEN – WE NEED A NEW STRATEGY

So aga, the pot I would want to make, ’s not bee of who you are, ’s not jt bee you’re gay. It’s bee we live a high HIV prevalent society among gay men and then also bee some of the behavrs that we engage may put more at risk for HIV. HIV was tearg the gay muny apart and my diagnosis was almost a relief after a trapped a cycle of sex, shame, fear and regret.

That medil breakthrough 1996 meant an HIV diagnosis was no longer a termal one, but rat among gay men remaed disproportnately high and stigma rife. Now, 49% of new diagnos England are among straight people (wh an almost even spl between men and women), pared wh 45% for gay and bisexual men.

THE HIGH RISK OF GAY BLACK MEN GETTG HIV

Instead, ’s primarily the rult of a sharp, staed drop diagnos among gay and bisexual men wh a 71% fall sce 2014. There was a 7% fall HIV ttg by gay men sexual health clics England 2020, but HIV ttg rat heterosexuals dropped by a third. This mak the news of a higher number of HIV diagnos heterosexuals than gay men even more turnaround fortun cis wh three big chang for HIV the UK the past .

It is wily ed by gay men but far ls so by other groups. For example, I have 100% nfince that I n’t pass on HIV to my hband, and he do targeted work focg on at-risk groups – cludg gay men, as well as those of black Ain herage and some the trans muny – is workg. This par wh jt 29% among gay and bisexual need to tt more people more often and more plac – regardls of genr, sexualy, ethnicy or anythg else.

To ntextualise the size of the challenge, jt 4% of those on NHS England’s PrEP trial didn’t intify as a gay or bisexual also need to ensure that all healthre profsnals have a solid basele knowledge of HIV, which I know om personal experience is all too often not the se. For example, if someone is prentg wh symptoms of a promised immune system (such as thsh or ld sor), we need GPs to remend an HIV tt for a whe heterosexual grandmother jt as they might for a gay is a unique health challenge and remas one of the most stigmatised health ndns.

HIV-RELATED STIGMA WH MUNI OF GAY MEN: A LERATURE REVIEW

For example, gay and bisexual men ma up an timated 2% of the U.

If current diagnosis rat ntue, 1 6 gay and bisexual men will be diagnosed wh HIV their lifetime. A 2014 Kaiser Fay Foundatn survey of gay and bisexual men the U. 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.

IS HIV/AIDS STIGMA DIVIDG THE GAY MUNY? PERCEPTNS OF HIV-POSIVE MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN

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.

This article tak a closer look at the CDC fdgs and outl the var factors ntributg to the exceptnally high risk of HIV gay and bisexual Black men the Uned Stat. This not only clus creasg treatment accs for at-risk muni but also overg barriers to HIV ttg (cludg HIV stigma and homophobia). This n send gay and bisexual men to hidg for fear of disclosure of not only their HIV stat but their sexual orientatn as well.

Acrdg to the CDC, gay and bisexual men of lor tend to have sex wh their own race, meang that their sexual works are smaller and more exclive. Gay men of lor also tend to have sex wh olr men as a rult of their smaller sexual works.

HIV AND ALL GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

The for this dispary are many, cludg HIV stigma, homophobia, smaller sexual works, distst ernment stutns, and higher rat of poverty and sexually transmted fectns.

If you are a gay or bisexual Black man, is important to intify your personal risks of HIV fectn and take steps to mimize them. Users who say this means heterosexual people are at higher risk than gay or bisexual men of ntractg the vis are ignorg the number of fectns as a proportn of the two groups of tweet reads, “Straight people are more at risk of HIV for a week and there’s already a cure” (here), while another says, “HIV now fects more heterosexual people than gay or bisexual men” (here) claims seem to be based on a UKHSA report (here), which shows that 2020 England, there were 940 HIV diagnos gay and bisexual men and 1, 010 heterosexual people. The report, which acknowledg that COVID-19 changed the patterns of sexual behavr, HIV ttg, and accs to sexual health and HIV servic 2020, also shows how HIV diagnos have cled both a piece lookg at the data qutn (here), The Inpennt wrote, “While gay and bisexual men are still more impacted by HIV relative to populatn size, targeted terventns for the groups have led to a signifint crease transmissn.