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 AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN THE U.S.
• HIV NOW FECTS MORE HETEROSEXUAL PEOPLE THAN GAY OR BISEXUAL MEN – WE NEED A NEW STRATEGY
• HIV AND AIN AMERIN GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• HIV AND ALL GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
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• HIV-RELATED STIGMA WH MUNI OF GAY MEN: A LERATURE REVIEW

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.

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.

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. 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. New HIV fectns cled among gay and bisexual men the last , but HIV ntu to disproportnately affect gay and bisexual men relative to other muni the U.

HIV AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN THE U.S.

Factors that fluence health out—cludg HIV-related stigma, homophobia, racism, discrimatn, poverty, limed accs to high-qualy health re, and other longstandg barriers—have ntributed to the unequal reach of HIV preventn and treatment; higher levels of HIV some muni; and ntued equi.

Wh effective preventn and treatment tools at our disposal, the natn has a s--the-makg opportuny to end the domtic HIV epimic and elimate dispari HIV preventn and re among gay and bisexual men and other populatns disproportnately affected by HIV.

†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. 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.

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

Social and stctural barriers such as systemic racism, stigma, discrimatn, homophobia, poverty, and homelsns n make difficult to accs HIV ttg, re, and preventn servic. 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. 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.

HIV AND AIN AMERIN GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

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. Among gay and bisexual men who uld benef om PrEP, only 27% of Black/Ain Amerin, 31% of Hispanic/Lato, and 42% of Whe gay and bisexual men reported g PrEP 2017. Around 38% of Black/Ain Amerin, 33% of Hispanic/Lato, and 26% of Whe gay and bisexual men wh HIV are not virally supprsexternal in.

Black/Ain Amerin and Hispanic/Lato gay and bisexual men experience higher levels of HIV stigmapdf inexternal in, wh sr more than twice the natnal goal.

HIV AND ALL GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

New HIV fectns creased among Whe gay and bisexual men but did not crease among Black/Ain Amerin and Hispanic/Lato gay and bisexual men. 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. Differenc knowledge of HIV stat, PrEP age, treatment adherence, and viral supprsn for those wh HIV ntue to exist among gay and bisexual men.

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. Adaptg Ryan Whe Programexternal in service mols to other settgs where prehensive re and other support servic are provid to gay and bisexual men wh HIV. Makg PrEP more available, pecially for Black/Ain Amerin and Hispanic/Lato gay and bisexual men, so that everyone who may benef om n get .

Engagg gay and bisexual men HIV re (a stat-ntral approach) to rce stigma and racial barriers and help men receive HIV servic regardls of their stat.

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Addrsg the root that drive equaly, cludg systemic racism, stigma, discrimatn, homophobia, poverty, homelsns, and unequal accs to re and preventn 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. 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.

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

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. 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 . 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.

While 2020 data on HIV diagnos and preventn and re out are available, we are not updatg this web ntent wh data om the Amerina gay, bisexual, and other men who reported male-to-male sexual ntactb, c are more affected by HIV than any other groups the Uned Stat (US) and pennt areas. D In 2019, Black/Ain Amerin gay and bisexual men acunted for 26% (9, 421) of the 36, 801 new HIV diagnos and 37% of new diagnos among all gay and bisexual men. Social and stctural issu—such as HIV stigma, homophobia, discrimatn, poverty, and limed accs to high-qualy health re—fluence health out and ntue to drive equi.

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. ”While is te that more heterosexual people were diagnosed wh HIV 2020 than gay and bisexual men the untry, this miss sential ntext about the number of diagnos as a proportn of the two populatns.

Acrdg to 2019 Office of Natnal Statistics (ONS) data (here) the proportn of men the UK who intified as of gay or bisexual rose to 2. UK Government data that more heterosexual people were diagnosed wh HIV 2020 than gay and bisexual sex men do not mean the vis now affects straight people more. In proportn to the populatn size of those who intify as gay or bisexual men, this group remas at elevated risk of ntractg the article was produced by the Rters Fact Check team.