Unrstand health ncerns for gay men and other men who have sex wh men, and learn how to promote good health.
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LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR HEALTH
CDC remends a variety of laboratory ttg and STD screengs to ensure the health of gay and bisexual men. * gay health education *
In orr to improve health re for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) patients, we mt clu LGBT-related ntent medil trag. It is sential for clicians to be rmed about LGBT health bee of the unique health dispari affectg LGBT populatns; the prevalence of vlence and victimizatn related to homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia; and the long history of anti-LGBT bias health re.
Available om:, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Health [Inter]. Jt like all other men, gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men need to know how to protect their health throughout their life. However, pared to other men, gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men are addnally affected by:.
There are many reasons why gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men may have higher rat of HIV and STDs.
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Prevalence of HIV among sexual partners of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men is 40 tim that of sexual partners of heterosexual men;. Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men on average have a greater number of lifetime sexual partners. Homophobia;.
In fact, gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men make up more than half of the people livg wh HIV the Uned Stat and experience two thirds of all new HIV fectns each year. Further, young gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men 13-24 had over 72% of the timated new HIV fectns 2010.
In 2012, 75% of reported syphilis s were among gay and bisexual men.