To date, rearch on men who have sex wh men (MSM) has largely foced on their sexual health needs and on men reced om gay-orientated venu. Natnal probabily survey data provi a rare opportuny to exame the broar socmographic, behavural, and health profil of MSM, fed as men who reported ≥1 male sexual partner(s) the past 5 years, and th regardls of their sexual inty, parison to men reportg sex exclively wh women (MSEW) durg this time, and also the extent that health equali clter. Bra’s third Natnal Survey of Sexual Attus and Liftyl (Natsal-3), a probabily sample survey, terviewed 15,162 people aged 16–74 years (6,293 men) durg 2010–2012 g puter-assisted personal-terviewg wh a puter-assisted self-terview. We ed multivariable regrsn to pare MSM relative to MSEW their reportg of variabl, dividually and llectively, rrpondg to three domas: physil, mental, and sexual health. Among all men, 2.6 % (n = 190) were fed as MSM, of whom 52.5 % (95 % CI: 43.6 %–61.2 %) intified as gay. MSM were as likely as MSEW (n = 5,069) to perceive their health was ‘bad’/’very bad’, spe MSM beg more likely to report a long-standg illns/disabily/firmy (adjted odds rat, AOR: 1.46, 95 % CI:1.02–2.09), treatment for prsn/past year (2.75, 1.69–4.47), and substance e (e.g., recreatnal dg e/past year: 3.46, 2.22–5.40). MSM were more likely to report harmful sexual health behavurs, e.g., ndomls sex wh ≥2 partners/past year (3.52, 2.13–5.83), and poor sexual health out, cludg STI diagnosis/ (5.67, 2.67–12.04), poorer sexual functn (2.28, 1.57–3.33), both past year, and ever-experience of attempted non-volnal sex (6.51, 4.22–10.06). MSM were also more likely than MSEW to report poor health behavurs and out both wh and across the three health domas nsired. Of all MSM, 8.4 % had experienced poor health out all three domas – physil, mental, and sexual health - ntrast to 1.5 % of all MSEW. MSM are disproportnately affected by a broad range of harmful health behavurs and poor health out. Although often observed for a mory of MSM, many health equali were seen batn such that polici and practic aimed at improvg the health and well-beg of MSM require a holistic approach, regardls of clil specialty.
Contents:
- ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
- STRATEGI ADOPTED BY GAY, BISEXUAL, AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN TO PREVENT MONKEYPOX VIS TRANSMISSN — UNED STAT, AUGT 2022
- ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
- TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON’T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER’S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT
- HOW GAY MEN SAVED US FROM MPOX
ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
This report scrib strategi adopted by gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men to prevent monkeypox transmissn * gay number of sex partners *
Power and David Philpott had to make their own ke topper by glug groomsmen figur togetherFrom “partner” to “hband”: meet one of the first married gay upl N.
Philpott and Power may have been the first gay uple the provce to be legally married, but the trail they blazed was soon followed by many, wh the St. Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love.
STRATEGI ADOPTED BY GAY, BISEXUAL, AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN TO PREVENT MONKEYPOX VIS TRANSMISSN — UNED STAT, AUGT 2022
* gay number of sex partners *
There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia. 'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022. Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife.
The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage".
ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
Strategi Adopted by Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex wh Men to Prevent Monkeypox vis Transmissn — Uned Stat, Augt 2022. In a recent survey of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men, approximately one half reported rcg their number of sex partners, one-time sexual enunters, and e of datg apps bee of the monkeypox outbreak. The multipronged rponse to monkeypox has clud expandg accs to monkeypox vacce and velopg msagg† for gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men (MSM) seekg to rce their chanc for acquirg monkeypox.
Stefan Baral reports NIH support om NINR and NIMH; travel support to a meetg foced on HIV among gay men ternatnally om the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, and support for participatn on an NIH Data Safety Monorg Board for a study foced on younger gay men and suicidaly. Molg the impact of sexual works the transmissn of Monkeypox vis among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men—Uned Stat, 2022. By expandg our annual Sgl Ameri study to clu more people of diverse inti, cludg gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr Amerins, we are begng to addrs the knowledge gaps to better unrstand sgl today.
TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON’T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER’S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT
Gay Men – 25% realized they were gay when they were ls than 10 years old, 50% by 13 years old, and 75% by 18 years old. 1 years before tellg someone than a gay or bisexual man, and transgenr men waed the shortt amount of time whout tellg someone.
Born this way: Gay, lbian, and bisexual sgl overwhelmgly believe that sexual orientatn is blogilly based, wh two thirds (64%) believg is pletely termed by blogy and 28% believg is a batn of blogy and experience. Love & Marriage: 63% of gay and lbian sgl have always wanted to get married, while 25% say they never wanted to marry. Buildg a Fay: Havg children is important to 48% of younger LGBTQ sgl, wh lbian women beg the most likely to want kids (52%), and gay men beg the least likely to want kids (36%).
Sextg: 50% of LGBTQ sgl have sent a sexually explic photo of themselv, wh bisexual women and gay men sendg the most (64% and 56%, rpectively). Regnally, gay men Los Angel, San Francis and Riversi have the hight average number of sexual partners, while gay men Boston have had the least.
HOW GAY MEN SAVED US FROM MPOX
Gay Men: 57% of gay men do not see themselv as belongg to a tegory or group, while 19% of gay men intify as Bears, 16% as Daddi, and 8% as Jocks. Vcent and the Grenad, where gay sex is still homelsns to ongog physil and verbal abe, the gay muny the small natn of some 100, 000 people says is unr nstant threat.
Vcent, anal sex is punishable by up to 10 years prison, while “gross cency” wh another person of the same sex is punishable by up to five years, acrdg to lonial-era laws that are mon the socially nservative Caribbean rarely voked, the rights group and a lol activist said the laws help legimize hostily and abe agast gay people.
Vcent who are livg abroad filed a se to challenge lol laws crimalizg gay sex that activists say should be stck down. ”Human Rights Watch terviewed more than 20 members of the island’s LGBTQ muny who shared their stori but were not intified to protect them, notg that lol police are often openly discrimatory toward gay people who seek help. Several reported that their fai are homophobic and physilly and verbally abed them, g them to bee homels and promptg some to nsir also stggle to fd jobs amid a high unemployment rate and said they face discrimatn, cludg a 19-year-old gay man who said he has rorted to beggg: “Sometim I am so hungry.