Increased Incince of STIs Gay/Bisexual Men Who Received HIV PrEP - Infect Disease Advisor

Contents:

• STD FACTS – WHAT GAY, BISEXUAL AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SEXUALLY TRANSMTED DISEAS
• INCREASED INCINCE OF STIS GAY/BISEXUAL MEN WHO RECEIVED HIV PREP

STD FACTS – WHAT GAY, BISEXUAL AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SEXUALLY TRANSMTED DISEAS

Get Vaccated: Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men have a greater chance of gettg Hepatis A, Hepatis B, and HPV. While anyone who has sex n get an STD, sexually active gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men (MSM) are at greater risk.

INCREASED INCINCE OF STIS GAY/BISEXUAL MEN WHO RECEIVED HIV PREP

Homophobia, stigma and discrimatn n negatively fluence the health of gay and bisexual men.

CDC remends sexually active gay and bisexual men get tted for:. Get Vaccated: Gay and bisexual men are at greater risk for hepatis A and B, and human papillomavis (HPV). STI risk was found to be elevated among heterosexual-WSW and bisexual women, whether they report same-sex partners or not, whereas gay-intified WSW were ls likely to report an STI pared to heterosexual women wh oppose sex relatnships only.

Among mal, heterosexual-intified MSM did not have a greater likelihood of reportg an STI diagnosis; rather, STI risk was ncentrated among gay and bisexual intified men who reported both male and female sexual partners. For example, g the Natnal Health and Nutrnal Survey 2001–2006, Xu, Maya, and Markowz (2010a) showed that jt over 7% of women reported a same-sex sexual relatnship, of which 50% reported a heterosexual inty, 32% intified as bisexual, and 18% intify as gay or lbian. Usg the same data, Xu, Sternberg, and Markowz (2010b) showed roughly 5% of mal reported a same-sex relatnship, of which 40% intified as heterosexual, 22% intified as bisexual, and 38% intified as gay.

Some rearch has suggted that gay-MSM report more sexual partners and a higher prevalence of HIV than heterosexual-MSM (Wolski, Jon, Wasserman, & Smh, 2006; Xu et al., 2010b).

(2009) exmed differenc self-reported STIs and STI risk by behavr and inty among Latos and found that, pared to heterosexual-MSW, heterosexual-MSM were more likely to report unprotected sex and had been diagnosed wh an STI, but there were no signifint differenc bisexual-MSMW and gay-MSM’s likelihood of reportg an STI pared to heterosexual-MSW. A sexual mory inty may “flag” gay, lbian, or bisexual intified persons as targets for victimizatn.

Ined, several studi have shown that gay, lbian, and bisexual persons experience higher rat of physil and sexual victimizatn both adolcence and adulthood (At, Roberts, Corliss, & Molnar, 2008; Doll et al. Participants were asked to choose “the scriptn that bt fs how you thk about yourself: 100% heterosexual (straight), mostly heterosexual (straight), but somewhat attracted to your own sex; bisexual, that is, attracted to men and women equally; mostly homosexual (mostly gay), but somewhat attracted to the oppose sex; or 100% homosexual (gay). 3 For women, one variable was created that intified women who reported a gay or mostly gay inty and have engaged same-sex sexual relatnship(s) (Gay-WSMW, N = 133).

Among mal, 56% of the 100% gay or mostly gay intified participants reported only havg had same-sex sexual relatnship(s) and 44% reported both same- and oppose-sex sexual relatnship(s).

Th, two tegori were created: gay-MSM (Gay-MSM, N = 94) and gay-MSMW (Gay-MSMW, N = 75).