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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
Sexually Transmted Diseas (STDs) have been creasg among gay and bisexual men. * sti gay *
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. Homophobia, stigma and discrimatn n negatively fluence the health of gay and bisexual men.
INCREASED INCINCE OF STIS GAY/BISEXUAL MEN WHO RECEIVED HIV PREP
CDC Fact Sheet: What Gay, Bisexual and Men Who Have Sex wh Men Need to Know About Sexually Transmted Diseas * sti gay *
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.
Unrstand health ncerns for gay men and other men who have sex wh men, and learn how to promote good health. * sti gay *
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.
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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.