CDC Fact Sheet: What Gay, Bisexual and Men Who Have Sex wh Men Need to Know About Sexually Transmted Diseas
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. 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).
INCREASED INCINCE OF STIS GAY/BISEXUAL MEN WHO RECEIVED HIV PREP
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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.
Unrstand health ncerns for gay men and other men who have sex wh men, and learn how to promote good health. * sti gay *
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.
An creased cince of sexually transmted fectns was associated wh the receipt of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis gay and bisexual men * sti gay *
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).