Crystal Methamphetame and Ecstasy Differ Relatn to Unsafe Sex Among Young Gay Men on JSTOR

Contents:

• MDMA ("ECSTASY") ABE AND HIGH-RISK SEXUAL BEHAVRS AMONG 169 GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• MDMA (“ECSTASY”) ABE AND HIGH-RISK SEXUAL BEHAVRS AMONG 169 GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• SUBSTANCE USE LBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL POPULATNS: AN UPDATE ON EMPIRIL REARCH AND IMPLITNS FOR TREATMENT
• MDMA (‘ECSTASY’) E, AND S ASSOCIATN WH HIGH RISK BEHAVRS, MENTAL HEALTH, AND OTHER FACTORS AMONG GAY/BISEXUAL MEN NEW YORK CY
• MDMA (‘ECSTASY’) E, AND S ASSOCIATN WH HIGH RISK BEHAVRS, MENTAL HEALTH, AND OTHER FACTORS AMONG GAY/BISEXUAL MEN NEW YORK CY
• MDMA ('ECSTASY') E, AND S ASSOCIATN WH HIGH RISK BEHAVRS, MENTAL HEALTH, AND OTHER FACTORS AMONG GAY/BISEXUAL MEN NEW YORK CY
• MDMA (‘ECSTASY’) E, AND S ASSOCIATN WH HIGH RISK BEHAVRS, MENTAL HEALTH, AND OTHER FACTORS AMONG GAY/BISEXUAL MEN NEW YORK CY
• MDMA ('ECSTASY') E, AND S ASSOCIATN WH HIGH RISK BEHAVRS, MENTAL HEALTH, AND OTHER FACTORS AMONG GAY/BISEXUAL MEN NEW YORK CY

MDMA ("ECSTASY") ABE AND HIGH-RISK SEXUAL BEHAVRS AMONG 169 GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

The thors explored the associatn between abe of 3, 4-methylenedxymethamphetame (MDMA, or "Ecstasy") and high-risk sexual behavrs among gay and bisexual men. An anonymo qutnnaire was pleted by 169 gay and bisexual men at three New York Cy dance clubs. MDMA abe, and s strong associatn wh high-risk sexual behavrs, appears to reprent important unexplored public health problems among some gay or bisexual men.

MDMA (“ECSTASY”) ABE AND HIGH-RISK SEXUAL BEHAVRS AMONG 169 GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

OBJECTIVE: The thors explored the associatn between abe of 3, 4-methylenedxymethamphetame (MDMA, or “Ecstasy”) and high-risk sexual behavrs among gay and bisexual An anonymo qutnnaire was pleted by 169 gay and bisexual men at three New York Cy dance clubs. CONCLUSIONS: MDMA abe, and s strong associatn wh high-risk sexual behavrs, appears to reprent important unexplored public health problems among some gay or bisexual men.

SUBSTANCE USE LBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL POPULATNS: AN UPDATE ON EMPIRIL REARCH AND IMPLITNS FOR TREATMENT

Klzman_MDMA (Ecstasy) Abe and High-Risk Sexual Behavrs Among 169 Gay and Bisexual. The event follows the overdose aths of two black gay men the Wt Hollywood apartment of Democratic donor Ed Buck, who was acced last fall of jectg fatal dos of crystal methamphetame to victims for his own sexual gratifitn.

MDMA (‘ECSTASY’) E, AND S ASSOCIATN WH HIGH RISK BEHAVRS, MENTAL HEALTH, AND OTHER FACTORS AMONG GAY/BISEXUAL MEN NEW YORK CY

There are “fluencers on Instagram wh a hundred thoand followers, and they’re dog crystal meth on the si, and no one unrstands or even knows that and everyone’s sred to talk about , ” he Puy, who has been sober for eight years, said that, like many young gay men who e to Wt Hollywood, he had not been tght about gay sex and was ashamed by . This means reckong wh the fact that one of the early of psychelics volved explic attempts to “cure” homosexualy and “transvtism” (Cavnar, 2018).

“Homosexualy” and “genr inty disorr” have sce been legimized as mental illns the DSM, but the legacy of pathologizg queer inti persists.

Can psychelics “cure” gay people? Journal of Homosexualy, 66(5), 571–589.

MDMA (‘ECSTASY’) E, AND S ASSOCIATN WH HIGH RISK BEHAVRS, MENTAL HEALTH, AND OTHER FACTORS AMONG GAY/BISEXUAL MEN NEW YORK CY

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Others, however, reported that MDMA creased sexual aroal and some rponnts ( particular, gay and bisexual femal) had ed MDMA specifilly for sexual enhancement. The behavur and the sexual choic of gay and bisexual men g club dgs at circu parti has been examed [9, 25].

MDMA ('ECSTASY') E, AND S ASSOCIATN WH HIGH RISK BEHAVRS, MENTAL HEALTH, AND OTHER FACTORS AMONG GAY/BISEXUAL MEN NEW YORK CY

In one study [25], 295 gay or bisexual men were screened. The Circu Party Men’s Health Survey: fdgs and implitns for gay and bisexual men. Dg e and sexual risk behavur among gay and bisexual men who attend circu parti: A venue-based parison.

MDMA (‘ECSTASY’) E, AND S ASSOCIATN WH HIGH RISK BEHAVRS, MENTAL HEALTH, AND OTHER FACTORS AMONG GAY/BISEXUAL MEN NEW YORK CY

However, rearch to date is most often ncerned wh the sex-related dg e of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ) populatns, and particularly men who have sex wh men (MSM) engagg ‘chemsex’.

Recent evince shows that MDMA and other psychelics uld rce symptoms associated wh racial trma (14, 37) and moralizatn among gay male long-term AIDS survivors (38). This batn of ‘sexual aroal’ (Henry, 1992) wh nrognive fics and psychiatric symptoms may put people at creased risk of havg unsafe reports suggt that MDMA e is particularly prevalent the gay muny (Signorile, 1997).

MDMA ('ECSTASY') E, AND S ASSOCIATN WH HIGH RISK BEHAVRS, MENTAL HEALTH, AND OTHER FACTORS AMONG GAY/BISEXUAL MEN NEW YORK CY

Ined, a prr study we found that among 169 gay and bisexual men reced om three dance clubs New York Cy, 34% had ed MDMA the past month.