The summer of 1981 saw the first media reports about myster diseas gay men. What did they get right — and wrong?
Contents:
- REMEMBERG THE EARLY DAYS OF 'GAY CANCER'
- CANCER FACTS FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
- CANCER RISKS FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
REMEMBERG THE EARLY DAYS OF 'GAY CANCER'
Commentator Joe Wright spent more than 10 years dog AIDS muny work San Francis. He says that back 1981 and '82, before AIDS was lled AIDS, was lled "gay ncer." At the time, ncer was the most dread disease the Uned Stat. But for some of the men who had the myster new illns, llg "ncer" was a form of hope. Joe Wright is a stunt at Harvard Medil School. * gay cancer *
Rememberg the Early Days of 'Gay Cancer' Commentator Joe Wright spent more than 10 years dog AIDS muny work San Francis. He says that back 1981 and '82, before AIDS was lled AIDS, was lled "gay ncer.
Rememberg the Early Days of 'Gay Cancer'.
And bee the first people diagnosed wh the new syndrome were gay men, some people started llg the disease Gay Cancer. But lots of people the media and the gay muny still lled Gay Cancer until the later part of 1982.
CANCER FACTS FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
Rearch suggts that some gay and bisexual men may face a number of barriers to gettg the health re and ncer screeng tts they need. Learn what you need to know about ncer risk and preventn. * gay cancer *
Soon after he was diagnosed wh KS, he spent time troducg himself to men the Kaposi Sara clic wag room, vg them to the Shanti Project Gay Cancer support group.
CANCER RISKS FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
Medilly, Bobbi Campbell knew that his so-lled gay ncer was very different than the kds of ncer that most of his patients the hospal had. Some gay men, pecially those who are HIV posive, might have a higher risk of anal ncer.
Rearch suggts that some gay and bisexual men receive ls health re than heterosexual men.
Fear of discrimatn: Some gay and bisexual men don’t tell their health re provirs about their sexual orientatn, bee they worry about discrimatn affectg the qualy of health re they receive.