PrEP e jumps to 35 percent among gay and bi men at risk of HIV

Contents:

• HOMOSEXUAL/GAY PREPPERS
• PREP FOR GAY MEN 101: EVERYTHG GAY MEN NEED TO KNOW ABOUT TAKG HIV PREVENTN MEDITN!
• IS PREP JT FOR GAY MEN?
• ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER
• PREP UPTAKE AS A SOCIAL MOVEMENT AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• GAY SOCIAL AND SEXUAL NORMS ARE SHIFTG THE PREP ERA
• PREP E JUMPS TO 35 PERCENT AMONG GAY AND BI MEN AT RISK OF HIV
• PREP ENABL GAY AND BI MEN TO CONNECT ACROSS HIV STAT
• SOME GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN SEE PREP AS A 'SOCIAL PROBLEM'
• PREFERENC FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE PREP MODALI AMONG PREP-EXPERIENCED GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN ATRALIA
• WHAT HAPPENS WHEN GAYS JO RIGHT-WG SURVIVALISTS?
• THE INFLUENCE OF PEERS ON PREP PERCEPTNS AND USE AMONG YOUNG BLACK GAY, BISEXUAL, AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN: A QUALATIVE EXAMATN

HOMOSEXUAL/GAY PREPPERS

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Fai and trib n tolerate gays if they are otherwise eful to the fay or the tribe, but mass pairg up same sex pairs, regardls of your urg or your ner alter genr. I gus a survival suatn gays would have to nsir actg as beg bi-sexual for the purpose of nceptn by providg their womb or seed, no matter how distasteful the act or sacrifice might be for them..

I have known of gay's, women and men, who where very nice people and did not ph their life style and they prep.

PREP FOR GAY MEN 101: EVERYTHG GAY MEN NEED TO KNOW ABOUT TAKG HIV PREVENTN MEDITN!

That is a great post @tacmotn that do add another aspect of the liftyle (gay) that one needs to nsir a survival suatn. I fd tertg that the nservativ are labeled as hatg gays bee they are Christians, yet Christiany teach tolerance.

IS PREP JT FOR GAY MEN?

I worked wh 2 gays when I was workg as a salman, my liberal 20's, 1 of them was the nict person I knew, the other one was a flamer wh a chip! It was a perd of uncertaty as healthre provirs stggled to make sense of the disease that was ravagg the gay muny.

ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER

The gay muny, which was already spised and margalized for the way s members chose to live and love, was an easy victim. The disease was at that pot lled GIRD (Gay-Related Immunoficiency) and everyone assumed was a punishment flicted upon gay people for livg like generat. Even healthre profsnals discrimated agast gay men fected wh the vis, and only a handful of them took those sufferg om and sought to, at the very least, make their last days fortable.

PREP UPTAKE AS A SOCIAL MOVEMENT AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

While many believe that HIV/AIDS surfaced 1981 wh cisgenr gay men who lived urban Amerin ci like New York Cy and San Francis, rearch has shown otherwise. The vis killed more than 120 gay men by 1981, and scientists labeled the disease “GRID” (Gay-Related Immune Deficiency).

GAY SOCIAL AND SEXUAL NORMS ARE SHIFTG THE PREP ERA

Nearly 70% of people livg wh HIV are homosexual and bisexual men – and thankfully the e of PrEP for HIV preventn is creasg among this group. However, only 35% of gay and bisexual mal who were at high-risk of HIV transmissn were takg the meditn.

While takg PrEP should not by any means ter you om g a ndom durg terurse, n actually be que empowerg for homosexual men who prefer to bottom durg terurse. PrEP n also help to remove some of the anxiety that is experienced durg sexual terurse, as gay and bisexual men are often fearful of transmissn – particularly if a ndom is not worn or if breaks. Historil volvement AIDS activism may reveal important ways of mobilisg gay and bisexual men to crease PrEP uptake.

Informed by a nstctivist ground theory approach, we asssed ways which gay and bisexual men's relatnal experienc ncerng PrEP were ngent wh featur of past AIDS activism.

PREP E JUMPS TO 35 PERCENT AMONG GAY AND BI MEN AT RISK OF HIV

Fdgs suggt that the ways which gay and bisexual men munite about PrEP wh peers are nsistent wh featur of AIDS activism.

However, elements of PrEP stigma mt be addrsed to engage wh the wi-rangg HIV preventn needs of gay and bisexual men.

PREP ENABL GAY AND BI MEN TO CONNECT ACROSS HIV STAT

Explorg young Black gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men's PrEP knowledge Toronto, Ontar, Canada. 'It's jt an exce to slut around': gay and bisexual mens' nstctns of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as a social problem. Stigma, medil mistst, and perceived racism may affect PrEP awarens and uptake black pared to whe gay and bisexual men Jackson, Mississippi and Boston, Massachetts.

SOME GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN SEE PREP AS A 'SOCIAL PROBLEM'

While st remas the biggt barrier to accsg PrEP for gay and bisexual men Canada, they also felt prsure to take PrEP and have sex whout ndoms, wh younger men tendg to feel ls anx about HIV transmissn.

Certa provcial health surance plans, cludg Brish Columbia’s, fully ver PrEP for gay and bisexual men who meet the guil. Dr Mark Gaspar om the Universy of Toronto aimed to better unrstand PrEP-cisn makg among HIV-negative gay, bisexual and queer men. For some participants, this had a distct racial element to , wh PrEP beg seen as somethg associated wh Whe gay men.

PREFERENC FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE PREP MODALI AMONG PREP-EXPERIENCED GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN ATRALIA

This associatn meant that some Black gay men would not take unls other men they knew were takg , or they uld risk beg seen to ter to the whims of Whe men. For them, was eher not seen as necsary to ensure sexual safety, or was viewed as a way for pharmactil pani to make a prof om the sex liv of gay men.

“The more healthre provirs and health promotn experts are able to unrstand the shifts sexualy, the better equipped they will be at producg tn, solicg qutns, and refg their msag to clients to ensure that gay, bisexual and queer men are makg rmed choic about PrEP that effectively rce their risks. CDC Statement on IPERGAY Trial of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV Preventn among Men Who Have Sex wh Men. Today at the Conference on Retrovis and Opportunistic Infectns (CROI), the French natnal HIV rearch agency ANRS announced rults of the IPERGAY trial, which examed a novel dosg strategy for pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, among men who have sex wh men (MSM).

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN GAYS JO RIGHT-WG SURVIVALISTS?

The IPERGAY rults provi the first evince that an event-driven regimen was effective among high-risk MSM wh equent sex (median of ten sex acts per month and eight partners every two months). IPERGAY was a randomized, placebo-ntrolled study that began Febary 2012 and was stopped by an pennt data safety review board October 2014 bee of high efficy. Instead of a daily pill, as prev PrEP studi, participants the IPERGAY study were stcted to take pills three days around the time of sex.

THE INFLUENCE OF PEERS ON PREP PERCEPTNS AND USE AMONG YOUNG BLACK GAY, BISEXUAL, AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN: A QUALATIVE EXAMATN

“CDC wel the fdgs prented today by the IPERGAY and PROUD teams, which provi addnal evince of the power of PrEP to rce the risk of HIV fectn. The IPERGAY trial provis the first evince that an event-driven regimen is effective among high-risk MSM wh equent sex.

IPERGAY fdgs bed wh other recent rearch suggts that even wh ls than perfect daily adherence, PrEP may still offer substantial protectn if taken nsistently. We appld ongog efforts like IPERGAY to intify PrEP dosg strategi that may be more acceptable than oral daily dosg for some dividuals at risk, and uld potentially lower sts.