Young gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men (YMSM) are pecially vulnerable to the risks associated wh sexualized substance e, or ‘chemsex’. Engagg chemsex tablished as a major risk factor for Human Immunoficiency Vis (HIV) acquisn, and is th a public health issue of creasg urgency. This paper attempts to explore the associatn between measur of social pal and patterns of sexualized substance e among a sample of YMSM Sgapore. Rults of this study were rived om basele data of the Pk Carpet Y Cohort Study Sgapore, prisg a sample of 570 HIV-negative YMSM aged 18 to 25 years old. Latent class analysis was employed to intify class wh siar patterns of sexualized substance e, and multomial logistic regrsn was employed to exame associatns between class membership and proxy measur of social pal, cludg age of sexual but, bondg and bridgg social pal, nnectedns to the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muny, and outns. Latent class analysis revealed three class of YMSM based on their histori of sexualized substance e, which we labelled as ‘alhol’, ‘poppers’, and ‘chemsex’. Multivariable analys revealed that participants who were olr (aOR = 1.19, p = 0.002) and who intified as gay (aOR = 2.43, p = 0.002) were more likely to be the poppers class pared to the alhol class. Participants wh a later age of sexual but were creasgly ls likely to be the poppers (aOR = 0.93, p = 0.039) and chemsex class (aOR = 0.85, p = 0.018), pared to the alhol class. Varyg measur of social pal such as an earlier age of exposure to sexual works may predispose YMSM to greater opportuni for sexualized substance e. Future terventns should target YMSM who bee sexually active at an earlier age to rce the risks associated wh sexualized substance e.
Contents:
- SOCIAL PAL AND CHEMSEX IATN YOUNG GAY, BISEXUAL, AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN: THE PK RPET Y HORT STUDY
- HARM “CHEMSEX” IS CSG THE GAY COMMUNY
- SHARG SOLUTNS FOR A REASONED AND EVINCE-BASED RPONSE: CHEMSEX/PARTY AND PLAY AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
SOCIAL PAL AND CHEMSEX IATN YOUNG GAY, BISEXUAL, AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN: THE PK RPET Y HORT STUDY
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Chemsex is a term ed by activist David Stuart scribg gay men and men who have sex wh men (MSM) havg sex unr the fluence of psychoactive dgs. You may thk of Chemsex parti as a place of total "chill out" and never-endg sexual fun, but the gay men my nsultg room tell me much darker stori. The statistics are worryg: Chemsex behavurs are so prevalent amongst gay men that clicians ll an epimic.
Here the UK, spe the legal rights that the LGBTQ+ muni now have, homophobia persists, mostly vertly. Beg born a gay boy n easily feel like beg different om other boys at a very young age. I often hear gay men say:.
"Gay men only want sex. "Gay men are not terted love. "All gay men cheat.
HARM “CHEMSEX” IS CSG THE GAY COMMUNY
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Gay men who take Chemsex dgs report:. Chemsex is an epimic bee durg that perd of "beg high" giv the illn to heal the chronic pa of beg gay a heterosexual world, and feels so good.
SHARG SOLUTNS FOR A REASONED AND EVINCE-BASED RPONSE: CHEMSEX/PARTY AND PLAY AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
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What is chemsex? Strictly speakg, chemsex refers to gay or bisexual men g dgs to facilate sex wh other men. Culturally, though, has bee a tch-all term for sex volvg dgs and "chemsex parti", where groups of gay and bisexual men meet up, get high, and have sex wh one another. It's important to note that 's distct om dg e which later leads * chem gay term *
In my nsultg room, I help gay men learn to face their emotns and love themselv. Beg ee om the chas of negative re beliefs holdg gay men back is not easy but is possible therapy.
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My hope for our gay muni is that we n learn new ways of celebratg genr, sex, and relatnship diversi, build muni where we foster self-love, self-re, and total acceptance for each other, and create pockets of safe rabow bubbl across the heteronormative world. Pri, formerly known as Gay Pri, is a regnn of LGBTQ inty, affirmatn of equal rights, and celebratn of visibily, digny, and diversy the LGBTQ muny. G: Gay.