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Contents:

• 2000 STD PREVENTN CONFERENCE - STD INCREAS AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN REPORTED AT NATNAL CONFERENCE
• JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• GAY, BISEXUAL MEN UTAH N GIVE BLOOD UNR PANY’S LOOSENED RTRICTNS
• IS TE THAT GAY SEX HAS A HIGHER RISK OF STDS?
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• AMERI MAY BE HEADG INTO AN STD EPIMIC—AND GAY AND BI MEN ARE GOG TO BE THE HARST H

2000 STD PREVENTN CONFERENCE - STD INCREAS AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN REPORTED AT NATNAL CONFERENCE

Get Vaccated: Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men have a greater chance of gettg Hepatis A, Hepatis B, and HPV.

2000 STD Preventn Conference - STD Increas among Gay and Bisexual Men Reported at Natnal Conference. Gay Men Lack Informatn about Syphilis.

JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

MILWAUKEE (December 5, 2000) – Many gay and bisexual men lack key rmatn about syphilis, cludg how to intify signs and symptoms of the sexually transmted disease (STD), acrdg to a study prented at the Natnal STD Preventn Conference beg held Dec.

GAY, BISEXUAL MEN UTAH N GIVE BLOOD UNR PANY’S LOOSENED RTRICTNS

The study as creasg evince – cludg new studi prented at the STD nference – dit that the annual cince of syphilis and other STDs is risg among gay men a number of U. “Syphilis and other STDs that many have long fotten ntue to pose a signifint health risk to gay men, ” said Helene Gayle, M. Based on a survey of 683 men who have sex wh men (MSM) attendg a gay event Chigo, rearchers found that 42.

3 percent were unaware that syphilis is creasg among gay men some muni. H., puty director of CDC’s HIV, STD and TB programs, the fdgs do not imply that gay and bisexual men are ls knowledgeable about syphilis than other groups at risk, but are likely ditive of a low level of unrstandg across the entire populatn. Yet, given recent data, the CDC believ that expand tn among gay and bisexual men should be a prry.

IS TE THAT GAY SEX HAS A HIGHER RISK OF STDS?

“Together wh other recent reports of upswgs risk behavr and STD rat, this survey unrsr an urgent need for syphilis tn appropriately tailored to the gay muny.

Valdiserri also noted that CDC is studyg ways to expand accs to effective preventn programs for gay and bisexual men. From Augt 1999 through May 2000, the rearchers surveyed 904 gay and bisexual men at a variety of clil settgs about their sex and dg e practic.

In the summer of 1999, for example, health officials San Francis intified an outbreak of syphilis among gay men who had met their sexual partners an Inter chat room.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

Webse staff worked wh health workers to post rmatn about syphilis on a popular gay Inter home page, which was lked to the Department of Health STD clic webse, and also vised chat rooms to te participants about syphilis and to enurage people who had met partners the chat room to seek medil evaluatn.

In the month followg the awarens mpaign, there was an 18 percent crease the number of gay men evaluated at the cy’s STD clic, and there are plans to expand the mpaign wh the Inter service provirs. The overall number of reported STDs has been on the rise sce 2014 and shows no sign of slowg, wh fectns disproportnately affectg young people unr the age of 25, racial and ethnic mory groups, and gay or bisexual men. -- Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's profsnal sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer and to possibly spire others siar 's a cisn and move that drew praise and support om owner Shad Khan, who was a vol and emphatic supporter of a cy ordance that expand protectns on the grounds of sexual orientatn, genr inty and genr exprsn.

Outsi lebacker Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay and to play a game Associated Prs ntributed to this report.

AMERI MAY BE HEADG INTO AN STD EPIMIC—AND GAY AND BI MEN ARE GOG TO BE THE HARST H

Early rults show promise At this pot, most of the rearch has foced on how well doxy-PEP works when offered to gay and bisexual men, and transgenr women — groups that have disproportnately high rat of STIs. "It's been workg, " says Keh Byrd, a gay man who liv Fort Lrdale and was prcribed doxycycle by his primary re doctor.

"I have certaly talked wh a lot of my iends about , but I don't thk 's very mastream the gay muny at this pot, " he says. For the first time four s, gay and bisexual men will be allowed to donate blood Utah. Durg a prs nference Wednday afternoon, ARUP Blood Servic ma the announcement, makg the first donor center the state to accept donatns om the gay muny.

“The are excg chang to the guil that have historilly impacted gay and bisexual men for four s. Is te that if you have gay sex you have more of a chance of ntractg an STD. A gay person’s chance of fectn is no different om a straight person’s.