HIV and Gay and Bisexual Men | NIH

Contents:

• PEOPLE N INTIFY WHETHER A MAN IS GAY OR STRAIGHT BY THEIR VOICE. BISEXUALS? NOT SO MUCH
• SPREAD OF MULTIDG-RISTANT SHIGELLA EU/EEA AMONG GAY, BISEXUAL AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN
• GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH ISSU
• HIV AND ALL GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• GAY MEN, BISEXUAL MEN AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN
• HIV AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN THE U.S.
• GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH
• HIV AND GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• CANCER FACTS FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• IN CHIGO, A NEW APPROACH TO GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN WH PROSTATE CANCER

PEOPLE N INTIFY WHETHER A MAN IS GAY OR STRAIGHT BY THEIR VOICE. BISEXUALS? NOT SO MUCH

A higher pch, wir pch range, longer vowels, expand vowel space, and more precise pronunciatn are voice characteristics associated wh gay men.

Scientists hypothized that bisexual men’s voic might be nsired more feme-soundg than straight men’s and more mascule-soundg than gay men’s when me to self-reported and observer-reported masculy and femy.

SPREAD OF MULTIDG-RISTANT SHIGELLA EU/EEA AMONG GAY, BISEXUAL AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN

One hundred sixty participants, divid evenly between men and women, were asked to listen to voice sampl om 60 men (divid evenly between gay, bisexual, and straight men). Rearch to bisexualy has lagged due to “bisexual erasure, ” the tenncy to overlook the largt segment of the LGBTQ+ muny favor of gay or straight men. Bisexual men are perceived to sound more mascule than men who are straight, acrdg to a study of Atralian subjects.Amics at the Universy of Sydney pared the voic of gay, straight and bisexual men a study volvg 160 people.In the rearch led by clil psychologist Jam Morandi, people were reced to analyse the voic of 60 men, 20 of whom were gay, 20 straight and 20 bisexual.

GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH ISSU

They were then asked to rate the men on their sexual orientatn g a sle om zero (exclively heterosexual) to 10 (exclively homosexual).Listeners were also asked to rate each man’s perceived level of femy or masculy the voic on a siar sle.The men volved the study were asked to rerd themselv on a smartphone recg the first two l of the Atralian natnal anthem.Voice sampl were then modified to remove any background noise while volume levels were ma the same to ensure nsistency.Rults om the study showed listeners uld distguish between gay and straight men’s voic wh an accuracy of 62 per cent, apparently nsistent wh prev rearch.However, the study participants uld not terme any differenc between bisexual and straight men’s voic wh any gree of accuracy. The thors said their rearch showed bisexual men’s voic were perceived as beg more exclively attracted to women pared wh both gay and straight men’s voic.Bisexual men’s voic were rated as more mascule than both gay and straight men’s voic.Rearchers claimed the abily to intify a man’s bisexual inty om his voice alone uld have cril social implitns such as helpg to rce feelgs of alienatn.‘Voice may unter visibily many bisexuals feel’An abstract of the study, tled Can listeners tect if a man is bisexual om his voice alone, reads: “The prent study examed whether bisexual men n be intified om their voic ak to how gay men n be intified on their voice alone.“If this is the se, voice may be an important target of discrimatn on the one hand but may also unter the visibily many bisexuals feel (if their bisexual inti n be apprehend by their voice alone, whout explic disclosure required).“The fdgs may also she light on whether bisexual male voic, like gay male voic, differ om straight voic terms of their genr non-nformy – a qutn that to date has not been examed.”But amics noted the rearch was limed on the grounds all men who participated the study are Atralian, which may not be reflected among wir cultur.And the thors nced the study did not ntrol for the rerdg environment or microphone-to-mouth distance, which uld have affected the qualy of the voice sampl.The thors said the fdgs suggted that while the voic of bisexual men the sample were perceived as more mascule and attracted to femal, listeners did not associate this imprsn wh bisexualy.As a rult, while bisexual men may appear to be at lower risk of facg voice-based intifitn and discrimatn than gay men, they may often be mistaken as beg straight.The study was published the Journal of Sex Rearch.

HIV AND ALL GAY AND 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 suatns.It'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."I don't want to feel like I have to thk about anymore," Maxen said the piece published Thursday afternoon. Outsi lebacker Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay and to play a game 2021.The Associated Prs ntributed to this report.

GAY MEN, BISEXUAL MEN AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN

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. Those who intified as bisexual registered as 2, 3, and 4 on the Ksey total, 178 of the men had prevly scribed themselv as "exclively heterosexual" while 102 said they were "mostly" straight; 139 scribed themselv as "exclively homosexual" and 70 said they were "mostly" remag 117 intified as bisexual, though 46 of them leaned straight, 37 leaned gay, and 34 remaed were purely 's important to note that the most equal bisexual rponse om the participants were found men who rated themselv as Ksey 2s, i.

HIV AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN THE U.S.

A prr 2005 study, also -led by Bailey, did not fd evince of bisexual aroal men, which led to a ntroversial New York Tim article lled "Straight, Gay or Lyg?

" which basilly suated that bisexuals were really gay people who were lyg bee they were ashamed of llg themselv gay. However, some others -- cludg some scientists and lay persons -- have doubted this, " he said, clarifyg that the reason behd that is the belief that men who claim to be bisexual "are actually eher heterosexual or homosexual, and that their claim to be bisexual is based on self-misunrstandg, perhaps due to social prsure not to adm exclive homosexualy. "People who intify as bisexual -- pecially men -- are often viewed wh spicn, and this clus a perceptn that they won't m to beg gay, " she said.

GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH

""People who are purely straight or purely gay n tend to generalize their own experience and thk all other people mt be jt one or the other, " add John Sylla, one of the 13 thors of the latt study and print of the Amerin Instute of Bisexualy.

"But the Ksey Sle is valid, and there are bisexually aroed men and women, even if for different reasons they choose to pass as jt straight or gay. "The rults are not statg that bisexual men are equally attracted to both men and women, Bailey not, but rather showg that bisexual men were more aroed by men than straight men, more aroed by women than gay men, and equally attracted to both genrs to a greater extent than eher straight or gay men. “We n see the impact of preventn strategi like creasg HIV ttg, treatment as preventn, and pre-exposure prophylaxis particularly among gay and bisexual men, for whom new diagnos have been droppg signifintly sce 2014.

Atralia has achieved a remarkable 57 per cent rctn new HIV diagnos among gay and bisexual men sce 2013, showsg the succs of prehensive approach to HIV preventn wh this populatn. The s are lked to seven natnal and ternatnal distct microblogil clters, wh chas of transmissn largely, but not exclively, among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men (gbMSM). Remendatn on aspects of management of shigellosis Ireland the ntext of current antimicrobial ristant Shigella speci associated wh gay, bisexual and men who have sex wh men (gbMSM).

HIV AND GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

For example, when a “closeted” gay or bisexual man has sex wh another man, he views that sex as reflectg his secret gay/bisexual inty. A mory of the men I terviewed were homophobic and held prejudice agast LGBTQ2+ people and this prejudice mak the thought of an LGBTQ2+ inty unappealg to them. While ’s te that most timate partner vlence rourc are for women, specific assistance is available for gay and bisexual men.

There are a few optns for gay men and bisexual men same-sex relatnships who aspire to have children, cludg surrogacy, where sperm is ed to fertilize a donated egg, which is then rried to term by a surrogate mother.

CANCER FACTS FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

Social and stctural issu—such as HIV stigma, homophobia, discrimatn, poverty, and limed accs to high-qualy health re—fluence health out and ntue to drive equi. This web ntent the term gay and bisexual men to reprent gay, bisexual, and other men who reported male-to-male sexual ntact. Gay men, bisexual men and other men who have sex wh men (MSM), cludg transgenr men, may experience poorer health out than heterosexual men due to stigma, discrimatn, homophobia and transphobia.

There has been a shift recent years toward llective acceptance of bisexualy as a te sexual orientatn, stead of a transient phase of experimentatn or a p stop on the way to gay. When men e out as bi, many people are quick to assume they are actually gay and jt haven’t figured out yet, and are somehow ls mascule than they were before they shared the fact that they weren’t straight.

For a man to be able to be wh cis or trans women or men, mak that cis man too unregnizable and historilly jt a hidn gay man.

IN CHIGO, A NEW APPROACH TO GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN WH PROSTATE CANCER

Yaro, 29, shared an stance which he attend a queer gatherg, and upon mentng to a group of gay men that he was bisexual, they rpond wh “oh, so you’re gay” to which he replied “no…I’m fely bi” and they proceed to look at one another and chuckle wh an air of dismissal he found startlg.

Rob Hornste, PhD, explas that some of this erasure stems om the fact that for much of history, homosexual men had no other optn but to be behavrally "bisexual. If they are a tradnal relatnship wh a woman, the stori we hear are more that she is the ver for him beg gay, not a partner who is aware and acceptg of his bisexualy, ” says Hornste. Whether was fear of stigma, beg perceived as gay, or fear of how potential women partners would rpond, I’d never opened the door to the possibily of beg bi even while my exploratns were unambiguoly not straight.

The feelgs the men reported clud “anticipatn of negative emotnal reactns; anticipatn of negative chang relatnships; belief that others held stigmatizg attus toward homosexualy; and prr experience wh negative reactns to disclosure. When you’re gay, n be credibly difficult to e to terms wh your sexualy, but bee that is all that you are, there’s a certa prsure to eventually learn to embrace your inty and simply live your tth—how else uld you survive?