Rearch has shown that the followg are some of the most mon health ncerns faced by gay and bisexual men.
Contents:
- GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH
- GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH ISSU
- HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?
- ENABLERS AND BARRIERS TO HIV SERVIC FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN THE COVID-19 ERA: FG DATA SETS OM TWO GLOBAL ONLE SURVEYS VIA FILE CONTENATN WH ADJTED WEIGHTS
GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH
CDC remends a variety of laboratory ttg and STD screengs to ensure the health of gay and bisexual men. * gay and bisexual men's health survey *
This webse provis an overview of the different health and other issu faced by gay and bisexual and bisexual men are part of a very diverse muny. Jt like all other men, gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men need to know how to protect their health throughout their life.
Prevalence of HIV among sexual partners of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men is 40 tim that of sexual partners of heterosexual men;. In fact, gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men make up more than half of the people livg wh HIV the Uned Stat and experience two thirds of all new HIV fectns each year.
The large percentage of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men who have HIV and STDs means that, as a group, they have a higher chance of beg exposed to the diseas. Most gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men get HIV by havg anal sex, which is the riskit type of sex for gettg or spreadg HIV. CDC’s Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr Health Servic page has rourc that n help you fd health re provirs that are skilled providg health servic to gay and bisexual men.
GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH ISSU
* gay and bisexual men's health survey *
The human papillomavis (HPV) vacce is also available for gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men up to 26 years of age to prevent genal warts and other HPV-associated diseas and ndns such as oropharyngeal or anal ncer.
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?
More than thirty years to the HIV/AIDS epimic, and at a time when fectns among gay and bisexual men are on the rise the U.S., a new natnal survey of gay and bisexual men by the Kaiser Fay Foundatn fds that though HIV/AIDS is named as the number one health issue facg their populatn, a majory are not personally ncerned about beg fected, and relatively few report havg been tted recently. Only about a quarter know about PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) and fewer than half are aware that the current guil for people wh HIV are to start antiretroviral (ARV) treatment as soon as they are diagnosed. * gay and bisexual men's health survey *
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.
Gay men are the only group the untry among whom new fectns are on the rise; between 2008-2010, new fectns rose 12 percent overall among gay men, and 22 percent among younger gay men ag 13-24.
The survey was nducted July 17-Augt 3, 2014 wh a sample of 431 men who self-intified as eher gay or bisexual g a natnally reprentative, probabily-based Inter panel (more tails available the Survey Methodology sectn of this report). The survey allows to provi some basic mographic rmatn about gay and bisexual men, and fds that jt over half (53 percent) report beg a mted relatnship, cludg one five (20 percent) who say they are married.
ENABLERS AND BARRIERS TO HIV SERVIC FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN THE COVID-19 ERA: FG DATA SETS OM TWO GLOBAL ONLE SURVEYS VIA FILE CONTENATN WH ADJTED WEIGHTS
About half of gay and bisexual men say HIV/AIDS is a “very” or “somewhat” signifint issue for them personally (49 percent), while the other half say is “not too signifint” or “not a signifint issue” their liv (51 percent).