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Contents:

• HPV MON AMONG SEXUALLY ACTIVE YOUNG GAY MEN
• PEOPLE N INTIFY WHETHER A MAN IS GAY OR STRAIGHT BY THEIR VOICE. BISEXUALS? NOT SO MUCH
• GAY MEN UNRTIMATE THEIR RISKS FROM HPV
• GAY MEN SHOULD GET THE HPV VACCE
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• CANCER FACTS FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

HPV MON AMONG SEXUALLY ACTIVE YOUNG GAY MEN

NEW YORK (Rters Health) - Gay teenagers who have had at least four sexual partners are at creased risk of ntractg human papillomavis (HPV), a new study least half of sexually active people get HPV at some pot their liv, acrdg to the Centers for Disease Control and Preventn (CDC). Prev rearch has suggted most adult gay men have the sexually transmted fectn.

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

Cranston, who was not volved the new study, directs the Anal Dysplasia Clic and Rearch Program at the Universy of Ptsburgh Medil Center and his team tted 200 young gay men age 16 to 20 for HPV and genal warts and gave them a sexual history of the men tted posive for high-risk forms of the vis, and 11 percent tted posive for two or more who’d ever had vagal sex or anal sex were more likely to tt posive for penile HPV, acrdg to rults published the Journal of Infect men who had never received anal sex, 10 percent tted posive for anal HPV.

Rat are higher among gay men than heterosexual people, Chen the many typ of the HPV vis, HPV 16 is most monly associated wh anal ncers. “Our study found that gay male teens acquire the HPV vis cludg HPV 16 very soon after they first bee sexually active, ” Chen told Rters Health. “This means that the HPV vacce, which has been shown to be effective preventg HPV fectn mal, cludg anal fectn gay men, needs to be given very early on, preferably before gay teens start to have sex.

GAY MEN UNRTIMATE THEIR RISKS FROM HPV

“This is great news for boys Atralia cludg those that are gay but other untri the absence of such a program means gay mal will miss out on anal ncer preventn, ” he gay teens might be reluctant to adm their sexualy and ask for the vacce, he men are no more sceptible to HPV than heterosexual men, but more often have anal fectns, Cranston said doctors n crease awarens and the likelihood that boys will be vaccated agast HPV through nversatns wh their Journal of Infect Diseas, onle November 21,. For this reason, HIV-posive gay or bisexual men have higher levels of both HPV fectn and HPV-related disease than heterosexual men (Ste, 1999). An timated 61% of HIV-negative and 93% of HIV-posive gay and bisexual men have anal HPV fectns, pared to 50% or ls of heterosexual men.

Dpe the fact that HPV is the most mon e of anal ncer men, those who have the hight risk rema woefully unaware, wh studi suggtg that only about 25% of gay and bisexual men are knowledgeable about the relatnship between HPV fectn and anal ncer. Prev rearch has dited that the abily to terme whether a man is gay om his voice om a batn of factors. 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.

GAY MEN SHOULD GET THE HPV VACCE

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). They rated the voic on a sle of zero (exclively heterosexual) to ten (exclively homosexual).

62% of the participants uld distguish between a gay man’s and a straight man’s voice. Instead, their voic were rated more mascule than both straight and gay men’s voic. They were also rated to be more exclively attracted to women than men than straight or gay 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. 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. However, pared to other men, gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men are addnally affected by:.

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

There are many reasons why gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men may have higher rat of HIV and STDs. 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;. Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men on average have a greater number of lifetime sexual partners.

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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. Further, young gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men 13-24 had over 72% of the timated new HIV fectns 2010. In 2012, 75% of reported syphilis s were among gay and bisexual men.

CANCER FACTS FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

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. Which tts are remend to help ensure the sexual health of gay and bisexual men?