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Contents:
- WHY DO GAY MEN HAVE A HIGHER CHANCE OF GETTG HIV?
- HIV AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN THE U.S.
- HIV AND ALL GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
- WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HIV GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE THE U.S.
- NATNAL GAY MEN’S HIV/AIDS AWARENS DAY – SEPTEMBER 27
- 'IT'S A S' BRGS A LOST GENERATN OF GAY MEN TO LIFE
- WHY ARE GAY MEN MORE AT RISK FOR HIV?
- NATNAL GAY MEN’S HIV/AIDS AWARENS DAY
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- DO ALL GAY PEOPLE HAVE AIDS?
- IS AIDS A “GAY” DISEASE?
WHY DO GAY MEN HAVE A HIGHER CHANCE OF GETTG HIV?
Learn why gay men, bisexual men, and other men who have sex wh men are more likely than average to ntract HIV. Fd strategi for rcg the risk. * gay men aids *
In that same year, per the CDC, only 65 out of 100 gay and bisexual men wh HIV the Uned Stat received some HIV MSM don’t seek ttg or treatment due to homophobic stigma or fear of discrimatn. Factors that fluence health out—cludg HIV-related stigma, homophobia, racism, discrimatn, poverty, limed accs to high-qualy health re, and other longstandg barriers—have ntributed to the unequal reach of HIV preventn and treatment; higher levels of HIV some muni; and ntued equi.
Wh effective preventn and treatment tools at our disposal, the natn has a s--the-makg opportuny to end the domtic HIV epimic and elimate dispari HIV preventn and re among gay and bisexual men and other populatns disproportnately affected by HIV. 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.
On this page:Gay & Bisexual MenLbians & Bisexual WomenTransgenr PeopleBisexual PeopleShared Risk FactorsFor as long as HIV has existed the public nscns, has been associated wh queerns.
HIV AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN THE U.S.
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The first story wrten about AIDS any newspaper appeared the New York Native, a gay biweekly publitn, which May 1981 tried to ph back agast mors of a “gay ncer” spreadg the U.
HIV AND ALL GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
Gay and bisexual men are more severely affected by HIV than any other group the Uned Stat (US). * gay men aids *
Later that year, The New York Tim published a now-famo story entled, “Rare Cancer Seen 41 Homosexuals, ” which raised alarm bells wh the LGBTQ+ muny—and also set the stage for s of stigma agast the LGBTQ+ muny om those outsi .
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HIV GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE THE U.S.
September 27 is Natnal Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awarens Day * gay men aids *
From earlier films like And the Band Played On to Philalphia up through How to Survive a Plague and The Normal Heart, media ntue to nnect HIV wh gay men, one of the “four Hs” thought to be the groups that ntracted the vis: homosexuals, Haians, hero ers, and hemophiliacs. For stance, men reportg sex wh another man uld clu gay men, bisexual men and—unfortunately, due to antiquated and transphobic reportg polici—transgenr women. But that don’t tell whether the person who had oppose-sex sexual terurse was gay, bisexual, pansexual, or any other term for a person who has sex wh people of multiple genrs.
Increased rat of HIV among gay and bisexual men of lor have nothg to do wh an herent risk based on their inti, but rather on the many soccultural and socenomic factors that hurt Black and Latx queer people every day.
One 2018 study of over 1, 300 gay and bisexual men found that 72% of Black participants were virally supprsed, pared to 91% of whe participants and 81% of Latx participants.
NATNAL GAY MEN’S HIV/AIDS AWARENS DAY – SEPTEMBER 27
A new Brish TV drama looks at the liv of gay men London at the very start of the AIDS crisis — back when no one wanted to stop the party, and no one thought the vis uld touch them. * gay men aids *
The reason that women who engage sex wh other women are at lower risk of HIV fectn is not bee of any herent protectn om beg a lbian, but bee sex between women ually volv ls direct exchange of fect fluids than sex between gay and bisexual men. Bisexual people are much ls likely than gay men or lbians to disclose their sexual orientatn to their sexual health re provirs—not bee they don’t want to, but bee they often feel like their sexualy is misunrstood or bee provirs may assume that they are eher exclively straight or exclively gay. One 2013 study found that 39% of bisexual men and 33% of bisexual women did not disclose their bisexualy to their health re provir, pared to only 13% of lbians and 10% of gay men.
'IT'S A S' BRGS A LOST GENERATN OF GAY MEN TO LIFE
Unrstand health ncerns for gay men and other men who have sex wh men, and learn how to promote good health. * gay men aids *
Bisexual people have a number of measurably worse mental health out than their straight and gay unterparts—each of which n lead to creased HIV risk and poorer health while livg wh HIV.
Rearchers have found that gay and bisexual men who are survivors of domtic vlence often exhib siar out to women who experience domtic vlence, cludg havg lower , beg unemployed, experiencg prsn, and g substanc. Homelsns among young gay and bisexual men (aged 17 to 28) has been nnected wh a greater lifetime risk for HIV—meang the risk extends much longer than their perd of homelsns. While people of any race the queer muny n experience poor mental health out, stctural racism often acunts for poorer mental health out among gay and bisexual men of lor.
WHY ARE GAY MEN MORE AT RISK FOR HIV?
What's behd the higher rat of fectn among gay men? Dr. David bunks myths and explas why some groups are and areas are more affected by HIV/AIDS than others. * gay men aids *
Even though there is no difference HIV risk behavrs between gay and bisexual men who are whe and gay and bisexual men of lor, the HIV rate among gay and bisexual men of lor is much higher.
Rearch has shown that, among a group of gay and bisexual men of lor, racism they’ve experienced wh their LGBTQ muny—as well as homophobia om their heterosexual iend works—n lead to prsn and anxiety.
NATNAL GAY MEN’S HIV/AIDS AWARENS DAY
Differenc exist by race/ethnicy knowledge of HIV stat, preventn, treatment, and stigma among gay and bisexual men. * gay men aids *
For stance, one study found that that gay and bisexual Latx men are more likely than other racial groups to report ndomls receptive anal sex wh a sual partner as a rponse to both homophobia and racism. Meanwhile, “genr role stra, ” or the prsure of nformg to culturally appropriate ias of masculy, has put Black gay and bisexual men at greater risk for psychologil distrs and sexual risk when pared to whe gay and bisexual men.
Racial and ethnic dispari don’t only acunt for differenc HIV risk among groups of gay and bisexual men; they also acunt for worse health out among men of lor who are diagnosed wh HIV.
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Natnal Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awarens Day is celebrated every year to raise awarens about the impact of HIV and AIDS on gay and bisexual men the Uned Stat. * gay men aids *
Share the social media posts below to raise awarens about the impact of HIV on gay and bisexual men the Uned Stat and enurage them to get tted and know their preventn optns.
September 27 is Natnal Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awarens Day, a day to help stop HIV stigma and enurage HIV ttg, preventn, and treatment among gay and bisexual men. Men who have sex wh men were, and still are, disproportnately impacted by HIV bee transms much more easily through anal sex than through vagal first official ernment report on AIDS me on June 5, 1981, the Morbidy and Mortaly Weekly Report, a ernment bullet on perplexg disease s: “In the perd October 1980-May 1981, 5 young men, all active homosexuals, were treated for bpsy-nfirmed Pnmocystis rii pnmonia at 3 different hospals Los Angel, California.
DO ALL GAY PEOPLE HAVE AIDS?
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 men aids *
”In a 1983 appearance on NBC's "Today" show, activist and Gay Mens Health Crisis -founr Larry Kramer asked host Jane Pley, "Jane, n you image what mt be like if you had lost 20 of your iends the last 18 months? "It's a very angry muny, " Kramer as the natn's attentn was directed toward gay AIDS victims, the vis was replitg the bloodstreams of hemophiliacs and jectn dg ers.
IS AIDS A “GAY” DISEASE?
The HIV epimic ntu to disproportnately impact gay and bisexual men, transgenr women, youth 13-24 and muni of lor. * gay men aids *
'GAY PLAGUE'After the Stonewall Rts 1969, LGBTQ activists across the untry ma signifint civil rights advanc and secured some municipal and state-level protectns agast discrimatn public employment. Jerry Falwell, whose “Moral Majory” veighed agast givg rights to gay and anti-gay activist Ana Bryant heads a csa to nullify a lol gay rights ordance, Feb.