Mental Health for Gay and Bisexual Men | CDC

Contents:

• GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH ISSU
• THE HEALTH RISKS OF GAY SEX
• THE SEXUAL FUNCTNG OF GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN FOLLOWG PROSTATE CANCER TREATMENT: RULTS OM THE RTORE STUDY
• SI GUYS: THKG BEYOND GAY MALE "TOPS" AND "BOTTOMS"
• EFFECTS OF GENR NONNFORMY AND BLOGIL SEX ON THE RELATNSHIP BETWEEN SEXUAL ORIENTATN MICROAGGRSNS AND ANXIETY AND PRSIVE SYMPTOMS AMONG LBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL TAIWANE YOUNG ADULTS: A MORATED-MORATN STUDY
• REPORTED EFFECTS OF MASCULE IALS ON GAY MEN

GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH ISSU

Many health re and mental health anizatns foced on the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muny also offer substance e treatment or may be able to provi rmatn about lol rourc. 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. However, ongog homophobia, stigma (negative and ually unfair beliefs), and discrimatn (unfairly treatg a person or group of people) n have negative effects on your health.

However, beg “out” some settgs and to people who react negatively n add to the strs experienced by gay and bisexual men, and n lead to poorer mental health and discrimatn. Mental health unselg and support groups that are sensive to the needs of gay and bisexual men n be pecially eful if you are g to terms wh your sexual orientatn or are experiencg prsn, anxiety, or other mental health problems.

While many gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men may not seek re om a mental health provir bee of a fear of discrimatn or homophobia, is important to keep this as an optn and to fd a provir that is tstworthy and patible. Notice to Rear: "The Boards of both CERC Canada and CERC USA are aware that the topic of homosexualy is a ntroversial one that eply affects the personal liv of many North Amerins.

THE HEALTH RISKS OF GAY SEX

Homophobia, stigma (negative and ually unfair beliefs), and discrimatn (unfairly treatg a person or group of people) agast gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men still exist the Uned Stat and n negatively affect the health and well-beg of this muny. The negative beliefs and actns n affect the physil and mental health of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men, whether they seek and are able to get health servic, and the qualy of the servic they may receive.

THE SEXUAL FUNCTNG OF GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN FOLLOWG PROSTATE CANCER TREATMENT: RULTS OM THE RTORE STUDY

Such barriers to health mt be addrsed at different levels of society, such as health re settgs, work plac, and schools to improve the health of gay and bisexual men throughout their liv. Intify “safe spac, ” such as unselors’ offic, signated classrooms, or stunt anizatns, where gay and bisexual youth n get support om admistrator, teacher, or other school staff. Enurage stunt-led and stunt-anized school clubs that promote a safe, welg, and acceptg school environment (such as gay-straight allianc, which are school clubs open to youth of all sexual orientatns).

Make easier for stunts to have accs to muny-based provirs who have experience providg health servic, cludg HIV/STD ttg and unselg, and social and psychologil servic to gay and bisexual youth. Gallup’s team tried to look at the effects of semen on gay men who were havg unprotected anal sex but uld not ntue, bee almost all of the study participants were gtg semen durg oral sex, which uld have nfound the rults.

SI GUYS: THKG BEYOND GAY MALE "TOPS" AND "BOTTOMS"

“There’s some evince that gay mal followg anal terurse will go out of their way to try to reta the semen for extend perds of time, which suggts psychotropic effects, ” Gallup says.

The realy is at polar oppos to this riture: homosexual and lbian relatnships are typilly characterized by stabily, promiscuy, and unhealthy and risky sex practic, factors that greatly crease the cince of ser and curable sexually transmted diseas (STDs), cludg hepatis, HPV, syphilis, gonorrhea, and AIDS. Fay Rearch CouncilHomosexual activists attempt to portray their liftyle as normal and healthy, and sist that homosexual relatnships are the equivalent every way to their heterosexual unterparts. The realy is que oppose to this riture which was recently nced by the homosexual newspaper New York Bla News: Reports at a natnal nference about sexually transmted diseas dite that gay men are the hight risk group for several of the most ser diseas....

Scientists believe that the creased number of sexually tranmted diseas (STD) s is the rult of an crease risky sexual practic by a growg number of gay men who believe HIV is no longer a life-threateng illns. Dpe two s of tensive efforts to te homosexuals agast the dangers of acquired immunoficiency syndrome (AIDS) and other stds, the cince of unsafe sexual practic that often rult var diseas is on the rise.

EFFECTS OF GENR NONNFORMY AND BLOGIL SEX ON THE RELATNSHIP BETWEEN SEXUAL ORIENTATN MICROAGGRSNS AND ANXIETY AND PRSIVE SYMPTOMS AMONG LBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL TAIWANE YOUNG ADULTS: A MORATED-MORATN STUDY

· A study prented July 13, 2000 at the XIII Internatnal aids Conference Durban, South Ai disclosed that a signifint number of homosexual and bisexual men wh hiv "ntue to engage unprotected sex wh people who have no ia they uld be ntractg HIV.

REPORTED EFFECTS OF MASCULE IALS ON GAY MEN

"[4] Rearchers om the Universy of California, San Francis found that thirty-six percent of homosexuals engagg unprotected oral, anal, or vagal sex failed to disclose that they were HIV posive to sual sex partners. · A CDC report revealed that, 1997, 45 percent of homosexuals reportg havg had unprotected anal terurse durg the prev six months did not know the HIV serostat of all their sex partners. Another CDC study of 1, 942 homosexual and bisexual men wh HIV found that 19 percent had at least one episo of unprotected anal sex--the riskit sexual behavr-- 1998 and 1997, a 50 percent crease om the prev two years.