Unrstand health ncerns for gay men and other men who have sex wh men, and learn how to promote good health.
Contents:
- AMERIN SCIENTIST: GAYS DIE YOUNGER THAN SMOKERS
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN IS FIRST AMERIN MALE PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
- YET ANOTHER STUDY CONFIRMS GAY LIFE EXPECTANCY 20 YEARS SHORTER
- GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH
AMERIN SCIENTIST: GAYS DIE YOUNGER THAN SMOKERS
Over the past few months we have learnt of a number of reports regardg a paper we published the Internatnal Journal of Epimlogy on the gay and bisexu * gay man life expectancy *
11 In addn, populatn-based surveys over the last have nsistently documented elevated risk for suici attempts among gay and bisexual men pared wh heterosexual men.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN IS FIRST AMERIN MALE PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
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Further, as relied on registered same-genr domtic partnership stat to intify gay and bisexual men, the earlier study did not acunt for the possible health benefs of livg wh a partner27 and th may have unrtimated mortaly risk for MSM general.
YET ANOTHER STUDY CONFIRMS GAY LIFE EXPECTANCY 20 YEARS SHORTER
A study by The Fay Rearch Instute says that marriage for gay men and lbians is more dangero than smokg. * gay man life expectancy *
Th, timat om men livg admistratively documented partnerships likely reprent only a small segment of the gay and bisexual male one of the first natnal health data sets the Uned Stat to measure markers of sexual orientatn routely, the Natnal Health and Nutrn Examatn Survey s third eratn (NHANES III; 1988–1994) ially began s asssment of sexual orientatn wh a rtricted set of qutns pertag to lifetime histori of the genrs of rponnts’ sexual partners. Although suici-related aths were relatively rare the NHANES III sample (n =18), if they occurred among homosexually experienced men at the same rate reported the recent study of Danish men registered domtic partnerships, 24 would have been tectable the current study.
25 This discrepancy impli that generalizg fdgs om the current study to gay and bisexual-intified men, general, should be done wh some utn.
GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH
I personally examed thoands of obuari of gay men to support the claim that homosexualy is not a healthy liftyle. * gay man life expectancy *
For example, several recent studi have reported higher rat of tobac e among gay and bisexual men than among heterosexual men. Routely llectg rmatn on markers of sexual orientatn health surveys likewise will facilate trackg the health of people wh mory sexual orientatn and will rce the impact of modifiable health threats that may be elevated among gay and bisexual men. Physil health plats among lbians, gay men, and bisexual and homosexually experienced heterosexual dividuals: rults om the California Qualy of Life Survey.