Do gay men use condoms
Some Gay Men on PrEP May Stop Using Condoms. Does It Matter?
When I talk to my adolescent patients about sex and sexuality, there’s a line I usually include in my patter. I narrate them that they’re in my office for medical advice, not moral guidance. The questions I request and information I provide are for the purposes of keeping them protected and healthy, not so I can pass decision on their character.
Ironically, it’s when I have patients who are gay men like me that I sometimes need to save any moralizing in check.
In , the National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund and the National Coalition for LGBT Health noted the need for progressing education and treatment for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Their guide specifically notes “People on PrEP may be less likely to use condoms, perceiving other STIs/STDs as easily cured despite the troubling grow of drug resistant gonorrhea.”
“PrEP” is short for pre-exposure prophylaxis. It’s a regimen of two different medications that, when taken daily, can substantially reduce the likelihood of being infected with HIV for those at increased risk, inclu
"What do you call a gay guy who got infected in the '80s? A victim. What do you call a gay guy who gets infected in ? An idiot." Well put by a reader to my gay dating column, but way off the mark.
According to the CDC, brand-new HIV infection rates among gay men keep climbing and this year is no exception. I grasp the level of ire a lot of queer guys have about this sobering trend. I've just had two something friends turn HIV positive. Some in our inner circle went ballistic with ire. "Why didn't they exploit condoms?" seethed one companion. "It's not like they don't how to shield themselves -- they CHOSE not to. And if that's the case don't they deserve what they got?"
Well, no. True, if people were any more stupid about safe sex we'd have to moisture them twice a week, but the anger has no logic. When emergency workers pull dead or injured people out of car crashes do they blame the victims for not wearing seat belts? Do they refuse to help them?
The standard reasons experts give about rising infections center around "Plague Fatigue" and misplaced "AIDS Optimism" (believi
Sexual health for gay and pansexual men
Having unprotected penetrative sex is the most likely way to go by on a sexually transmitted infection (STI).
Using a condom helps protect against HIV and lowers the exposure of getting many other STIs.
If you’re a man having sex with men (MSM), without condoms and with someone new, you should have an STI and HIV check every 3 months, otherwise, it should be at least once a year. This can be done at a sexual health clinic (SHC) or genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinic. This is significant, as some STIs do not generate any symptoms.
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis A is a liver infection that's spread by a virus in poo.
Hepatitis A is uncommon in the UK but you can obtain it through sex, including oral-anal sex ("rimming") and giving oral sex after anal sex. MSM with multiple partners are particularly at risk. You can also get it through contaminated nourishment and drink.
Symptoms of hepatitis A can arrive up to 8 weeks after sex and include tiredness and feeling sick (nausea).
Hepatitis A is not usually life-threatening and most people make a entire recovery within a
Q&A: Decline in condom employ indicates need for further teaching, awareness
Research | Social science | UW News blog
February 27,
A new University of Washington study measures changes in sex without condoms among HIV-negative same-sex attracted and bisexual men who are not taking y
New research from the University of Washington shows that condom use has been trending downward among younger queer and bisexual men over the last decade, even when they aren’t taking pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP.
The study, published Feb. 27 in AIDS and Behavior, measures changes in sex without condoms among HIV-negative gay and double attraction men who are not taking PrEP. Using data from the cycles of the American Men’s Internet Survey — a web-based survey of cisgender men ages 15 and older who contain sex with men (MSM) — researchers found that roughly half of HIV-negative men reported using condoms at least sometimes in the last year. That was higher than the 15% of respondents who reported using PrEP.
But HIV-negative MSM who are not using PrEP seem to be not using condoms increasi