CONTACTStaffCAREER OPPORTUNITIESADVERTISE WITH USPRIVACY POLICYPRIVACY PREFERENCESTERMS OF USELEGAL NOTICE
© 2024 Pride Publishing Inc.
All Rights reserved
All Rights reserved
By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Private Policy and Terms of Use.
The percentage of gay men in London reporting high-risk sex has increased significantly between 1998 and 2003, according to a study in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections. Gay and bisexual men attending gyms in central London have responded since 1998 to questionnaires about their HIV status, their sexual behavior, and the HIV status of their partners. Between 1998 and 2002, there was a significant increase in the percentage of men reporting unprotected anal sex both with partners of known and unknown HIV status. The percentage of gay men reporting unprotected anal sex with a partner of unknown HIV status climbed from 15% in 1998 to 22% in 2003. "The increase in high-risk sexual behavior among London homosexual men between 1998 and 2003 was seen only with casual partners and not with main partners," the researchers wrote. "STD- and HIV-prevention interventions among these men should therefore target high-risk practices with casual partners since these appear to account entirely for the recent increase in high-risk sexual behavior." The researchers offer various explanations for the increase in high-risk sexual activity among London's gay men since 1998, including that the likelihood of unprotected anal sex with casual partners of unknown or different HIV status coincided with the introduction and widespread use of triple-drug anti-HIV therapy. Other factors that researchers say might play a role in the rise in unsafe sex include increased opportunities for sex afforded by bars offering backrooms, an increased use of bathhouses and saunas by gay men, and the growing use of the Internet, which many gay men use to find sex partners. Gay men also may be growing complacent about safer sex after nearly two decades of HIV-prevention messages stressing condom use.
Want more breaking equality news & trending entertainment stories?
Check out our NEW 24/7 streaming service: the Advocate Channel!
Download the Advocate Channel App for your mobile phone and your favorite streaming device!
From our Sponsors
Most Popular
Here Are Our 2024 Election Predictions. Will They Come True?
November 07 2023 1:46 PM
Meet all 37 of the queer women in this season's WNBA
April 17 2024 11:24 AM
17 Celebs Who Are Out & Proud of Their Trans & Nonbinary Kids
November 30 2023 10:41 AM
Here Are the 15 Most LGBTQ-Friendly Cities in the U.S.
November 01 2023 5:09 PM
Which State Is the Queerest? These Are the States With the Most LGBTQ+ People
December 11 2023 10:00 AM
These 27 Senate Hearing Room Gay Sex Jokes Are Truly Exquisite
December 17 2023 3:33 PM
10 Cheeky and Homoerotic Photos From Bob Mizer's Nude Films
November 18 2023 10:05 PM
42 Flaming Hot Photos From 2024's Australian Firefighters Calendar
November 10 2023 6:08 PM
These Are the 5 States With the Smallest Percentage of LGBTQ+ People
December 13 2023 9:15 AM
Here are the 15 gayest travel destinations in the world: report
March 26 2024 9:23 AM
Watch Now: Advocate Channel
Trending Stories & News
For more news and videos on advocatechannel.com, click here.
Trending Stories & News
For more news and videos on advocatechannel.com, click here.
Latest Stories
In the face of tweets and turmoil, why I left the South as a medical student
April 18 2024 7:30 AM
Trans man Tee Arnold shot to death in Florida
April 17 2024 4:41 PM
Can scientific research on the causes of homosexuality be used against LGBTQ+ people?
April 17 2024 4:02 PM
George Takei releases kids' book about his childhood in internment camp
April 17 2024 3:18 PM
PLUS
ExclusivesTodrick Hall on surviving the rumors and remembering where he came from
April 17 2024 2:33 PM
Pride
Yahoo FeedHow The Pride Store celebrates National Tea Day: A tale of two brews
April 17 2024 2:14 PM