Sexual Behavior Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: The Need for More Targeted Outreach to Men Who Also Have Sex With Cisgender Women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Peru, as in the Americas overall, men who have sex with men (MSM) are disproportionately affected by HIV. Most research focuses on practices between cisgender men, whereas many MSM report male and female partners, cisgender, transgender, or both.

Methods

Data for these analyses were from a treatment-as-prevention study in Lima (the Sabes study). We compared demographics and behaviors of MSM who reported cisgender women partners in the past 3 months (MSMW) and MSM who reported both cisgender and transgender women partners (MSMW-T) to MSM who reported only male partners (MSMO). We calculated HIV incidence in each group during 2-year follow-up.

Results

Compared with MSMO, MSMW and MSMW-T more often self-identify as heterosexual or bisexual and report insert

SUBMITTER: Mayer ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8605625 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature