Introduction Men who have sex with men (MSM) who identify sex partners over the internet
are more likely than other MSM to report having unprotected anal intercourse (UAI). It is …

Abstract Issues In 2011, the Institute of Medicine released a report that constituted the first
comprehensive effort by a federal body to understand the current state of science pertinent …

Purpose: This study aimed to characterize the sociodemographic characteristics of sexual
minority (ie, gay, lesbian, bisexual) adults and compare sexual minority and heterosexual …

Social determinants, or the conditions in which individuals are born, grow, live, work and
age, can result in inequities in health and well-being. However, to-date little research has …

In this study, we investigated if a single-item indicator measured the degree to which people
were open about their same-sex attraction (“out”) as accurately as a multi-item scale. For the …

Although the phenomenon of hypersexuality has been described in the literature, and scales
of compulsive sexual behavior have been published, the existing measures do not assess …

Background Evidence suggests there are important sexual-orientation differences in alcohol
consumption, particularly among women. Little is known about where gay/lesbian and …

Better understanding the contribution of specific drinking contexts to alcohol use and risky
sexual behaviors can help target effective prevention programs to specific locations and …

Background The use of new types of drugs has become more common among men who
have sex with men (MSM). The aim of this study was to describe the patterns of the use of …

Objectives To describe heavy alcohol use patterns and correlates in a diverse sample of
MSM. Methods We used respondent-driven sampling (RDS) to enroll 252 alcohol-using …