Australian gay men
HIV incidence fell by three-quarters in Australian gay men, with strong association with treatment as prevention
HIV treatment as prevention, as measured in community-level viral suppression, was strongly associated with a enormous drop in the number of new HIV infections among gay and bi-curious men in Australia, even before PrEP was accessible. This study was presented by Dr Denton Callander from the University of New South Wales yesterday at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2020).
Despite the clarify benefits of treatment as prevention (or Undetectable = Untransmittable, U=U) at the individual level, no large-scale studies have yet evaluated the community-level effects of treatment as prevention (TasP) on direct measures of HIV incidence among homosexual and bisexual men. Previous research has indicated a disconnect between the benefits of TasP/U=U at the individual and population levels. Large observational and experimental studies carried out in various sub-Saharan African countries failed to show a strong link between rates of viral suppression and associated reductions in HIV incidence.
One of the challenges with the African studies is that they t
STUDY: What Australian Gay and Bi Men Want From a Male Partner
I was recently quoted in an article in the Sydney Morning Herald called, Body politics: Just how crucial are looks to lgbtq+ men?
The reporter questioned me about a new learn of 500 gay and bi Australian men that has yielded some engaging results.
First of all, when it comes to result a life partner, their desires are not that different from straight men and women. This research, which was conducted in two stages for greater accuracy, was led by Social researcher Derek Jones of D&M Research.
Mr. Jones based this study on an earlier one he conducted on straight couples—it uses a technique he created called the Polygraph. This method looks at what people say they want or don’t crave in a partner against the traits in potential partners that they actually find appealing or unappealing. Mr. Jones says of his method: ‘‘It reveals areas of alignment, but also unearths areas of non-alignment, such as attributes which have ‘attractor’ currency but are less likely to be articulated.”
The first stage of the examine, which involved 100 lgbtq+ and bi men, was qualitative. It looked at all the possible attractors and detractor
Estimates and characteristics of LGBTI+ populations in Australia
Australian Gay Men and Type 2 Diabetes
Pascoe, Edwin (2022) Australian Lgbtq+ Men and Type 2 Diabetes. PhD thesis, Victoria University.
Abstract
This study sought to understand the role sexual orientation has on gay males’ health journey with
type 2 diabetes in the Australian context, and the extent to which it informs diabetes management
and education. A diagnosis of type 2 diabetes increases the amount of health care akin tasks a
person must perform to maintain their health. The literature identified some unique issues that may
affect a same-sex attracted man’s journey with diabetes, including homophobia in sports, amyl usage, increased
smoking, and increased stress. Further issues explored were binge eating disorders related to
rejection by family, function, church, and the queer community. There is also an increase in erectile
dysfunction and decreased engagement with the diabetes teams leading to increase complications
and blood glucose levels. Gay men living alone exacerbated the feeling of a lack of assist when
facing the increased demands of living with type 2 d
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