Sex vs. Intimacy – Grabbing a shag when a hug would do
It’s not unusual to hear a guy say something like: “Damn, it’s been too long since I last had sex!” But can you remember ever hearing someone lamenting the fact that they needed to be touched? Or that they were aching for some affection after too long a period of going without any? You may […]
Study looks at some of the challenges facing bears in the gay community
A study has found that American men who identify as bears often have lower self esteem and engage in riskier sex than other gay men. The research by academics at the University of Miami was published in the Clinical Journal of Nursing and aimed to highlight the issues facing this sector of the gay community. […]
The job at hand – celebrating Masturbation Month
Seeing as May is Masturbation Month, here are some excellent reasons to keep spanking your monkey – and doing it often! Educated people partake in self-pleasure more often than their less-educated counterparts, according to a National Health Survey’s findings obtained at the Kinsey Institute. This is not surprising when you consider the fact that it’s […]
Does watching bareback porn make you have risky sex?
Gay men who watch porn that includes condoms are more likely to use condoms themselves when they have sex, claims a new study. Eric Schrimshaw, at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, and Martin J. Downing, Jr, of Public Health Solutions, said their research suggests pornography can encourage men to use condoms. “One type […]
Age, race and having a partner affect risk for suicide among gay men
Scientists say that older gay and bisexual men appear to cope better with homophobia and are less likely to try to commit suicide. Research by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine found that gay and bi men in the UK under the age of 26 were six times more likely to attempt suicide […]
Yet another study confirms that gay families are just like other families
A new study has joined a raft of previous research that shows that children from same-sex families turn out the same as those from “traditional” families. The report, which matched 95 same-sex and 95 different-sex parent families in the US, was authored by researchers affiliated with the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law, the […]
Stiaan Louw and WeTheBrave will “cover your butt”
Menswear designer Stiaan Louw and WeTheBrave have launched the unique homoerotic Cover Your Butt campaign which brings together male underwear and sexual health. Louw’s limited edition range of underwear visually represents the concept of “covering your butt” through safer sex and the use of PrEP amongst gay men and other men who have sex with men (MSM). “My […]
Possible U-turn as UK reconsiders cancelling rollout of PrEP
Following an outcry and threatened legal action, England’s NHS has announced that it will relook at its cancelled roll-out of PrEP to men who have sex with men (MSM). In March, the NHS shocked HIV groups by pulling the plug on its advanced decision-making process on whether to make PrEP available. Its claim that it […]
Move to address HIV among transgender people welcomed
New guidelines have been published to help address HIV among transgender people, a community that’s disproportionately affected by the epidemic. An analysis of HIV among transgender people across 15 countries, undertaken in 2013, indicated that a transgender woman in those countries was 49 times more likely to be living with HIV than the general, non-transgender […]
Yes, Zika can be transmitted through gay sex
America’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed a case of a man who likely contracted the Zika virus through sex with another man. It appears that the Dallas man caught the virus after having unprotected anal sex with his partner, who had recently returned from a trip to Venezuela. Other cases of […]