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How many men are there in Vancouver who have sex with other men? It’s a tricky question for numerous reasons. While U.S. sex researcher Alfred Kinsey’s estimate that one in ten men is homosexual has been traditionally cited though has since been discredited, B.C. researchers have come up with a different number. In an effort […]

New, ‘most accurate’ data on men who have sex with men will help public health services and policy, hopes UBC scholar. Forget what you may have heard about “one-in-10” people being gay – a long-discredited figure that arose in sexologist Dr. Alfred Kinsey’s 1940s research. This week, a team of public health researchers at the

Speaking to gay and bisexual trans men, the word “invisibility” comes up a lot. Invisibility in the bathhouse and on dating apps, invisibility among cisgender people, straight people, trans people and gay people. And, too often, invisibility in the doctor’s office. “I have tried just going to walk-in clinics and stuff like that to ask

While HIV studies have extensively examined issues related to gay, bisexual, and queer men, one group missing from such research has been transgender men. Consequently, Vancouver and Victoria researchers undertook one of the first such Western Canadian studies, with the findings published on April 3 in Culture, Health, and Sexuality. This study allowed researchers to

Men in Vancouver at higher risk of contracting HIV and sexually transmitted diseases (STIs) are being recruited to participate in a study that aims to identify ways to prevent the spread of these diseases. Called Engage, the five-year study is the largest of its kind in Canada and is collecting information about the spread of