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Only 60% of gay men under twenty nine compared to 72% of gay men over 30 feel that having/desiring sex with other men is the defining component of what it means to be gay.
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In 2004, 39% of gay men felt that fear around intimacy was a big issue for them. In 2005, that number increased to 52%. |
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Only 56% of Latino gay men vs. 75% of everyone else feel that being gay is key to who they are as a person. Only 53% of men under twenty nine feel that way. |
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In 2004, 83% of gay men felt that being gay had had a positive effect on them as a person. In 2005, only 72% of us feel that way. |
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Only 36% of men under twenty nine, as compared to 56% of everyone else feel that there is a gay community in San Francisco with which they identify with. |
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51% of HIV positive men feel very connected to the gay community. Only 37% of HIV negative men feel that way. Only 33% of Latino men and 32% of men under twenty nine fell that way. |
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77% of us feel that it is important that the gay community is united. In 2004, only 65% of men felt that way. |
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69% of API gay men feel that being gay makes them part of a community. Only 39% of everyone else feels that way. |
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75% of us who are twenty nine or older think that feeling part of a gay community is related to our health and well being as gay men. Only 62% of men under twenty nine think that way. |
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In 2005, 85% of us feel that we share a collective responsibility for insuring the general health and well being of each other. In 2004, only 76% of men felt that way. |
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Only 56% of men under twenty nine feel that having sex is important to their overall health and well being. 74% of men twenty nine or older feel that way |
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Over 82% of us feel it’s important that we receive health messages on homophobia, our isolation from each other, and about the racism and ageism in our community. Almost everyone (92%) feels that we need health messages that can help us determine the levels of risk we’re comfortable taking. |
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In 2004, 6% of us felt that HIV was no longer a big deal because it had become a manageable chronic illness. In 2005, the proportion of us that feel this way increased to 11%. |
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Only 45% of us feel that we have all of the up-to-date information about HIV and other sexually transmitted infections that we need to take care of ourselves. |
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54% of those of us who are men of color feel that there are enough messages targeting gay men about HIV prevention. Only 38% of white gay men feel that way. |
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Compared to 49% in 2004, in 2005 61% of gay men feel that HIV prevention messages work for them. |
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Only 22% of us feel that we have enough messages about health issues other than HIV, and only 29% of us feel that we have enough messages about sexual responsibility. |
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Only 75% of Black gay men compared to 96% of men of other ethnicities feel that gay men share a collective responsibility to stop the spread of HIV and Syphilis among each other. |
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21% of HIV negative men say that it’s difficult for them to talk with their sexual partners about being HIV negative. |
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45% of Black gay men feel that there are enough messages targeting gay men about disclosure of HIV status, as compared to only 27% of everyone else. |
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Barebacking? 22% of HIV negative gay men and 40% of HIV positive gay men feel that fucking without condoms is now our community norm. |
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Are there occasions in which it’s OK to fuck without condoms with someone of a different or unknown HIV status? 21% of HIV positive men and 12% of HIV negative men say yes. |
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Is there a problem barebacking with a person who has the same HIV status? 22% of HIV negative men and 40% of HIV positive men say no. |
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I expect a Poz guy to tell me that he has HIV before he tops me without a rubber. Only 41% of HIV negative Latino men agree with that, while 73% of HIV negative men of other ethnicities agree. Younger men are the most trusting; 81% of HIV negative men under twenty nine expect that Poz guys will tell. |
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Even when condoms are used, 66% of HIV negative men expect Poz guys to tell them that they have HIV before they have anal sex. 64% of HIV negative men expect Poz guys to tell them before sex of any kind. |
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In 2004, 37% of men felt that speed can be used responsibly. In 2005, the number of men feeling that way decreased to 24%. |
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Only 39% of Black gay men feel that limited speed use is pretty harmful while 64% of men of other ethnicities feel that way. |
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Over half of us (56%) feel that speed and responsible sex can not go together. |
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Two thirds of us (67%) feel that gay men should just say no to speed. |
