Condom rule bent by straight men SYDNEY

Australian Doctor 6 October 2006

Men identifying as straight commonly have sex with other men and are less likely than gay men to protect themselves against sexually transmitted diseases, research shows.

Phone interviews of more than 4000 New York men found almost one in 10 self-identifying as straight reported having sex with at least one man during the previous year, researchers said.

This group – 70% of whom were married – were half as likely as gay identified men to have used a condom during their last sexual encounter and were 40% less likely to have HIV testing, they said.

Annals of Internal Medicine 2006; 145:416-26

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