One in three gay men didn’t use a condom the last time they had anal sex, a study has revealed.
UK-based gay men’s charity GMFA has carried out its biggest ever survey into gay men’s sex lives, and the results are both encouraging and somewhat worrying.
The 3,000 responses found high numbers are not using condoms when they had sex but the majority of respondents have said they have gone for a sexual health test in the last year.
Over half of the men in the sample had fewer than five sexual partners in the last year
55% described themselves as sexually versatile
58% had sex in the last week
14% did not remember the name of the last person they had sex with
51% of gay men who have not been diagnosed with HIV admitted that they were worried about becoming HIV-positive
44% of gay men who have not been diagnosed with HIV said that they would not have sex with someone if they were HIV-positive
23% of gay men who have not been diagnosed with HIV did not know what undetectable viral load is.
71% of gay men said they would use PrEP right now if it were available on the NHS.
90% of HIV-positive men used a condom with a casual partner compared to 66% of HIV-negative men who said they didn’t use a condom.
Less than a third of HIV negative respondents say they would have with someone with HIV
90% of gay men with HIV said that they used condoms the last time they had anal sex with a casual partner, compared to just 34% of the men who believed themselves to be HIV-negative.
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