Sexual Minority Health

The health of men who have sex with men and other sexual minorities is not limited to HIV concerns alone. This page includes resources ranging from mental health to aging to structural factors that influence the health of men who have sex with men.

General Health

• Transgender Health Handbook (pdf)
• Bisexuality 101: Are there health issues specific to bisexuality?
• IAS Tool for HIV Treatment Literacy
• Gay Men's Health Charity releases new booklet, "Tested Negative?", including information and exercises to help men who test negative stay that way (pdf)
• Stop AIDS Project releases new resource book for MSM, "SM Safely" (pdf)
• Prevention and treatment of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among men who have sex with men and transgender populations (Report of a WHO technical consultation) (pdf)
• Conclusions and recommendations: Men having sex with men and the prevention and treatment of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (pdf)
• Clinical management of sexually transmitted infections in resource-poor settings: A comprehensive guide for clinicians (Volume II) (pdf)
• Ten Things Gay Men Should Discuss with their Health Care Providers
• Ten Things Transgender Individuals Should Discuss with their Health Care Providers
• Love Your Body! A Transwoman’s Guide to Health and Wellness
• Factsheets on LGBT health, including nutrition, cancer, access to healthcare and intimate partner violence (pdf)
• The Fenway Guide to LGBT Health. "[This] textbook is designed to teach current and future medical providers about the unique health care needs of sexual and gender minorities."
• Men who have sex with men, HIV prevention and care Report of a UNAIDS stakeholder consultation Geneva, 10-11 November 2005 (pdf)

Psychological Health

• Gay, lesbian, bisexual individuals risk psychiatric disorders from discriminatory policies
• Australia's largest advocacy body for suicide prevention calls on health sector to address alarming rate of suicidein LGBT community
• Social factors associated with Major Depressive Disorder in homosexually active, gay men attending general practices in urban Australia
• Mental Health and the LGBTQ Community
• Suicide Attempts Among Gay and Bisexual Men: Lifetime Prevalence and Antecedent

HIV/AIDS Information

Sexually Transmitted Infections

eForums and Email Groups

• PozHealth: "...the largest HIV health discussion group online. We share personal health experiences and research data on new HIV treatments, side effects, lipodystrophy, facial wasting, and more."
• International Rectal Microbicides Advocates (IRMA) (send an email)

Links

• Gay Men's Health Summit: A social networking site committed to building and nurturing a multi-issue, multi-cultural gay men's health movement
• Thebody.com
• Lifelube.org
• namlife
• Journal of Homosexuality
• Journal of LGBT Health Research
• The National Coalition for LGBT Health