Blog Articles From Joseph

Upon entering the gay lifestyle, I was immediately struck by the often large age discrepancy between many male couples. In fact, my first boyfriend was nearly 20 years older than I. But this was something

During a 1987 interview with famed journalist and author Randy Shilts, a reporter asked for his opinion concerning the AIDS crisis, Shilts said: “I hate to be the one to say it, but I don't

As I neared 30 years of age, and over a decade of being in the gay lifestyle, I grew increasingly unsatisfied and desperate – for a time, I was willing to try absolutely anything: I

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections are occurring among HIV-negative gay men in London, investigators report in the “Journal of Viral Hepatitis.” Researchers at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital identified 44 cases of acute HCV infection

HIV-negative gay men who have several symptoms of depression are more likely to report sex without a condom, according to a study presented to the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) conference in

According to a research paper, “Comparative data of childhood and adolescence molestation in heterosexual and homosexual persons,” published in Archives of Sexual Behavior (2001 Oct;30[5]:535-41) “…gay men and lesbian women reported a significantly higher rate

In the U.S., it is estimated that 63% of incident HIV infections in 2010 were among Y[Young]MSM despite the fact that they represent a very small portion of the population. Researchers at New York University's

According to “A Longitudinal Study of Bullying of Sexual-Minority Youth” (May 7, 2015) published in The New England Journal of Medicine: “As early as 5th grade, before most youth are likely to be aware of

The recently published CDC “HIV Surveillance Report” found: “In 2013, among adult and adolescent males and females, the diagnosed infections attributed to male-to-male sexual contact (68%, including male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use) and

The EMIS 2010 Project (The European Men-Who-Have-Sex-With-Men Internet Survey) was the largest transnational survey among MSM ever conducted – in terms of the number of participants, the number of countries covered by the survey, and

“Tonight, somewhere in America, a young person, let's say a young man, will struggle to fall to sleep, wrestling alone with a secret he's held as long as he can remember. Soon, perhaps, he will

In 2008, Proposition 8 passed in the state of California; if enacted, it would have forbidden the licensing and recognition of same-sex marriages. A bit of background: in 2000, the State of California adopted Proposition

A Huffington Post survey of 4,000 gay men revealed that, despite the efforts of the gay political power-pushers to remake the homosexual image as literally dying for monogamy, domesticity, and marriage, gay men are still

Researchers have found that LGBTQ youth make up a large number of youth engaged in survival sex in New York City, nationally, and across the continent. LGBTQ youth are estimated to make up only 5

...taken from the CDC web-site. The risk of acquiring HIV through unprotected anal sex is at least 20 times greater than with unprotected vaginal sex and increases if other infections are already present in the

A study utilizing data from The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) has found that: “higher child emotional problems may be a persistent feature of same-sex parent families.” The NHIS is the principal source of public