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Young gay men with HIV in the UK worry about disclosure, transmission and prosecution – older ones about confidence and sex
Gus Cairns, 2012-11-07 12:00:00
A large majority of gay men in the UK with HIV describe having one or more problems with sex, an analysis of a survey originally published in 2009 reveals.
Amongst other problems, the analysis of the 2009 What do you need? survey (Weatherburn), conducted by Sigma Research, finds “A large and singularly coherent problem of managing status disclosure to potential sexual partners, with its attendant risks of rejection (or worse) if disclosure occurs, and potential prosecution if it does not (but transmission does)”.
Although concern about these related risks were common in all the gay men who answered the What do you need? survey, it was young, recently diagnosed men for whom these were the most pressing issues, as well as men not on HIV treatment.
Although many older gay men also worried about these issues, concerns about poor self-image, loss of self-confidence, low libido and lack of sexual opportunity were of more concern to this age group.
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