ReviewJournal of sex research2014
Gay and bisexual men's use of the Internet: research from the 1990s through 2013.
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150 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A systematic review of mHealth interventions for HIV prevention and treatment among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men.Translational behavioral medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Social Media Interventions to Promote HIV Testing, Linkage, Adherence, and Retention: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2017Pooled it
- A systematic review of recent smartphone, Internet and Web 2.0 interventions to address the HIV continuum of care.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2015Pooled it
- Enhancing routine HIV and STI testing among young men who have sex with men: primary outcomes of the get connected clinical randomized trial (ATN 139).BMC public health · 2024Trial
- The Young Men and Media Study: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Community-Informed, Online HIV Prevention Intervention for 14-17-Year-Old Sexual Minority Males.AIDS and behavior · 2022Trial
- Age- and Race/Ethnicity-Specific Sex Partner Correlates of Condomless Sex in an Online Sample of Hispanic/Latino, Black/African-American, and White Men Who Have Sex with Men.Archives of sexual behavior · 2020Trial
- Acceptability and Preliminary Efficacy of an Online HIV Prevention Intervention for Single Young Men Who Have Sex with Men Seeking Partners Online: The myDEx Project.AIDS and behavior · 2019Trial
- Randomised controlled trial of incentives to improve online survey completion among internet-using men who have sex with men.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2019Trial
- Ecological momentary assessments for self-monitoring and counseling to optimize methamphetamine treatment and sexual risk reduction outcomes among gay and bisexual men.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2018Trial
- Increasing Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Among Young Gay and Bisexual Men: A Randomized Pilot Trial of the Outsmart HPV Intervention.LGBT health · 2018Trial
- Prevalence and Risk Factors for Rectal and Urethral Sexually Transmitted Infections From Self-Collected Samples Among Young Men Who Have Sex With Men Participating in the Keep It Up! 2.0 Randomized Controlled Trial.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2017Trial
- Use of Videos Improves Informed Consent Comprehension in Web-Based Surveys Among Internet-Using Men Who Have Sex With Men: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2017Trial
- Using Social Media to Increase HIV Testing Among Gay and Bisexual Men, Other Men Who Have Sex With Men, and Transgender Persons: Outcomes From a Randomized Community Trial.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2016Trial
- Acceptability and preliminary efficacy of a tailored online HIV/STI testing intervention for young men who have sex with men: the Get Connected! program.AIDS and behavior · 2015Trial
- Implementing and retaining a large-scale technology-mediated cohort to study HIV incidence and PrEP uptake among vulnerable cisgender men as well as transgender individuals in the United States, the Together 5000 cohort.American journal of epidemiology · 2026Article
- Health Information Access Behaviors by Sexual Orientation: A Secondary Data Analysis of the National Health Interview Survey.Journal of homosexuality · 2026Article
- Reactions to Sexual, Substance Use, and Mental Health Surveys Among Rural Sexual Minority Men.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2025Article
- Geosocial-networking App Use Among Men who Have Sex with Men in High HIV Community Viral Load Areas of Baltimore City.AIDS and behavior · 2025Article
- Moving Beyond "Risky Behavior": A Qualitative Interview Study Exploring Geosocial Networking App Use by Sexual Minority Men and Women in the UK and USA.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2025Article
- Sex robots and virtual reality sex: advantages and challenges.International journal of impotence research · 2024Review
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Abstract
We document the historical and cultural shifts in how gay and bisexual men have used the Internet for sexuality between the 1990s and 2013-including shifting technology as well as research methods to study gay and bisexual men online. Gay and bisexual men have rapidly taken to using the Internet for sexual purposes: for health information seeking, finding sex partners, dating, cybersex, and pornography. Men have adapted to the ever-evolving technological advances that have been made in connecting users to the Internet-from logging on via dial-up modem on a desktop computer to geo-social-sexual networking via handheld devices. In kind, researchers have adapted to the Internet to study gay and bisexual men. Studies have carefully considered the ethics, feasibility, and acceptability of using the Internet to conduct research and interventions. Much of this work has been grounded in models of disease prevention, largely as a result of the ongoing HIV/AIDS epidemic. The need to reduce HIV in this population has been a driving force to develop innovative research and Internet-based intervention methodologies. The Internet, and specifically mobile technology, is an environment gay and bisexual men are using for sexual purposes. These innovative technologies represent powerful resources for researchers to study and provide outreach.
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