ArticleAIDS and behavior2022
Are We Still Having Sex? Results of Round Two of the Love and Sex in the Time of COVID Survey with Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men.
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- Access and Utilization of HIV/STI Testing Services among Men Who have Sex with Men During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Pooled it
- Randomized Controlled Trial of a HIV Prevention App to Increase Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Uptake Among Gay and Bisexual Men Who Have Sex With Men in the United States: The HealthMindr PrEP Study.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2025Trial
- Potential Risks and Benefits of Low-barrier Access and Monitoring for HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis: A Modeling Study.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Spatializing Substance Use and Sexual Behaviors of Queer Men and Non-binary Individuals During COVID-19.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Care Engagement Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review.AIDS and behavior · 2025Article
- Adaptation of a HIV Prevention Mobile App for Transmasculine People: A Pilot Acceptability and Feasibility Study.Transgender health · 2024Article
- Sexual behaviours and risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection among MSM during the first COVID-19 lockdown.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Sexual Behavior and Sexual Decision-Making Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Observations from a Rapid Ethnographic Assessment in Marion County, Indiana, October-November 2021.Archives of sexual behavior · 2024Article
- Examining the secondary impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on syndemic production and PrEP use among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBM) in Vancouver, Canada.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Analysis of Smartphone Text Data Related to mpox from a U.S. Sample of Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men During the 2022 Outbreak.LGBT health · 2023Article
- Characterizing the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on HIV PrEP care: A Review and Synthesis of the Literature.AIDS and behavior · 2023Review
- Temporary changes in STI & HIV testing & diagnoses across different phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, Chicago IL.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2023Article
- Impact of COVID-19 on the Belgian HIV epidemic: slowdown of HIV transmission and testing and adaptation of care.BMC infectious diseases · 2022Article
- Research trends and hotspots of COVID-19 impact on sexual function: A bibliometric analysis based on Web of Science.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Sexual Behavior, App Use, and Venue Comfort During COVID-19: A Global Study of Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men.Journal of sex researchArticle
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Abstract
This paper presents data from the Love and Sex in the Time of COVID survey, an online survey with US gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men. The first round of the Love and Sex in the Time of COVID-19 survey was conducted online from April to May, 2020: the second round was collected November 2020 to January 2021. GBMSM were recruited through advertisements featured on social networking platforms. Analysis examines changes in self-reported measures of sexual behavior (number of sex partners, number of anal sex partners and number of anal sex partners not protected by pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) or condoms) between those with complete data for round one and round two of the surveys (n = 280). While in round one, men reported a moderate willingness to have sex during COVID-19 (3.5 on a scale from 1 to 5), this had reduced significantly to 2.1 by round two. Men reported declines in the number of unprotected anal sex partners since pre-COVID. Perceptions of a longer time until the end of the COVID-19 pandemic were associated with increases in the number of sex partners and UAI partners. The results illustrate some significant declines in sexual behavior among GBMSM as the COVID-19 pandemic progressed. As vaccine programs continue to roll out across the U.S, as lockdowns ease and as we return to some normalcy, it will be important to continue to think critically about ways to re-engage men in HIV prevention.
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