BMJ 1995;311:1163-1164 (28 October)

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Survey shows unprotected sex is a common behaviour in bisexual men

EDITOR,--The proportion of men who have sex with both men and women and the pattern of their sexual behaviour have long been recognised as being potentially important in the future pattern of spread of HIV infection and other sexually transmitted diseases.1 Until now, most information has been based on studies of gay men2 or small studies of (mainly) self identified bisexuals.3 The British national study of sexual attitudes and lifestyles estimated that 0.8% of the male population had sex with both males and females in the five years before interview; it acknowledged that several factors made this a lower bound estimate.4 The members of this group who do not identify themselves as gay or bisexual have never been included in any numbers by a major European study of sexual behaviour.

In a recent national study commissioned by the Health Education Authority in Britain we interviewed 745 men who reported having . . . [Full text of this article]


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