Unshelved by Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum
comic strip overdue media

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

The reason public health officials designate them as 'men who have sex with men'

rather than gay, straight, or bisexual.

Nearly 10% of 'straight' men admit to having sex with another man in the past year', with 70% of them married and the majority not using condoms as a protection against HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.

It was ambiguous as to whether researchers were surprised that so many men did have sex with men or that they admitted to it, but certainly the former doesn't surprise me, given what I know about men in restrooms, rest stops, and who knows where else.

It does make you wonder though, if they are really gay or bisexual men in denial, then does that raise the gay percentage to more in the 20% range, making a fifth of all men gay? Just a thought.

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