North America, Western and Central Europe

Countries in this Section

Aland Islands, Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Channel Islands, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Faeroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Guernsey, Holy See, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Jersey, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Some MSM Identities

Gay, Bisexual, Queer

Sex between Males*

• United Kingdom: 8.1% of men have felt a sexual attraction towards the same sex at least once in their lifetime¹

MSM and HIV *

• United Kingdom: One in 20 MSM aged 15-44 is HIV+, 2007 ²
• Croatia: 41% of all infections attributed to MSM transmission (graph)

Graph: The Republic of Croatia, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, “UNGASS Country Progress Report,” January 2006 – December 2007.

Opportunities

• Call for Presenters: 4th Gay Men’s Health Summit

Prevention Materials for MSM

• My Sexy City
• Safe Travels

eForums and Email Groups

• Brother-to-Brother HIV Poz Group: "A brotherhood of MSM, striving for positive health for positive men through support services, prevention and education."
  

Links

• The Institute for Gay Men's Health
• www.hivstigma.com

* At this point very few national-level surveys have been done in on these topics; this data is taken from studies with limited sample sizes and may not accurately reflect national figures.
1.  'National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles', Kaye Wellings, Julia Field, Anne M. Johnson, et al, Penguin, 1994, 0140158146 'National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles II: Reference Tables and Summary Report', Bob Erens, Sally McManus, Alison Prescott, et al, National Centre for Social Research, 2003, 1904599028
2. Testing Times - HIV and other Sexually Transmitted Infections in the United Kingdom: 2007 Authors: The Health Protection Agency Publication date: 23 November 2007 ISBN: 978-0-901144-92-8