Dresden, Germany: AIDS education and prevention: official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education. Age-related risk for HIV infection in men who have sex with men: examination of behavioral, relationship, and serostatus variables, 12(5). 2002 92(2): 203.Ĭrepaz N, Marks G, Mansergh G, Murphy S, Miller LC, Appleby PR.
AIDS-related risk among adolescent males who have sex with males, females, or both: evidence from a statewide survey. New York, NY: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene 2007. New HIV Diagnoses Rising in New York City among Men who Have Sex with Men. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010. Lastly, given that sex parties are different than other sex environments, commercial and public, with regard to how they are accessed, public health strategies may need to become more tailored in order to reach this potentially highly risky group.Īltman LK. These results indicate that while only a small percentage of the overall sample attended sex parties, the intersection of both individual risk factors coupled with risk factors engendered within the sex party environment itself has the potential to be a catalyst in the proliferation of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in urban settings. As compared with those who did not attend sex parties, those who did indicated significantly more lifetime and recent (last 3 months) casual sex partners, drug use (both number of different drugs used and total lifetime use), psychosocial burden (history of partner violence and number of arrests), and total syndemic burden (a composite of unprotected anal sex, drug use and psychosocial burden). Sex party attendees reported that parties included both HIV-positive and HIV-negative men attendees also reported unprotected sex and limited access to condoms and lubricant. Findings indicate that 8.7% ( n = 47) of the sample had attended a sex party 3 months prior to assessment. The current analysis examines sex party attendance and behavior in a sample of 540 emergent adult gay, bisexual, and other YMSM in New York City, ages 18–29 years. 56th Street)Īnd of course there’s always your home.Very little information exists with regard to sex party behaviors in young men who have sex with men (YMSM), often defined as men ranging in age from 13 to 29 years. Lay down, spread your legs–and play safe! (227 E. It’s been there for decades, so there must be some hot, available junk there. Same owners, same vibe, pretty much the same rates. The same attitude prevails, and everyone seems afraid to make a move, but maybe you’ll get lucky and meet Mr. They say it’s “an alternative to the bar scene,” but it’s really just the bar scene with fewer clothes on, and with a sauna. Some cuties, some mental patients, and some cute mental patients. A low-rent Times Square video store, the upstairs is lined with booths which are supposed to be only for one, though that’s hardly enforced, as long as you put a dollar in the slot for porn films. (The last time around, they moved the location to Brooklyn, sending a bus from Chelsea. A bathhouse-y party that starts slowly, but after the toweled (and usually hot) patrons have had a few thousand drinks, it becomes a nouveau version of the twin cities–Sodom and Gomorrah. Just walking to the bar there, you might find yourself suddenly entrenched in a nine-way involving every fetish you never even dreamed of. Here they are, in all their grubby desperation and/or fascinating appeal: Yes, there are still some places, even in the wake of crackdowns and internet hookups.