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The reason public health refers to “men who have sex with men” or MSM is because it was discovered very early on in the HIV/AIDS crisis that the phrase “gay men
by thebooktocome 3y ago
The reason public health refers to “men who have sex with men” or MSM is because it was discovered very early on in the HIV/AIDS crisis that the phrase “gay men” missed a significant portion of those at risk. Some straight men really do have sex with other men, sometimes.
- maleldil 3y agoThanks for pointing that out, but this doesn't answer the spirit of my question: do men that do not have sex with men need to be monogamous to donate blood, or is that a requirement specific to MSM?