What is Men who have sex with men?
'''Men who have sex with men''' (MSM) are males that perform sexual acts on other males. They may be [[homosexual]], [[heterosexual]] or [[bisexual]].<ref>{{cite document|title=Men Having Sex with Men|publisher=UN AIDS|url=http://www.unaids.org/en/media/unaids/contentassets/dataimport/pub/briefingnote/2006/20060801_policy_brief_msm_en.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621123530/http://www.unaids.org/en/media/unaids/contentassets/dataimport/pub/briefingnote/2006/20060801_policy_brief_msm_en.pdf|access-date=May 12, 2021|archive-date=2013-06-21}}</ref> The term ''MSM'' was created during the early 1990s. ''MSM'' is used in the medical literature and [[social research]] to describe such males as a group for research studies. Men having [[sexual intercourse|sex]] with other men have an increased risk of [[sexually transmitted disease]]s (STDs), especially if they don't use a [[condom]]. The diseases include [[HIV]], [[AIDS]] and [[herpes]]. In the [[United States]], males who have sex with other males in and after 1977 have an HIV rate almost 60 times higher than the general [[population]]. Even with a condom, [[anal sex]] is risky.<ref>{{cite document|title=HIV Transmission|publisher=Centers for Disease Control|url=https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/basics/hiv-transmission/ways-people-get-hiv.html|access-date=May 12, 2021}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:LGBT]] {{stub}}