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Bisexual Latino men and HIV and sexually transmitted infections risk: an exploratory analysis.

Muñoz-Laboy M, Dodge B

Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA. mam172@columbia.edu

OBJECTIVES: We sought to determine whether there were differences in sexual risk among behaviorally and self-identified bisexual men, men who reported having sex with both men and women without reporting a bisexual identity and men who self-identified as bisexual but reported only recent homosexual behavior over the past 6 months. METHODS: secondary data analysis, we conducted stepwise linear regression equation modeling to determine which factors were significant predictors of sexual risk among various subgroups of bisexual Latino men. RESULTS: Having sex with women, regardless of sexual identity, increased the likelihood of insertive unprotected anal intercourse with men. Bisexual identity was not statistically associated with unprotected anal intercourse with men. CONCLUSIONS: Future studies should begin to examine differences within groups rather than focusing on group comparisons that yield limited insights into sexual risk predictors for homosexually and bisexually active men. Further research that explores risk and protective factors in the sexual lives of Latino bisexual men is also needed.

Published 22 May 2007 in Am J Public Health, 97(6): 1102-6.
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