5 A survey of gym-attending MSM reported that 23% attended a sex party in the previous six months and 8% had attended a bareback sex party. One study of urban MSM reported that 25% recently attended a sex party and that these men had higher rates of unprotected anal intercourse (UAI), 3 and another noted that HIV-positive MSM were more likely to have attended sex parties than HIV-negative men. 2– 4 Specifically, studies have investigated the role sex parties play in risk behaviors among MSM, 5– 10 suggesting that sex party attendance may be common and that men who attend them may be at higher risk for HIV/STIs. 1 Researchers have recognized the role that venues where MSM meet their sex partners play in influencing HIV/STI risk as well as the need to locate prevention services within venues.
In the United States the U.S., men who have sex with men (MSM) accounted for 63% of new HIV diagnoses in 2010.
