Online Dating Among Australian Gay and Bisexual Men: Romance or Hooking Up?

Increasingly, gay and bisexual men (GBM) meet casual sex partners online and this has been associated with sexual risk behavior. How do GBM meet regular partners? This online anonymous survey of 4215 GBM included 2562 men with a primary regular partner (PRP) who were included in these analyses. Mean...

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Veröffentlicht in:	AIDS and behavior 2015-10, Vol.19 (10), p.1905-1913
Hauptverfasser:	Prestage, Garrett, Bavinton, Benjamin, Grierson, Jeffrey, Down, Ian, Keen, Phillip, Bradley, Jack, Duncan, Duane
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Age groups Aged Australia - epidemiology Bisexuality Bisexuality - psychology Bisexuality - statistics & numerical data Dating Gays & lesbians Health Psychology Health risk assessment HIV Infections - epidemiology HIV Infections - transmission Homosexuality Homosexuality, Male - psychology Homosexuality, Male - statistics & numerical data Humans Infectious Diseases Internet Interpersonal Relations Male Males Medicine Medicine & Public Health Men Middle Aged Original Paper Personal relationships Privacy Public Health Risk Risk taking Sex Sexual behavior Sexual Partners Sexually Transmitted Diseases - epidemiology Sexually Transmitted Diseases - transmission Surveys and Questionnaires Unsafe Sex - statistics & numerical data
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Zusammenfassung:	Increasingly, gay and bisexual men (GBM) meet casual sex partners online and this has been associated with sexual risk behavior. How do GBM meet regular partners? This online anonymous survey of 4215 GBM included 2562 men with a primary regular partner (PRP) who were included in these analyses. Mean age of the sample was 38.1 years. 60.3 % had met their PRP at least 2 years earlier. Meeting their PRP online increased from 14.0 % before 2001 to 79.9 % in 2013–2014. At all time points, men who met their PRP online were somewhat older than those who met their PRP offline. Regardless of how they met their PRP, most men met casual sex partners online. Among GBM, meeting sexual and romantic partners online has replaced other methods, for all age groups. The population of GBM who use the internet for this purpose is now equivalent to all sexually active GBM.
ISSN:	1090-7165 1573-3254
DOI:	10.1007/s10461-015-1032-z