After studying the sexual patterns of 566 gay male couples from the Bay Area for three years, lead researcher Colleen Hoff
found that gay men negotiate ground rules and open their relationships
as a way to build trust and longevity in their partnerships...
Hoff, who just received a $3.5 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health [!!!!!] to continue the study for five more years, initially started her
research based on findings that HIV infection is on the rise among male
couples. [No kidding!]
"So much of the HIV prevention effort is aimed at a
different set - men in dance clubs or bathhouses having anonymous sex,"
she said. "HIV prevention might want to expand its message to address
relationships; we have to look at risk in a greater context."
Actually an even better idea? Ban sodomy as the public health threat it is.
