1 in 10 'straight' men have gay sex: study

BY JORDAN LITE
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Nearly 10 percent of New York men who say they're straight are having sex with other men, city health officials found in a first-ever study of the "down-low" phenomenon here.

And a "surprising" 70% of that group are married - and less likely to use condoms or to have been tested for HIV than those who identify themselves as gay, said Dr. Susan Blank, assistant commissioner at the city Health Department.

Most live outside Manhattan, and many are minorities, foreign-born or of low economic and educational status, according to the survey, conducted in 2003 and published in today's Annals of Internal Medicine.

"We expected a substantive percentage [to be married], but we hadn't estimated 70%. No one should be making assumptions. Marital status isn't necessarily an indicator of sexual behavior," Blank said.

The down-low phenomenon, in which supposedly straight men sleep with other men on the sly, has been the subject of anecdotal reports in recent years.

However, this is the first time health experts have scientific evidence of it, Blank said.

A separate study in the medical journal found that an increasing proportion of deaths among New Yorkers with AIDS stems from causes other than the deadly disease itself.

Deaths from cancer, heart disease and drug abuse rose by 33% among the city's AIDS patients between 1999 and 2004.

However, three-quarters of New Yorkers with AIDS still die of HIV-related illnesses.

"It's the new drugs that are allowing people with AIDS to live longer and then die of other causes that kill the rest of us," said Judith Sackoff, city deputy director of HIV epidemiology.

http://www.nydailynews.co...1792c.html

trust me when i say there are LOTS of str8 guys who have experimented.

trust me when i say there are LOTS of str8 guys who have experimented.

cborgman said:

...with cborgman! lucky guy

If I picture Jessica Alba it's not gay sex, right?

What the fuck are U?

10% of self proclaimed straights admit sliding down a pole

Or if U just have it at Equinox arranged via craigslist are U identity deranged?
[Edited 9/19/06 15:02pm]

If a man has sex with another man he can't be straight

If a man has sex with another man he can't be straight

If a man has sex with another man he can't be straight

Dewrede said:

Y'know,
posting that sentence without a period or question mark at the end
makes it appear quite appropiately androgynious.

Dewrede said:

I agree.

If he does , he's by definition not straight

Dewrede said:

So if a gay guy has sex with a woman, is he straight?

Dewrede said:

So if a gay guy has sex with a woman, is he straight?

Stymie said:

Dunno, but he's not gay...

FruitToAttractBears said:

Many completely gay men, who are and always have been gay, have had straight sex. That does not make them straight.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I agree, but, then how is that being 'completely gay'? Seems rather...incomplete.

FruitToAttractBears said:

Because many gay men who have had sex with women were doing it because they felt pressured to do so, not because they were at all attracted. A straight man simply does not have that same motivation and hence he's really not straight if he's boning down with a guy