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May 2006, Vol 96, No. 5 | American Journal of Public Health 765-766
© 2006 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.084665

LETTER

THE TROUBLE WITH MSM

Shivananda Khan, OBE and Omar A. Khan, MD, MHS

Shivananda Khan is with Naz Foundation International (NFI), London, England. Omar Khan is with the Department of Family Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, and serves on the US board of NFI.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Shivananda Khan, OBE, Naz Foundation International, Palingswick House, 241 King St, London W6 9LP, United Kingdom (e-mail: shiv@nfi.net).

Because this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.

Young and Meyer recently considered the ubiquitous use of the term men who have sex with men (MSM).1 We respond with our experience in this area, with special attention to HIV/AIDS.

We agree with many of the points made by Young and Meyer. We advocate the appropriate use of the term MSM, which has achieved (over)usage in a variety of contexts. Subsequently, its utility as an authentic term for settings where behavior and identity remain separate has been diminished. For example, in much of South Asia, male-to-male sex as a behavior does not equate with behaviorally or socially being homosexual . . . [Full Text]






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