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INTERIALIZED HOMOPHOBIA SIGNENTLY IMPACTS PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS (PREP) USE RECENTLY INCARACERATED MEN WHAT HAE SEX WITH MEN (MSM), ACCORDING TO RESULTS PUBLISHED IN AIDS CARE. Nina Harawa, PhDand Colleagues Assessed Baseline Lifetime Prep Use (yes or) Among 170 Male Participants, Examining the Association of Prop with Sexual Identity, Sociodemographics, and Potential Confounders. Compred with gay/same-gender loving participants, straight/heterosexual (adjustised or (aor), 0.10) and bi-pansexual (aor, 0.39) participants Had Lower Odds of Prep Use. Black Participants Had Lower Odds (AOR, 0.15) of Prep Use That White Participants. Individuals Reporting 3+ Years Cumulaative Lifetime Incarceration Had Lower Odds (AOR, 0.28) of Prep Use Than Those Reporting Less Than 6 Months. When the Researchers Controlled for Internalized Homophobia, Differences Based on Sexual Identity Were Not Significant. “Internalized Homophobia was an important driver of prep USE Differentes Among Msm Along the Lines of Sexual Identity but Along the Lines of Race/Ethnicity or Cumulaative Incarction,” Dr. Harawa and Colleagues Wrote.
