Significance of Our Work
Follow the epidemics, numbers don’t lieRacial and sexual minority men have had the highest HIV/STI incidence
of any subpopulation for the past 15 years.
The U.S. will not end the HIV epidemic by 2030
unless we substantially support racial and sexual minority men.
Black SMM have an unrefuted estimated 50% lifetime HIV risk
and solutions remain elusive.
No progress has been made to reduce
overall HIV incidence for Black sexual minority men in 10 years.
Treatment & prevention strategies typically ignore age-related issues
in the lives and health of racial & sexual minority men.
The evidence base from racial and sexual minority men is dated
and utilizes culturally inappropriate measures that limit claims about their needs.Sexual minority men consistently report feeling misunderstood and mistreated
by researchers and clinicians.Researchers, clinicians, and healthcare providers want to help
racial and sexual minority men but do not always know how to.
Research protocols to engage racial and sexual minority men are nebulous
and require more theoretical, systematic, and effective approaches.
Culturally congruent research teams can engage
racial and sexual minority men and obtain more nuanced, valid, and novel data than others.