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Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM)

Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM)

Kings County Department of Public Health

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Payment and Low Cost Options

  • Fee
  • Insurance Accepted
  • Medicaid Accepted
  • Medicare Accepted
  • Sliding Scale

  • Chlamydia Test
  • Gonorrhea Test
  • Syphilis Test
  • TB Test

  • HIV/AIDS Prevention/Education
  • Harm Reduction
  • Hepatitis Prevention/Education
  • Needle Cleaning, Needle Exchange or Needle Distribution
  • Partner Notification
  • STI Prevention/Education
  • TB Prevention/Education

  • Adult Hepatitis B Vaccine
  • Hepatitis A Vaccine
  • Human Papillomavirus Vaccine (HPV)
  • Medication Adherence Education and Counseling
  • TB Treatment

  • Case Management
  • Drug Purchasing Assistance, including AIDS Drug Purchasing Assistance (ADAP)
  • Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS/HOPWA
  • PrEP Navigation
  • Ryan White Services

Sífilis y HSH (Hombres que Tienen Relaciones Sexuales con Hombres)

This information sheet discusses syphilis, an STD caused by a bacterium, among men who have sex with men (MSM). It describes the disease, its transmission, stages, symptoms, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment and provides statistics on the number of cases in the United States. The sheet also discusses the increase in syphilis among MSM as well as the high rates of HIV coinfection in MSM with syphilis, and explains how syphilis infection makes individuals more susceptible to acquiring or transmitting HIV.

Who Knew This Type of Protection Could Be This Easy?

This poster explains that hepatitis can be transmitted through sex with an infected person and that men who have sex with men are at increased risk for hepatitis A and B. It promotes hepatitis prevention through vaccines.

Viral Hepatitis: Information for Gay and Bisexual Men

This information sheet discusses the viral infections Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C, which cause liver disease. It describes the modes of transmission for each, the epidemiology of these diseases in the United States, the difference between acute and chronic disease as well as the symptoms, methods of diagnosis, and treatment. The information sheet explains the high risk of these diseases among gay and bisexual men and notes that experts recommend that gay and bisexual men should be tested for Hepatitis B and should be vaccinated for Hepatitis A and B.