| dc.description.abstract | Hom
osex
uali
ty
is
roma
nti
c
and
se
x
ual
att
raction
or
se
x
ual
be
hav
ior
be
tw
e
e
n
me
mbe
rs
of
the
same
ge
nde
r
of
se
x
.
Se
x
ual
li
fes
tyle
s
of
homose
x
ual
is
e
ff
e
c
ted
by
social
e
nv
iront
me
nt
and
c
ult
ure
.
Se
x
ual
be
hav
i
or
of
homose
x
ual
include
d
ge
tt
ing
anal
se
x
w
it
hout
using
c
ondom
and
hav
ing
multi
ple
se
x
ual
p
artner
s
that
c
an
incre
ased
ris
k
of
ST
Is
an
d
HI
V/AID
S tran
smiss
ion
.
T
he
objec
ti
v
e
of t
his r
e
s
e
arch
is t
o
de
sc
ribe
factors
re
lat
e
d
be
c
oming
homose
x
uals
and
ris
k
of
ST
Is
and
HI
V/AID
S
trans
missi
on
.
T
his
re
se
arch
w
as
appli
e
d
by
quanti
tat
ive
re
se
arch
me
thods
,
de
sc
ript
ive
de
sign
e
d
and
c
ross
se
c
ti
onal
approac
he
d
.
T
he
numbe
rs
of
sam
ples
of
thi
s
re
se
arch
w
e
r
e
89
homos
e
x
ual
(
ga
y
,
“
k
u
c
ing”
,
trans
ge
nde
r
)
.
T
he
data
w
e
re
c
oll
e
c
t
e
d
by
using
que
sti
onair
re
s
t
he
n
de
sc
ribed
v
e
rbal
ly,
mathe
matically
and
graphi
c
all
y
.
T
he
re
sult
s
show
e
d
that
mo
st
of
homose
x
ual
w
as
in
20
30
age
d,
juni
or
hi
gh
sc
hool
ungraduat
e
d
unti
l
se
nior
high
sc
hool
and
w
orke
d
in
be
auty
bus
iness
and
e
ntertai
nme
nt.
Print
me
dia
(
magazine,
post
e
r,
leaflet,
ne
w
spape
r,
book
let
)
and
e
lec
troni
c
me
dia
(
handp
hone
,
tele
v
i
s
ion,
radi
o,
and
ipad,
and
c
ompute
r
)
w
as
u
se
d
and
pe
e
r
group
c
onduc
ted
me
n
be
c
o
ming
homose
x
ual.
Atti
tude
and
patt
e
rns
of
paren
ti
ng
w
as
not
re
lat
e
d
be
c
oming
homose
x
ual.
It
also
prove
d
by
re
sponde
nts
that
they
did
unsaf
e
se
x
ual
l
if
e
style
(
multi
ple
se
x
ual
part
ne
rs
,
oral
se
x
,
ana
l
se
x
,
and
un
c
onsi
stenc
y
in
the
use
of
c
ondoms
and
lubri
c
an
t)
.
T
his
c
ondit
ion
is
also
found
at
three
re
sponde
nts
that
indi
c
ated
posi
ti
v
e
HI
V/AI
DS.
It
is
e
x
pe
c
ted
to
ho
mose
x
ual
to
incre
ase
awar
e
n
e
ss
of
ri
sk
be
ha
v
ior
that
c
an
b
e
of
ST
Is
an
d
HI
V/A
ID
S
tr
ansmiss
ions
by
focuse
d
has i
nc
arier
a
nd
e
duc
ati
on
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