Stability of Bisexual Behavior and Extent of Viral Bridging Behavior Among Men Who Have Sex with Men and Women.
Bisexual men experience significant health disparities likely related to biphobia. Biphobia presents via several preconceptions, including that bisexuality is transitory, and that bisexual men act as viral bridges between men who have sex with men and heterosexual populations. We analyzed data from...
| Publicado en: | Archives of Sexual Behavior Vol. 46; no. 4; pp. 903 - 913 |
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Springer Nature
May2017
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