Sex Now Library
The first report from a survey of close to 8000 gay, bisexual and men who have sex with men from across Canada is an overview of the findings. June 2011.
Notre premier rapport souligne les points saillants de notre sondage auquel près de 8000 hommes gais et bisexuels ont participé. Juin 2011.
Summary report of research investigating the state of sexual health in British Columbia’s young (<30) gay men, aiming to provide an evidence-based framework for health promotion planning. Research Team: Terry Trussler, Olivier Ferlatte, Rick Marchand, Phillip Banks & Glen Moulton. March 2009.
This is a review of literature specifically addressing young gay men and health. Our main focus was literature between 2006-2008, but we also identified key studies from 2000 onward.
We got interested in sexual styles from research studies suggesting that various personality types react differently to sexually charged situations. Sexual styles are the innate patterns we express in our personal approaches to such situations. Predictable differences show up in the way that each of us would handle a particular scenario.
The 2007 Sex Now Report presents data from 1533 men from across British Columbia. This year’s report has two special features: detailed data on young gay men in BC and a review of the trends in gay culture in the last five years – from Sex Now 2002 to 2007. Remember this question: “What do you think is hottest?” Here’s how you responded:Natural 47%Underwear 29%Tattoos 13%Leather 6%Piercings 4%Rubber 1%
1331 gay and bisexual men from across BC responded to Sex Now 2006. Findings from this internet survey include information on gay men and dating. Print out the Sex Now Index and read the details.
Report by Terry Trussler, Rick Marchand and Mark GilbertResponse to Sex Now 2004 was robust, exceeding the 2002 survey by 45%. Using data gathered from 2,605 participants in 2004 and 1,842 participants in 2002, this report compares findings to describe previously unknown characteristics of BC’s gay population, to estimate its HIV prevalence, and to measure factors that may be contributing to rising infections.
The "street report" of the 2004 Sex Now survey describes the main findings of our probe into increasing HIV infections among gay men in BC. While we found no increase in risk between 2002 and 2004, the report describes how many men feel pressured for unprotected casual sex in today's environment.
A street version of the report, "Sex Now do the math" was produced for distribution at community events such as Pride and all the usual recreational venues. The content of this back-pocket guide is presented with wit, humour and simplified statistics to get across an important wake-up message: the risks of unprotected sex are increasing not decreasing. Do the math!