What is MSM?
What does the WAAF
MSM Club do?
Where
can I get more information about MSM?
How
do I get more information about the WAAF MSM Club?
What
is MSM?
MSM is an abbreviation of the term
men who
have sex with men.
This is a term that respects the fact that
not all people who are attracted to others of the same gender are
willing to identify as gay, homosexual or even bisexual.
A man who is only attracted to other men may or may not identify himself as "gay".
A man who is attracted to men and women may or may not consider himself "bisexual."
A man who considers himself "straight" (heterosexual), but who engages in sexual
relations with other men can be considered a man who has sex with
men, or MSM.
Therefore, the term MSM is often used to
describe any man who has sex with other men, including gay and
bisexual men.
What
does the WAAF MSM Club do?
It
is important to respect any sexual orientation.
WAAF recognizes that there are men who have sex with men in Ghana, and
that MSM account for a significant portion of people living with HIV
throughout the world.
Through the WAAF MSM Club, WAAF is reaching out to MSM in Ghana, and
providing them with the information and resources needed to reduce
their risk of contracting HIV.
In November 2005, through our partnership with the
Health
Equity Project, WAAF organized a workshop for Ghanaian MSM and sex
trade workers. Members of these communities were invited to WAAF to
learn more about HIV prevention and discuss some of the issues they
face in a safe, supportive environment.
Issues discussed included the HIV-related risks and the constraints
and stigma that each group faces. After the workshop free voluntary
counseling and testing (VCT) was conducted, and the participants were
encouraged to bring their friends back for confidential counseling
and testing.
WAAF is very interested in conducting more of these workshops. For
more information, see the contact information below.
Where
can I get more information about MSM?
Ghanaian resources:
African resources:
Other resources:
- International Gay and Lesbian
Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC): The mission of IGLHRC is to secure the full enjoyment of the
human rights of all people and communities subject to discrimination or abuse on the basis of sexual
orientation or expression, gender identity or expression, and/or HIV status
-
Men who have sex with men (UNAIDS): Information on HIV prevalence among men who have sex with men from
the United Nations
- MSM Page (ACOL): Information for straight,
gay and bi men who have sex with other men by the AIDS Committee of London (our partner organization) in
London, Canada
How
do I get more information about the WAAF MSM Club?
For more information on the WAAF MSM Club,
contact or visit George at:
Address:
P.O.Box
KD 130
Kanda, 14 Continental Road
Roman Ridge
Accra, Ghana
Telephone:
+233-(244) 753 087 (George)
+233-(021) 761 294 (WAAF)
E-mail:
george@waafweb.org
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