Recreational Drug Use among Chinese MSM and Transgender Individuals: Results from a National Online Cross-Sectional Study

• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170024
• Publication Date: 2017-01-20T20:09:33Z
• Authors: Peizhen Zhao; Songyuan Tang; Cheng Wang; Ye Zhang; John Best; Thitikarn May Tan...; Shujie Huang; Bin Yang; Chongyi Wei; Joseph D. Tucker; Weiming Tang
• Keywords: Adult; Male; China; Adolescent; Substance-Related Disorders; Science; Q; R; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Transgender Persons; 3. Good health; Young Adult; 03 medical and health sciences; Cross-Sectional Studies; 0302 clinical medicine; 5. Gender equality; Medicine; Humans; Female; Homosexuality, Male; Research Article

Recreational drug use has increased considerably among Chinese men who have sex with men (MSM). The phenomenon has the potentially to increase HIV transmission among Chinese MSM. The aims of this study were: 1) to investigate the prevalence of recreational drug use among Chinese MSM, and 2) to explore the correlation between gay smartphone based sex-seeking applications (gay apps), HIV/STIs testing, group sex, commercial sex, sexual roles and poppers use among Chinese MSM.