INCREASE IN UNPROTECTED ANOGENITAL INTERCOURSE AMONG HOMOSEXUAL MEN

Results are presented from two sources, data of which indicate an incr ease in high-risk sexual behaviors for human immunodeficiency virus in fection among homosexual men. The number of cases of gonorrhea among h omosexual and bisexual visitors to municipal sexually transmitted dise ase clinics in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, is increasing. An increase was also observed in unprotected anogenital intercourse among homosexu al participants in the Amsterdam cohort. These findings indicate that a rebound in the behavior change process among homosexual men is occur ring. Furthermore, longitudinal behavioral data show that lapse and re lapse into unsafe sex arc prevalent in the Amsterdam cohort.