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It seems like the most straightforward of definitions.  We’re not talking about whether a man identifies as bisexual, gay, straight, etc., just men who have sex with men. 

But this question arose for me today at the MSM pre-conference.  I attended a session wherein results of a survey among MSM in Britain were presented.  Among criteria that had to have been met to have been included in the survey data, a man had to answer “yes” to one of the following two questions:  Have you had sex with a man in the last year? and/or Have you ever had sex with a man?  If the answer to one or both was “yes,”the data was admissible.  If the answer was “no” to both, the participant was excluded. 

Important to note that another criterion was that aparticipant be 18 years of age or older. Most of the participants hooked into the survey through the website Gaydar.  Others, to a significantly lesser extent, were found through clinics and community organizations.  read more »