"Homosexuality, Male" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Sexual attraction or relationship between males.
| Descriptor ID |
D018451
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.802.975.500.600 G08.686.867.500.600
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| Concept/Terms |
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Homosexuality, Male".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Homosexuality, Male".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Homosexuality, Male" by people in this website by year, and whether "Homosexuality, Male" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2021 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Homosexuality, Male" by people in Profiles.
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The influence of tobacco use, hazardous drinking, and other risk factors on HPV-associated oropharyngeal cancer risk and screening perceptions among gay and bisexual men: a cross-sectional study. BMC Oral Health. 2025 Mar 30; 25(1):462.
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Association between non-injection drug use and hepatitis C infection among HIV-negative men who have sex with men. BMC Infect Dis. 2024 Sep 17; 24(1):985.
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Baby Boomer Gay Men's Experiences with Primary Healthcare. J Homosex. 2025 May 12; 72(6):1109-1132.
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Prevalence, Incidence, and Predictors of Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Infection Among Young Men Who Have Sex With Men in the Southern United States. J Infect Dis. 2024 May 15; 229(5):1387-1392.
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Enhancing routine HIV and STI testing among young men who have sex with men: primary outcomes of the get connected clinical randomized trial (ATN 139). BMC Public Health. 2024 04 17; 24(1):1072.
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Health literacy mediates the association between cognition and healthcare provider interactions among gay and bisexual men with HIV disease. Clin Neuropsychol. 2025 Apr; 39(3):658-679.
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Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of Mpox in Cisgender and Transgender Women and Non-Binary Individuals Assigned to the Female Sex at Birth: A Comprehensive, Critical Global Perspective. Viruses. 2024 02 21; 16(3).
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Men who have sex with men experience low anxiety and few barriers to performing anal self or companion examinations: a qualitative study of the Prevent Anal Cancer Palpation Study. Cult Health Sex. 2024 Jul; 26(7):920-935.
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Oral/oropharyngeal "selfies" in gay and bisexual men: a pilot study exploring oropharyngeal screening for HPV-related possible malignancies. Front Public Health. 2023; 11:1233274.
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Home-based self-sampling vs clinician sampling for anal precancer screening: The Prevent Anal Cancer Self-Swab Study. Int J Cancer. 2023 08 15; 153(4):843-853.