GMFA

GMFA (formerly Gay Men Fighting AIDS) develops a wide range of health promotion, including web and print advertising campaigns, booklets, websites, community building events, a magazine and groupwork. GMFA believes that all gay men are equally entitled to have all their health promotion needs met. However, HIV infection is not equally distributed among all gay men. We therefore prioritise men who are most likely to be involved in HIV exposure during sex. We do this in order to reduce the health inequalities amongst different groups of gay men. The groups which research informs us have higher unmet needs are:

• men with hiv;
• men under 35 (the average age at which men are diagnosed with HIV is 35);
• black gay men;
• men with larger numbers of sexual partners;
• men with lower rather than higher levels of education;
• recreational drug users.

This doesn't mean that GMFA ignores the needs of men who are not in these groups, but rather we attempt to develop interventions that are appropriate for all men, but with a bias towards these groups.