Table 1.
Participation in different types of multiple partner sexual encounters
| No, Never | Yes, but not within the last 12 months | Yes, within the last 12 months | ||||
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| Threesome encounters | ||||||
| 1 Had a threesome (you and two men)? | 316 | 15.3 | 614 | 29.8 | 1133 | 54.9 |
| 2 Had a threesome (you and another man and woman)? | 1583 | 76.7 | 365 | 17.7 | 115 | 5.6 |
| 3 Had a threesome (you and two women)? | 1892 | 91.7 | 140 | 6.8 | 31 | 1.5 |
| Group Sex and Sex Parties | ||||||
| 4 Been part of a group sex event (e.g., an orgy, or a spontaneous gathering of four or more people that turns sexual) at your home/apartment or someone else’s home/apartment? | 844 | 40.9 | 599 | 29.0 | 620 | 30.1 |
| 5 Attended a free sex party at someone else’s home/apartment? | 1159 | 56.2 | 467 | 22.6 | 437 | 21.2 |
| 6 Attended a sex party at someone else’s home/apartment that charged a cover for admission? | 1616 | 78.3 | 244 | 11.8 | 203 | 9.8 |
| 7 Attended a free sex party at a private venue (e.g., a sex club)? | 1380 | 66.9 | 364 | 17.6 | 319 | 15.5 |
| 8 Attended a sex party at a private venue (e.g., a sex club) that charged a cover for admission? | 1379 | 66.8 | 339 | 16.4 | 345 | 16.7 |
| 9 Attended a sex party at a private venue (e.g., a sex club) that requires a subscription or membership? | 1498 | 72.6 | 284 | 13.8 | 281 | 13.6 |
| 10 Attended a sex party for people of the same HIV status as you (i.e., ‘neg for neg’, ‘poz for poz’)? | 1657 | 80.3 | 166 | 8.0 | 240 | 11.6 |
| 11 Attended a bareback themed sex party? | 1619 | 78.5 | 198 | 9.6 | 246 | 11.9 |
| 12 Attended a jerk-off/oral sex only themed party? | 1559 | 75.6 | 305 | 14.8 | 199 | 9.6 |
| 13 Attended a safer sex only themed party? | 1545 | 74.9 | 279 | 13.5 | 239 | 11.6 |
| 14 Attended a ‘mixed’ themed sex party (e.g., both bareback and safer sex with wristbands or other identifiers to indicate your preference)? | 1687 | 81.8 | 190 | 9.2 | 186 | 9.0 |
| 15 Attended a naked massage-only erotic themed party? | 1728 | 83.8 | 170 | 8.2 | 165 | 8.0 |
| 16 Attended a kink (e.g., BDSM, fisting) themed sex party? | 1667 | 80.8 | 227 | 11.0 | 169 | 8.2 |
| 17 Attended a watersports* themed sex party? | 1793 | 86.9 | 149 | 7.2 | 121 | 5.9 |
| 18 Attended a sex party for men of certain races (e.g., ‘men of color’)? | 1733 | 84.0 | 180 | 8.7 | 150 | 7.3 |
| 19 Attended a sex party for men of certain body types (e.g., muscle men, jocks, thin men, twinks, bears)? | 1588 | 77.0 | 231 | 11.2 | 244 | 11.8 |
| 20 Attended a sex party for men of certain ages (e.g., young men only, daddies only)? | 1656 | 80.3 | 197 | 9.5 | 210 | 10.2 |
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Urine play/exchange