Table 1.

Article Characteristics, Demographics, Recruitment, and Methodology.

	N (participants)	%	N (articles)	%
Article characteristics
Male exclusivea	—	—	50	92.6
Age range (13-25 years) exclusive	—	—	47	87.0
Black/African American exclusive	—	—	22	40.7
All Black men, aged 13-25 years	—	—	18	33.3
Sexual identities
Gay	22,126	38.7	25	46.3
Bisexual	6,577	11.5	28	51.9
Straight	139	0.2	8	14.8
Straight/unsure/other	394	0.7	2	3.7
MSMb	25,297	44.3	16	29.6
MSM/nongay identified	289	0.5	2	3.7
Down-low	12	<0.1	2	3.7
Questioning	123	0.2	3	5.5
Two-spiritedc	106	0.2	0	0.0
Other	2,039	3.6	18	33.3
Racial/ethnic identities
Black/African American	25,124	41.5	—	—
White/Caucasian	14,175	23.4	—	—
Latino/Hispanic	15,947	26.4	—	—
Asian/Pacific Islander	2,253	3.8	—	—
Other	2,618	4.3	—	—
Not specified	391	0.7	—	—
Dichotomized—Racial/ethnic identities
Black/African American	25,124	41.5	—	—
Non-Black/African American	35,384	58.5	—	—
Recruitment
School based	—	—	0	0
Community based	—	—	49	90.7
Online	—	—	6	11.1
Databases	—	—	3	5.5
Methodology
Qualitative
Individual	—	—	9	16.7
Focus groups	—	—	5	9.3
Other	—	—	1	1.9
Quantitative
Individual	—	—	45	83.3
Other	—	—	1	1.9

Note. MSM = men who have sex with men.

^aOne article had seven transidentified participants (male to female); one article had two participants identified as female, two identified as transgender, and two identified as other/refused; one article had four transidentified participants who were assigned male at birth and reported having sex with men; and one article had a mixed gender sample with a large sample size (N > 4,000). ^bMay include gay-identified and nongay-identified participants. ^cTwo articles included two-spirited as part of a joint identity (e.g., queer/two-spirited); no article included it as a stand-alone label.