Table 1.
Characteristics of participants
| Variable | N (out of 25 participants) |
| Age | |
| 18–29 years | 7 |
| 30–40 years | 5 |
| 41–51 years | 7 |
| 52+ | 6 |
| Sex at birth | |
| Male | 24 |
| Female | 1 |
| Gender | |
| Male | 22 |
| Female | 0 |
| Transgender | 3 |
| Ethnicity | |
| Asian | 3 |
| South Asian | 1 |
| White | 16 |
| Latino/Hispanic | 1 |
| Mixed | 1 |
| Black | 1 |
| Aboriginal | 2 |
| Sexual orientation | |
| Gay | 19 |
| Straight | 1 |
| Queer | 1 |
| Other | 4 |
| Bisexual | 0 |
| Highest level of education | |
| Did not complete high school | 2 |
| High school | 5 |
| College | 15 |
| Graduate | 3 |
| Annual income | |
| <$20 000 | 5 |
| $20 000–$39 000 | 8 |
| $40 000–$59 000 | 7 |
| $60 000–$79 000 | 3 |
| $80 000–$99 000 | 1 |
| Prefer not to answer | 1 |
| Prior syphilis diagnosis | |
| Yes | 9 |
| No | 15 |
| Missing | 1 |
| HIV status | |
| Negative | 15 |
| Positive | 8 |
| Unsure | 2 |
| Number of men that the participant had sex with in past 6 months | |
| 1–5 | 11 |
| 6–10 | 8 |
| 11–15 | 2 |
| 16–20 | 1 |
| 20+ | 2 |
| Missing | 1 |
| Number of participants who have ever taken non-occupational post exposure prophylaxis (nPEP) | 2 |