Gay men vary in their beliefs about what constitutes sex: Comment on Sanders et al. – Misclassification bias: diversity in conceptualisations about having ‘had sex’ (Sexual Health 2010; 7: 31–4)

Martin Holt; Diana Bernard; Kane Race

doi:10.1071/SH10051

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Gay men vary in their beliefs about what constitutes sex: Comment on Sanders et al. – Misclassification bias: diversity in conceptualisations about having ‘had sex’ (Sexual Health 2010; 7: 31–4)

Martin Holt ^A ^D , Diana Bernard ^B and Kane Race ^C

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^A National Centre in HIV Social Research, Level 2, Webster Building, The University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia.

^B HIV/AIDS and Related Programs (Inner West), Sydney South West Area Health Service, NSW 2050, Australia.

^C Department of Gender and Cultural Studies, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.

^D Corresponding author. Email: m.holt@unsw.edu.au

Sexual Health 7(4) 500-501 https://doi.org/10.1071/SH10051
Submitted: 27 April 2010 Accepted: 10 May 2010 Published: 10 November 2010

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