HPV prevention for gay, bisexual, and MSM – including trans men

On Tuesday, 16 September CEST, join Global Action on Men’s Health (GAMH), NOMAN is an Island: Race to End HPV (NOMAN), and ILGA World for a webinar expressing key issues in the prevention of HPV-related cancer and diseases in gay, bisexual and men — including trans men — who have sex with men.

Date: Tuesday, 16 September 2025
Time: 5:00 PM Central European Summer Time (what’s the time where you are based?)
Location: online, upon registration
Duration: 60 minutes
Language: English

Gay, bisexual and men — including trans men — who have sex with men (GBMSM) are at much greater risk of an HPV infection that leads to cancer or genital warts. GBMSM are unprotected by HPV vaccination programmes aimed only at girls.

This webinar will explore key issues in the prevention of HPV-related cancer and diseases in GBMSM and why gender-neutral (universal) HPV vaccination for all young people is the best way of protecting everyone.

This webinar, co-hosted by ILGA World, is the third in a series this year on Men, Cancer and HPV run by Global Action on Men’s Health (GAMH) and NOMAN is an Island: Race to End HPV (NOMAN). It is part of GAMH and NOMAN’s joint global initiative seeking to expand HPV vaccination programmes to include young men, particularly in low- and middle-income settings.

Speakers

• Dr Peter Greenhouse, Consultant in Sexual Health and Menopause – on why GBMSM are at higher risk of HPV infection
• Dr Janette Pow and Dr Carol Gray Brunton, Napier University, Edinburgh – on their recent systematic review of how GBMSM experience HPV and HPV vaccination
• Prof Joel Palefsky, University of California – on anal cancer screening
• Gurchaten Sandhu, ILGA World – on the perspectives of the GBMSM community

If you are unable to attend but would like to be sent details of the webinar recording, please register in the normal way. You can join the Men, Cancer and HPV mailing list to be kept informed of the organisations’ work in this area.