Male-to-Male Sex and HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh

The category “men who have sex with men” (or males who have sex with males - MSM) was developed in response to a recognition that not all male-to-male sexual behaviours falls within a framework of sexual orientation or identity.

In Bangladesh, the primary framework of male-to-male sex appears to be that based on gendered identities: males such as kothis or hijras who self-identify with the feminine, and males from the normative male population who self-identify as men.