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25.01.2022 Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday! This is your Friday reminder that this week's diary will be open on Sunday morning. This week is the extended diary so will take you a few minutes longer than usual, but once complete you go into the draw to win weekly prizes. Have a great (long) weekend!

25.01.2022 Did you know, one of our earlier publications has been used in the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Technical Guide. Every participant's story counts. Every survey response makes a difference. Link to publication: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29429864/... Link to UNODC technical guide: https://www.unodc.org//19-04568_HIV_Prevention_Guide_ebook

24.01.2022 We hope you’re having a great weekend. This week’s diary opened this morning, at the usual time. Please complete your entry at your earliest convenience, keeping in mind we will close it off on Tuesday night. Remember that each completed entry places you in the draw for a weekly prize.

24.01.2022 Is it a long weekend again? Unfortunately not But there's always your weekly diary to look forward to. As always, your diary will be available on Sunday. You have 48 hours to complete diary and once complete you automatically go into the draw to win a share of $200 in weekly prizes

24.01.2022 Your weekly diary is open and ready in your inbox (we hope the Easter Bunny visited as well ). This week's diary is a slightly longer diary so will take you a few more minutes than usual. Once you've completed your diary you'll automatically go into the draw to win a share of $200 worth of weekly prizes. Enjoy your Sunday!

24.01.2022 Happy Sunday everyone. We hope you're enjoying your weekend! This week's diary is now open and waiting in your inbox. Please complete the diary as soon as you can. Once you do, you'll go into the draw to win a share of $200 worth of weekly prizes. Best of luck!

23.01.2022 We hope you’re having a great weekend. This week’s diary opened this morning, at the usual time. This is our slightly longer version - a few extra minutes for some critical information to help us understand what you’re telling us each week. Please complete your entry at your earliest convenience, keeping in mind we will close it off on Tuesday night. Remember that each completed entry places you in the draw for a weekly prize.

22.01.2022 Have you put it in your diary?! ;) This week's diary closes soon. This is an important one! Once a month, we ask a few extra questions to better understand your experience of the COVID-19 pandemic. You only have a few hours left to complete it. ... As always, thanks for helping us respond to issues that affect us all, and good luck with this weeks raffle :)

21.01.2022 Don't forget to complete your weekly diary if you haven't already. There are only a few hours left so get in before it closes for the week

21.01.2022 There is nothing like a Sunday afternoon. We hope you've all been able to enjoy your weekend so far. This week's diary opened this morning and should be ready and waiting in your inbox if you haven't already completed it. Remember that this week is an extended diary so will take a couple of minutes longer. Also, completed diaries go into the draw to win a share of $200 of weekly prizes.

21.01.2022 If you haven't completed your weekly diary don't forget you only have a few hours left. Follow the link in the in the email you would have received from us yesterday and tell us what the last week has been like.

19.01.2022 We hope you've got a smile on your dial going into the weekend Big milestones in terms of COVID numbers during the week for the whole country. Just a reminder that this week is an extended diary and will take a couple of minutes longer. Enjoy whatever is planned for the coming days.

18.01.2022 Not long left now! It’s Tuesday evening, and that means that you only have a few hours left to complete this weeks Flux diary. If you are yet to complete this weeks entry, follow the link in your email from us yesterday.

18.01.2022 COVID-19 has impacted us all but in different ways. Around 1 in 5 men reported they were coping poorly with the COVID-19 crisis each week and about 1 in 12 had no contact with gay friends each week.

17.01.2022 Gay and bisexual men in Australia are heeding public health advice and having less sexual contact with other men due to COVID-19 physical distancing measures, according to new Kirby Institute-led research published today in JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. Gay and bisexual men have adjusted their prevention strategies throughout the HIV epidemic to protect themselves and each other. Our community has a long history of creating innovative strategies to reduce risk, and we are seeing this continue with this new health challenge, says lead author Dr Mohamed A. Hammoud.

16.01.2022 Avoiding things that we consider normal has become the new normal since COVID-19. More than 90% of you told us that you are avoiding group events with family and friends and close physical contact due to COVID-19.

16.01.2022 We hope you all enjoyed your weekend. This week’s diary opened yesterday. Please complete your entry at your earliest convenience, keeping in mind we will close it off tomorrow. Remember that each completed entry places you in the draw for a weekly prize.

15.01.2022 What have you been up to? This week’s diary opened this morning and sent to your inbox. Let us know, as soon as you can, how the last week has been for you. Don’t forget that completed entries each week go into a prize draw.

15.01.2022 Check out the latest data summary about willingness to receive the vaccine among gay and bisexual men in our sample. Overall, most men would be willing to receive the vaccine if it was available, although approximately one in twelve men were not willing at that time. Willingness to receive the COVID-19 vaccination was slightly higher when compared to the Australian general population.

14.01.2022 For those that didn't get a chance to complete their weekly diary over the long weekend, we are extending this week's diary for another day! You have until the end of the day tomorrow to complete your weekly diary. You will still be in with a chance to win in this week's weekly raffle!

12.01.2022 The second monthly report is now available on the flux website. Take some time to read the report and see how you are contributing to this important research. h...ttps://6b566d82-ebf7-4962-a46f-f9908c50e869.usrfiles.com/ The Flux weekly diary will be available this Sunday, closing on Tuesday evening. Have a great weekend.

11.01.2022 Your latest weekly diary is now available and ready in your inbox if you haven't gotten to it already. We hope you've had a good week, but however it has been we want to know about it. Let us know if your diary how things have been for you whether there have been changes or not. Don't forget, once complete you will be in the draw to win a share of $200 worth of weekly prizes. Best of luck!

11.01.2022 Who's got that Friday feeling? We hope you're all looking forward to the weekend. A quick reminder that your weekly diary will be available on Sunday. Thank you to everyone that has stuck with us and welcome to new participants. Remember that once you've completed the diary you automatically go into the draw to win a share of $200 worth of weekly prizes.

11.01.2022 Your weekly diary is ready and waiting for you in your inbox! Let us know how the events of the week have changed (or not) parts of your daily life. Don't forget, complete entries go into the draw to win weekly prizes. Best of luck!

09.01.2022 Happy Friday! We hope you all have a nice weekend planned. Just a quick heads up that the next diary will be sent to you and available on Sunday. Remember, once you complete the diary you go into the draw to win weekly prizes.

08.01.2022 Testing for COVID-19 has been uncommon week to week. Testing peaked at Week 10 in Report 02 at about 6% of men. This coincided with increasing community transmission of COVID-19 in Victoria and NSW.

08.01.2022 The reminder emails for this weeks diary have just been sent out. If you haven't completed the diary yet, follow the link in the email at your earliest convenience. Remember, this is the extended diary so will take a few minutes longer but will provide vital information to understand how this pandemic is affecting you.

07.01.2022 Thanks to everyone that completed the latest diary. Apologies for the issues with the survey platform and to those who did not receive their diary at the usual time last week. It has been another week of lots of things happening around the country because of COVID. A reminder that the diary will be open on Sunday morning and we want to hear about how events of the week have impacted you and your life. Have a good weekend

06.01.2022 The most difficult things gay and bi men have been finding with COVID-19 are not kissing and hugging family and friends, not going out for entertainment and stopping sex. They didn’t find it so difficult to always wash their hands, or to keep their distance from people they meet.

06.01.2022 Many men say they aren’t having sex during COVID-19, for various reasons, but the emotional impact is often profound and has left some men feeling alone. Some men note that they have been actively avoiding new people and deleting apps to remove temptation. They say it feels lonely but would rather be safe right now. Also some men say that COVID-19 has put greater strain on their relationships and it has even affected the sex they have with each other.

06.01.2022 Gay and bi men have some strong opinions about the risk of and preventing COVID-19. More than 95% of you disagreed that gay saunas should remain open and just as many agreed that group sex and casual sex are risks for COVID-19.

05.01.2022 Get in quick, there’s not long left to complete your weekly diary. Follow the link in the reminder email you received yesterday and complete your weekly diary before it closes.

04.01.2022 This is your weekly reminder that this week's diary is due to close in the coming hours. If you haven't had a chance to complete it there is not long left to do so. Get in as soon as you can, we want to hear about what's been happening for you.

02.01.2022 We hope you've had a great week and are enjoying your Sunday so far Your weekly diary is ready! Get to your inbox and let us know how the last week has been for you. This week's diary is back to the shorter ones so should only take you a few minutes. Once you're done you'll go into the weekly raffle to win a share of $200. Best of luck!

01.01.2022 In the weekly diaries, among gay and bi men who reported condomless sex with more than fuckbuddy or casual partner, the majority were protected by PrEP or TasP.

01.01.2022 Throughout the weekly diaries, about half of gay and bi men have been having sex each week. The majority of this sex has been with one partner only.