The association of the availability of offline gay scenes and national tolerance of homosexuality with gay and bisexual men's sexual online dating behavior

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Highlights：

• Internet is important facilitator for finding offline sexual encounters among MSM.

• Online dating sites for MSM can be a substitute for offline sexual gay venues.

• MSM in gay-intolerant countries rely on the Internet to find sexual partners.

• MSM that often visit offline gay venues also frequently find sex partners online.

摘要

•Internet is important facilitator for finding offline sexual encounters among MSM.•Online dating sites for MSM can be a substitute for offline sexual gay venues.•MSM in gay-intolerant countries rely on the Internet to find sexual partners.•MSM that often visit offline gay venues also frequently find sex partners online.

论文关键词：Online dating,Dating sites,Men who have sex with men,Sexuality,Gay men,Uses and gratifications,Cross-cultural comparison

论文评审过程：Received 18 March 2019, Revised 15 October 2019, Accepted 16 October 2019, Available online 22 October 2019, Version of Record 20 November 2019.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2019.106172