Abstract
The Melbourne Gay Community Periodic Survey is a cross-sectional survey of gay and homosexually active men recruited from a range of gay community sites in Melbourne. The major aim of the survey is to provide data on sexual, drug use and testing practices related to the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmissible infections (STIs) among gay men. The most recent survey, the sixteenth in Melbourne, recruited 1,872 men in January 2014 at gay social venues (e.g. bars), sex- on-premises venues, sexual health clinics and the Midsumma Carnival. The response rate was 71.1%. The data presented in this report are from the period 2010 to 2014.