Cousin(noun) one collaterally related more remotely than a brother or sister; especially, the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt. Cousin(noun) a title formerly given by a king to a nobleman, particularly to those of the council. In English writs, etc., issued by the crown, it signifies any earl.
Since reports of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) virus began to emerge in the United States in the 1980s, the HIV epidemic has frequently been linked to gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) by epidemiologists and medical professionals.en who have sex with men (abbreviated as MSM, also known as males who have sex with males) are male persons who engage in sexual activity with members of the same sex, regardless of how they personally identify themselves.
MSM have engaged in a hierarchy of strategies for maintaining safer sex that are fluid and context-dependent. Most MSM are able to manage sexual risk with effective strategies such as monogamy with concordant partners, consistent condom use with repeated testing, condom use outside of relationship or abstinence.nly recently have HIV+ MSM been targeted with messages and programs featuring âprevention altruismâ that make use of MSMâs strengths. HIV prevention efforts need broader, more emotionally-resonant concepts that build on what is good in MSMâs lives.