HIV and men who have sex with men sexual activity with members of the same sex, regardless of how they personally identify themselves. Many MSM choose not to (or cannot for other reasons) identify as homosexual or bisexual. Similarly, the label excludes men who identify as gay or bisexual, but who have never had sex with another man, including many gay teenagers. The terms MSM and women who have sex with women (WSW) have been used in medical scholarship since at least 1990. But, the term has been attributed to Glick "et al.", because their usage in a 1994 study solidified the concept in medical terminology. MSM is
Beat Generation Mesmer, Randy Roark, Josh Smith, David Evans. The Beats had a pervasive influence on rock and roll and popular music, including the Beatles, Bob Dylan and Jim Morrison. The Beatles spelled their name with an "a" partly as a Beat Generation reference, and John Lennon was a fan of Jack Kerouac. The Beatles even put Beat writer William S. Burroughs on the cover of their album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." Ginsberg later met and became friends of members of the Beatles, and Paul McCartney played guitar on Ginsberg's album "Ballad of the Skeletons." Ginsberg was a close friend