MUST WATCH: Prostate Cancer & the GBTQ+ Community

What Every Gay & Bisexual Man Needs to Know Before and After Treatment

If you are a GBTQ+ man diagnosed with prostate cancer — this conversation is for you.

Prostate cancer treatment discussions are often based on heterosexual data and erection-focused outcomes. But for many gay and bisexual men, sexuality, intimacy, identity, and role (top, bottom, versatile) matter in ways that are rarely addressed in clinic.

In this powerful and candid session, we discuss:

• Erectile dysfunction — beyond “can you get an erection?”
• Loss of ejaculation and what that means in the community
• Receptive anal sex after surgery vs radiation
• Penile shortening, climacturia, and real functional outcomes
• Hormone therapy and libido
• Sexual identity disruption
• Dating, disclosure, and relationship changes
• Treatment regret and mismatched expectations
• Psychological distress and isolation
• Why most existing research does NOT reflect gay men’s lived realities

We also examine the limitations of common tools like EPIC, which focus primarily on erectile firmness and frequency — while often missing libido, desire, sexual role identity, and psychological impact.

This session includes:
Dr. Christopher Wallis (Urology)
Dr. Rob Rutledge (Radiation Oncology)
Dr. Gabriela Ilie (Psychology & Digital Health Research)
And, most importantly — lived experiences from men in the GBTQ+ community.

One of the most important messages from this talk:

👉 Treatment decisions must align with YOUR priorities — not just cancer control statistics.
👉 Survivorship is not just PSA numbers. It’s quality of life, identity, and intimacy.
👉 If your physician is not asking the right questions — bring them yourself.

We are also actively studying and adapting survivorship care for GBTQ+ men through the PC-PEP program (supported by Movember), with early data showing meaningful mental health improvements when care is holistic and patient-centered. Please visit pcpep.org or pcpep.org/gbtq2-communities-and-pc-pep/ to learn more about the program or enrol.

This is not just a medical talk.
It is an advocacy conversation.

If you are newly diagnosed — watch this before making treatment decisions.
If you are post-treatment — you are not alone.
If you are a clinician — listen.

Please share this with any GBTQ+ man facing prostate cancer. To watch the You Tube recording of this talk go to: https://youtu.be/YxH5lOv6k0A

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