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{{Cquote|In recent years, a variety of colorectal disorders have been recognised among male homosexuals. In this report, the term homosexual behaviour is defined as any sexual relationship including orogenital, proctogenital or analingual sex between two or more males.

{{Cquote|In recent years, a variety of colorectal disorders have been recognised among male homosexuals. In this report, the term homosexual behaviour is defined as any sexual relationship including orogenital, proctogenital or analingual sex between two or more males.

A wide variety of intestinal parasites have been recovered from stools of homosexuals. Amoebiasis has been reported as a common cause of diarrhoea in homosexuals. Its aetiologic agent, Entamoeba histotytics, is frequently found to be the cause of diarrhoea and crampy abdominal pain in travellers who have returned from areas where sanitary conditions are poor."<ref>[http://www.e-mjm.org/1985/v40n4/gay-men-bowel-syndrome.pdf ''Gay men bowel syndrome: A report of parasitic infection in homosexual patients'' Med. J. Malaysia Vol. 40 No. 4 1985</ref>

A wide variety of intestinal parasites have been recovered from stools of homosexuals. Amoebiasis has been reported as a common cause of diarrhoea in homosexuals. Its aetiologic agent, Entamoeba histotytics, is frequently found to be the cause of diarrhoea and crampy abdominal pain in travellers who have returned from areas where sanitary conditions are poor."<ref>[http://www.e-mjm.org/1985/v40n4/gay-men-bowel-syndrome.pdf ''Gay men bowel syndrome: A report of parasitic infection in homosexual patients'' Med. J. Malaysia Vol. 40 No. 4 1985</ref>}}

A 1980 article in the ''[[Canadian Medical Association Journal]]'' that discusses the subject of homosexuality and parasites stated the following in its abstract: "In a controlled study 67.5% of 200 homosexual men but only sixteen percent of 100 heterosexual men were found to be infected with [[intestine|intestinal]] [[parasite]]s"...These findings suggest that the male homosexual community may be an important reservoir of potentially [[pathogen]]ic protozoa."<ref>http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1704818</ref>

A 1980 article in the ''[[Canadian Medical Association Journal]]'' that discusses the subject of homosexuality and parasites stated the following in its abstract: "In a controlled study 67.5% of 200 homosexual men but only sixteen percent of 100 heterosexual men were found to be infected with [[intestine|intestinal]] [[parasite]]s"...These findings suggest that the male homosexual community may be an important reservoir of potentially [[pathogen]]ic protozoa."<ref>http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1704818</ref>