How will the volunteers be recruited?
Volunteers are being recruited through ads in gay news media and through recruitment booths at Pride and neighborhood festivals in major metropolitan areas such as Chicago, Los Angeles, Toronto, Seattle, etc., in addition to through this website, from the US, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Australia. The researchers also are contacting volunteers through recruitment booths at conferences and professional meetings, and through various organizations. When given permission to do so by the volunteers themselves, recruiters will contact brothers and family members directly.