Among gay entertainment venue staff, the significantly greater proportion of non-gay
identified men, lower rates of high school degree education and higher monthly income, as
compared to CBO participants, suggest the importance of structural factors in producing
their HIV risk. Among this subpopulation, increasing access to high school education, and
promoting educational interventions and employment opportunities may support alternative
options for earning a living other than transactional sex. Furthermore,
interventions housed in gay-identified organizations, while necessary for gay-identified men, may miss a
significant proportion of men, as well as transgender women, at highest risk of HIV
exposure in Thailand.