Health, Responsibility and Ownership
We promote health, responsibility, and ownership in a gay-affirming community. We have the power to create the healthy relationships and inclusive community that will serve us best, and we must assume the responsibility to do so; no one else will do it for us. Toward that end, we must address health concerns within our community that affect us all, including substance misuse, mental health, and HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. These issues often are topics for discussion at ManREACH events. While we explicitly refrain from “fixing each other”, we encourage one another to be accountable for our own actions and the effects they have on those around us.