Men who have unprotected sex with men may also have unprotected sex with women and thus serve as an epidemiological bridge
for HIV to the general population. This cross sectional descriptive study assessed condom and lubricant use and practice of
transactional sex among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Lagos state. Simple random sampling was used to select three
community centres and snowball sampling technique was used to recruit 321 respondents. Almost half (50.9%) had received
payment for sex while 45.4% had paid for sex in the past. Consistent condom use was practiced by 40.5% of respondents during
the last 10 sexual encounters, 85.6% used lubricants mostly with condom, products used were KY jelly, body cream, saliva and
Vaseline. There is need for behavioural change to reduce risky practices which predisposes this group of MSM to HIV and
sexually transmitted infections. Afr J Reprod Health 2013 (Special Edition); 17[4]: 90-98).