“…Referrals to community groups and networks are increasingly advocated as having a key role within healthcare. Referrals of women considering mastectomies (Kenny et al, 1999) or people suffering from rheumatoid arthritis (Millett et al, 1999) to self-help groups of people sharing those experiences are acknowledged as having a positive impact. Advocacy of the bene ts of networks and, where appropriate, referral to gay social networks might enable them to participate in a range of health promotion activities that would be bene cial to, for example, their social well-being, sexual health, mental health, etc.…”