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We examined whether different venues where men who have sex with men (MSM) meet sex partners was associated with prevalent<jats:italic>Chlamydia trachomatis<\/jats:italic>(CT) and<jats:italic>Neisseria gonorrhoeae<\/jats:italic>(NG) infection, and whether prevalence increased during (vs before) the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of data from San Diego\u2019s \u2018Good To Go\u2019 sexual health clinic from two enrolment periods: (1) March\u2013September 2019 (pre-COVID-19) and (2) March\u2013September 2021 (during COVID-19). Participants completed self-administered intake assessments. This analysis included males aged \u226518 years self-reporting sex with males within 3 months before enrolment. Participants were categorised as (1) meeting new sex partners in-person only (eg, bars, clubs), (2) meeting new sex partners online (eg, applications, websites) or (3) having sex only with existing partners. We used multivariable logistic regression, adjusting for year, age, race, ethnicity, number of sex partners, pre-exposure prophylaxis use and drug use to examine whether venue or enrolment period were associated with CT\/NG infection (either vs none).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Among 2546 participants, mean age was 35.5 (range: 18\u201379) years, 27.9% were non-white and 37.0% were Hispanic. Overall, CT\/NG prevalence was 14.8% and was higher during COVID-19 vs pre-COVID-19 (17.0% vs 13.3%). Participants met sex partners online (56.9%), in-person (16.9%) or only had existing partners (26.2%) in the past 3 months. Compared with having only existing sex partners, meeting partners online was associated with higher CT\/NG prevalence (adjusted OR (aOR) 2.32; 95% CI 1.51 to 3.65), while meeting partners in-person was not associated with CT\/NG prevalence (aOR 1.59; 95% CI 0.87 to 2.89). 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