One of Us, One of Them, or One of Those? The Construction of Identity and Sexuality in Relation to HIV/AIDS

Gatter, Philip

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“…The current social climate of the gay community may be facilitating and sustaining barebacking behaviors and the development of a barebacker identity. Gatter (1995) contends that identity is a cultural product emerging from specific cultural and historical circumstances as is clearly the case with barebacking. For example, Fordham and Ogbu (1986) proposed that African-American youth develop an oppositional identity in contrast to characteristics and behaviors associated with Whites.…”

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“…Prior to 1997, sex without condoms among gay and bisexual men was mostly described by researchers as unintentional, some had unprotected sex randomly or inconsistently, others experienced a relapse from safer sex behaviors (Adam, 2005;Adib, Joseph, Ostrow, & James, 1991a;Adib, Joseph, Ostrow, Tal, & Schwartz, 1991b;Adib & Ostrow, 1991, 1995Ekstrand, 1992;Roffman et al, 1998;Williams, Elwood, & Bowen, 2000;Wolitski, 2005). While unprotected sex as a result of relapse or situations in which men intended to use condoms initially but then failed to do so continues, these ''unintentional'' unprotected sex behaviors should be differentiated from the increasingly common ''intentional'' practice of barebacking (unprotected anal sex); (Goodroad, Kirksey, & Butensky, 2000;Parsons, 2005a;Wolitski, 2005).…”

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Intentional Unprotected Anal Intercourse among Sex Who have Sex with Men: Barebacking—from Behavior to Identity

Parsons

Bimbi

2006

AIDS Behav

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Unprotected sex among gay/bisexual men throughout the AIDS epidemic has usually been described as unintentional due to a relapse from safer sex behavior. The term "barebacking" emerged among HIV-positive men explicitly seeking unprotected sex with seroconcordant partners, but has come into use in the larger gay community to simply mean condomless sex. Some men have also taken on the identity as a "barebacker." The present study assessed prevalence and predictors of bareback identity in a sample 687 gay/bisexual men attending community events. Barebackers reported significantly more use of crystal methamphetamine and higher peer norms for unprotected sex; HIV-negative barebackers were higher in sexual compulsivity while HIV-positive barebackers were higher in romantic obsession as well as drug/alcohol influenced sexual expectancies. HIV prevention efforts targeting barebackers and barebacking must be carefully developed if programs and campaigns are to be effective given the open debates about this phenomenon in the gay community.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Intentional Unprotected Anal Intercourse among Sex Who have Sex with Men: Barebacking—from Behavior to Identity

Parsons

Bimbi

2006

AIDS Behav

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“…However, focusing on issues of sexuality alone is not enough. Sexuality is an aspect of identity, but varies in different people and circumstances (Gatter 1995). Jackson (1995) discussed this connection of sexual orientation and identity.…”

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“…Although it has made sense for HIV/AIDS and gay politics to be so linked, it also leaves some people feeling left out (Gatter 1995). Those who are not gay can feel marginalised within a marginalised group.…”

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Identity Issues for People Living with HIV/AIDS: Humans with Potential or Sexual Victims?

Yallop¹

2000

British Journal of Occupational Therapy

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Patton (1985) described sexuality as being made up of sexual identity, sexual practice and sexual desire, but recognised that there was not necessarily a connection Sexuality issues are important to consider within the practice of occupational therapy. This is especially so when working with people with the human immunodeficiency virus and the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS), where issues related to sexuality are both relevant and present. Recent advances in HIV medications have improved the health and life expectancy for many people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). This has been not only a medical and biological change, but also one that has had dramatic impact on the psychosocial issues, including those related to sexuality, relevant for PLWHA. This shift in HIV context prompted the creation of a new occupational therapy service for PLWHA -Positive Employment Support (PES). This paper describes data from a focus group held with PES clients, conducted to evaluate the client responses to PES and to direct future service provision. While the focus group provided the expected data about client responses to PES, it also provided rich data about the impact of the shifting HIV/AIDS context on notions of sexuality and identity. This paper explores these ideas and the resulting implications for occupational therapists, especially those working within the field of HIV/AIDS.

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“…First, they were told at a time when lesbian and gay identities and lifestyles were still relatively marginalized, and when personal-political responses to AIDS, New Right ‘anti-gay’ agendas and the political denigration of same-sex relationships as ‘pretended families’ in the UK demanded a strategic alliance across lesbian and gay (and other queer) identities (cf. Herman and Stychin, 1995; Gatter, 1999; Weeks, 1995). Second, these narratives were generated at a time when lesbian and gay equality and citizenship was being claimed on the basis of the legal recognition of same-sex relationships, parenting, ‘chosen families’ and a range of other legal protections and ‘rights’ (Donovan et al, 1999).…”

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Situating Lesbian and Gay Cultures of Class Identification

Heaphy

2012

Cultural Sociology

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How significant are class identities to lesbians and gay men? In the 1990s some theorists implied that lesbian and gay identities were classless or post-class ones. This paper challenges this idea by considering personal narratives of class (dis-)identification that were generated via interviews with lesbians and gay men in the 1990s. The salience of class was explicitly and implicitly articulated in narratives of 'accepting', 'rejecting', 'ambiguous' and 'disrupting' class identities. Interviewees' narratives suggested the relative strength of sexual identities over class ones and their accounts of class had much in common with apparently 'weak' mainstream class identities. However, viewed relationally and historically, their narratives troubled the idea that lesbian and gay identities override or transcend class ones. They undermine arguments about the insignificance of class to identities more generally, and complicate arguments about the individualization of class.

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One of Us, One of Them, or One of Those? The Construction of Identity and Sexuality in Relation to HIV/AIDS

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Intentional Unprotected Anal Intercourse among Sex Who have Sex with Men: Barebacking—from Behavior to Identity

Intentional Unprotected Anal Intercourse among Sex Who have Sex with Men: Barebacking—from Behavior to Identity

Identity Issues for People Living with HIV/AIDS: Humans with Potential or Sexual Victims?

Situating Lesbian and Gay Cultures of Class Identification

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