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Article: Gay-boy talk: discourse for stopping HIV infections among young gay men.
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- SIECUS Report
- Article date:
- January 1, 2004
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The perceived need to "intervene" with young gay men has been heightened by the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the risk of HIV exposure. However, constantly being cast as a population in need of public health intervention can have a stigmatizing effect. Individual-level, behavioral interventions reinforce the stigma because they define risk as existing inside a person rather than as a by-product of cultural or social contexts. We call instead for a different programmatic approach.
The purpose of this article is to discuss the importance of influencing discourse about homosexuality at the social and cultural levels in HIV-prevention efforts targeting young gay men. The ...