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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Gay and bisexual men"”.
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Biomedical HIV prevention: Implications for the sexual practices and relationships of gay and bisexual men
… may significantly decrease HIV incidence among gay and bisexual men (GBM), but understanding its relationships with sexual, relational and community contexts is required to maximise effectiveness. The objective of this thesis is to examine emerging biomedical HIV prevention strategies in terms …
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"It's about just staying focused" : how African American gay and bisexual men persist at a predominately white institution
… lower rates than their African American female and White male classmates. This qualitative study explored the strategies that a subset of that population, African American gay and bisexual men, used to successfully persist at a predominately White educational institution (PWI) in the face of …
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Stigma in the Post Crisis Age: External Barriers to Accessing HIV Treatment, Internalized Trauma, and Strategies of Support in Orlando, Florida
<p>In 2017, The CDC (center for disease control and prevention) released a memo confirming popular medical opinion that an HIV positive person with an undetectable viral load was unable to transmit the HIV virus. While treatment and prevention options are advancing, this advancement may not …
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Brother, Help Thyself: The Construction of a Gay and Bisexual Men's Health Movement before HIV/AIDS
This project traces the formation and development of a gay and bisexual men’s health movement before HIV/AIDS (1981-1996). The project is an effort to consider the lives and contributions of gay and bisexual men between the Second World War and the HIV/AIDS period. The creation and management of …
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“I Knew These Marvelous People”: Gay Men’s Experiences of Long-Term HIV/AIDS Survival
<p>The gay and bisexual men who were diagnosed with HIV/AIDS before the pharmaceutical breakthroughs of the mid-1990s were given what was expected to be a death sentence. Instead, the majority of those who began the newly available treatments outlived not just their initial prognoses but their …
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Disparities in Mental Health, Physical Health, and Substance Use Across Sexual Orientations in Adults
… sexual orientations is important for the design and implementation of public health interventions to improve health in lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals. While prior studies have shown LGB individuals have elevated risk of poor mental health, poor physical health, and substance use, …
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The experiences of low-risk and HIV anxious gay men who are using HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP): A qualitative study
… explore the experiences of low-risk, HIV anxious gay and bisexual men (GBM) who use HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) and the impact PrEP use has on their sexual behaviour and experience of anxiety. Background: PrEP has demonstrated significant protection against HIV infection among GBM who are …
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Governmentality/Animacy/Mythology: A Biopolitical and Rhetorical Mosaic of HIV Stigma in a Time of PrEP-aration
… of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), and an estimated 39 million are living with HIV today. While various factors such as poverty, lack of education, and poor access to treatment and healthcare compound the epidemic across the world, the endemic in the industrialized west faces …
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The impact of Self-Generated Images in online pornography
… seeks to evaluate the impact on individuals, and society, of Self-Generated Images (SGI’s) in online pornography. It presents an inquiry into the extent, and modes, of SGI use among a large sample of adult internet users. This form the initial platform for a theoretical analysis of the rapidly …
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The relationship between gay community, other social networks, and HIV among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men
… examines the relationship between social engagement with LGBTQ+ communities, broader social networks, and HIV prevention among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) in Australia. Chapter 1 introduces what is known about social networks, community, and HIV prevention among …