Curtin University Homepage
  • Library
  • Help
    • Admin

    espace - Curtin’s institutional repository

    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.
    View Item 
    • espace Home
    • espace
    • Curtin Research Publications
    • View Item
    • espace Home
    • espace
    • Curtin Research Publications
    • View Item

    Understanding Gay Community Subcultures: Implications for HIV Prevention

    Access Status
    Fulltext not available
    Authors
    Prestage, G.
    Brown, Graham
    de Wit, J.
    Bavinton, B.
    Fairley, C.
    Maycock, B.
    Batrouney, C.
    Keen, P.
    Down, I.
    Hammoud, M.
    Zablotska, I.
    Date
    2015
    Type
    Journal Article
    
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Citation
    Prestage, G. and Brown, G. and de Wit, J. and Bavinton, B. and Fairley, C. and Maycock, B. and Batrouney, C. et al. 2015. Understanding Gay Community Subcultures: Implications for HIV Prevention. AIDS and Behavior.
    Source Title
    AIDS and Behavior
    DOI
    10.1007/s10461-015-1027-9
    ISSN
    1090-7165
    School
    School of Public Health
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23436
    Collection
    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    © 2015 Springer Science+Business Media New York Gay and bisexual men (GBM) who participate in gay community subcultures have different profiles, including differing risk behaviors. We examined men’s participation in gay community subcultures, and its association with risk behavior. In a cross-sectional survey, 849 GBM provided information about men in their personal networks. We devised measures of their participation in five subcultural groupings and explored their associations with sexual behavior. We identified five subcultural groupings: sexually adventurous; bear tribes; alternative queer; party scene; and sexually conservative. Higher scores on the sexually adventurous measure was associated with being older, having more gay friends, being HIV-positive, and being more sexually active. It was also independently associated with unprotected anal intercourse with casual partners (AOR 1.82; 95 % CI 1.20–2.76; p = 0.005). HIV prevention strategies need to account for the different subcultural groupings in which GBM participate. Measures of engagement with gay subcultures are useful indicators of differential rates of risk behavior and modes of participation in gay community life. Men in more sexually adventurous subcultures are more likely to engage in sexual risk behavior.

    Related items

    Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.

    • Sexual function of women during the first year after childbirth: Effect of parity (giving birth after the 20th week of pregnancy), depression and relationship satisfaction
      Khajehei, Marjan (2013)
      The aim of the present study was to measure the effect of parity, relationship satisfaction and depression on the sexual function of postpartum women during the first year after childbirth. This was a cross-sectional ...
    • Risk behaviors for STIs and HIV in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
      DeLisle, Brenda (2012)
      Background: At the end of 2009, there were 33.3 million people living globally with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) with 2.6 million new infections occurring annually (UNAIDS, 2010). In the Commonwealth of the ...
    • Factors Associated With Sexual Coercion in a Representative Sample of Men in Australian Prisons
      Simpson, P.; Reekie, J.; Butler, Tony; Richters, J.; Yap, L.; Grant, L.; Richards, A.; Donovan, B. (2015)
      Very little research has focused on men or prisoners as victims of sexual violence. This study provides the first population-based analysis of factors associated with sexual coercion of men in Australian prisons, and the ...
    Advanced search

    Browse

    Communities & CollectionsIssue DateAuthorTitleSubjectDocument TypeThis CollectionIssue DateAuthorTitleSubjectDocument Type

    My Account

    Admin

    Statistics

    Most Popular ItemsStatistics by CountryMost Popular Authors

    Follow Curtin

    • 
    • 
    • 
    • 
    • 

    CRICOS Provider Code: 00301JABN: 99 143 842 569TEQSA: PRV12158

    Copyright | Disclaimer | Privacy statement | Accessibility

    Curtin would like to pay respect to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members of our community by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which the Perth campus is located, the Whadjuk people of the Nyungar Nation; and on our Kalgoorlie campus, the Wongutha people of the North-Eastern Goldfields.