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What is in a label? Multiple meanings of 'MSM' among same-gender-loving Black men in Mississippi.
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- Engaging community members to ensure culturally specific language is used in research: should I use gay, queer, MSM, or this other new acronym?Research involvement and engagement · 2023Article
- Sexual Orientation, HIV Vulnerability-Enhancing Behaviors and HIV Status Neutral Care Among Black Cisgender Sexual Minority Men in the Deep South: The N2 Cohort Study.AIDS and behavior · 2023Article
- Expanding Notions of LGBTQ.Annual review of sociology · 2023Article
- Branched sexuality and sexual health among Black cisgender sexual minority men in Baltimore, Maryland: an exploratory study.Culture, health & sexuality · 2023Article
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- Intersectional stigma subgroup differences in unhealthy drinking and disordered marijuana use among Black and Latino cisgender sexual minority young men.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2022Article
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- Behavioral and Clinical Characteristics of Self-Identified Bisexual Men Living with HIV Receiving Medical Care in the United States-Medical Monitoring Project, 2009-2013.Journal of homosexuality · 2021Article
- "Being downcast by society… adds to the stress levels and would explain why [we] smoke more.": Smoking among HIV-Positive Black Men Who Have Sex with Men.Journal of gay & lesbian social services · 2021Article
- Individual and Social Network Factors Associated with High Self-efficacy of Communicating about Men's Health Issues with Peers among Black MSM in an Urban Setting.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2020Article
- Collecting Mobility Data with GPS Methods to Understand the HIV Environmental Riskscape Among Young Black Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Multi-city Feasibility Study in the Deep South.AIDS and behavior · 2018Article
- Differential Patterns of Risk and Vulnerability Suggest the Need for Novel Prevention Strategies for Black Bisexual Men in the HPTN 061 Study.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2018Article
- "We don't treat your kind": Assessing HIV health needs holistically among transgender people in Jackson, Mississippi.PloS one · 2018Article
- Sexual Networks, Dyadic Characteristics, and HIV Acquisition and Transmission Behaviors Among Black Men Who Have Sex With Men in 6 US Cities.American journal of epidemiology · 2017Article
- Attitude shifts and knowledge gains: Evaluating men who have sex with men sensitisation training for healthcare workers in the Western Cape, South Africa.Southern African journal of HIV medicine · 2017Article
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Abstract
Men who have sex with men (MSM) and other same-gender-loving (SGL) men continue to be disproportionately affected by HIV and AIDS, particularly among the Black population. Innovative strategies are needed to support the health of this community; however, public health efforts primarily approach MSM as a monolithic population erasing the diverse identities, practices, and sexualities within and beyond this category. To better understand diversity within MSM in a geographic region with the largest proportion of Black Americans in the U.S.A. and among the most heavily affected by the epidemic, the Deep South, we conducted four focus groups (n = 29) with Black men who reported having sex with other men residing in Jackson, Mississippi. Results suggest multiple overlapping usages of MSM as identity and behaviour, reflecting internalisation of behavioural categories and co-creation of identities unique to the Black community. These narratives contribute to the literature by documenting the evolving understandings of the category 'MSM' among Black men to reflect intersections between race, socioeconomic status, sexual behaviour, sexuality, subjectivities, and social context. Findings suggest the current monolithic approach to treating MSM may limit public health efforts in developing effective HIV prevention and promotion programmes targeting SGL Black men in the Deep South.
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