ArticleCulture, health & sexuality2017
'The big ole gay express': sexual minority stigma, mobility and health in the small city.
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- The Buckle of the Bible Belt: Sexual Minority Emerging Adults' Minority Stress in South Central Appalachia.Journal of gay & lesbian mental health · 2023Article
- Online Partner Seeking and Sexual Behaviors Among Men Who Have Sex With Men From Small and Midsized Towns: Cross-sectional Study.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
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- A pilot test of a treatment to address intersectional stigma, mental health, and HIV risk among gay and bisexual men of color.Psychotherapy (Chicago, Ill.) · 2022Article
- Disclosure of Sexual Identities Across Social-Relational Contexts: Findings from a National Sample of Black Sexual Minority Men.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2022Article
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- The development and evaluation of an HIV implementation science network in New England: lessons learned.Implementation science communications · 2021Article
- Sex, status, competition, and exclusion: Intraminority stress from within the gay community and gay and bisexual men's mental health.Journal of personality and social psychology · 2020Article
- Spatial Distribution of Partner-Seeking Men Who Have Sex With Men Using Geosocial Networking Apps: Epidemiologic Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2018Article
- "You Can't Just Walk Down the Street and Meet Someone": The Intersection of Social-Sexual Networking Technology, Stigma, and Health Among Gay and Bisexual Men in the Small City.American journal of men's health · 2017Article
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Abstract
Recent research has examined how gay and bisexual men experience and navigate the variations in sexual minority stigma that exist across geographic contexts, with implications for their health. We extend this literature on stigma, mobility, and health by considering the unique and understudied setting of the small city. Drawing on semi-structured interviews (n = 29) conducted in two small US cities (New Haven and Hartford), we find that these small cities serve as both destinations and points of departure for gay and bisexual men in the context of stigma. New Haven and Hartford attracted gay and bisexual men from surrounding suburbs where sexual minority stigma was more prevalent and where there were fewer spaces and opportunities for gay life. Conversely, participants noted that these small cities did not contain the same identity affirming communities as urban gay enclaves, thus motivating movement from small cities to larger ones. Our data suggest these forms of mobility may mitigate stigma, but may also produce sexual health risks, thus drawing attention to small cities as uniquely important sites for HIV prevention. Furthermore, our analysis contributes to an understanding of how place, stigma and mobility can intersect to generate spatially distinct experiences of stigmatised identities and related health consequences.
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