ArticleCulture, health & sexuality2018
This is who we are: building community for HIV prevention with young gay and bisexual men in Beirut, Lebanon.
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- From community engagement to lived experience leadership: a systematic review of HIV services among men who have sex with men.Health promotion international · 2026Pooled it
- An exploratory study of physicians' familiarity, knowledge, and willingness to prescribe pre-exposure prophylaxis in the MENA region.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Sexual and gender minority health in the Middle East and North Africa Region: A scoping review.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2022Article
- Intimate Partner Violence and HIV Prevention Among Sexual Minority Men: Protocol for a Prospective Mixed Methods Cohort Study.JMIR research protocols · 2022Article
- Psychometric Properties of a Scale on Judgmental Communication with Peers About Sex Among YMSM and Their Close Friends in Lebanon.AIDS and behavior · 2022Article
- Gay Community Integration as Both a Source of Risk and Resilience for HIV Prevention in Beirut.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2020Article
- A Serial, Cross-Sectional Comparison of Condomless Anal Sex and HIV Testing Among Young MSM in Beirut, Lebanon.Archives of sexual behavior · 2020Article
- Major Depression Among Young Men Who Have Sex with Men in Beirut, and Its Association with Structural and Sexual Minority-Related Stressors, and Social Support.Sexuality research & social policy : journal of NSRC : SR & SP · 2019Article
- Gearing up for PrEP in the Middle East and North Africa: An Initial Look at Willingness to Take PrEP among Young Men Who Have Sex with Men in Beirut, Lebanon.Behavioral medicine (Washington, D.C.)Article
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Abstract
Young gay men in Beirut are at significantly elevated risk of HIV infection compared with the general Lebanese population. Despite nascent HIV prevention efforts in the region, there is a need for effective community-level HIV prevention interventions tailored for young gay men. This qualitative study examined internal dynamics within Beirut's gay community as a basis for developing community-level interventions. Peer ethnographers were trained to collect field notes on conversations between young gay men in public spaces in Beirut, and conducted follow-up focus groups with young gay men. Analyses revealed three major themes: (1) the need for safe spaces in which to socialise, (2) the importance of being able to locate and connect with other young gay men, and (3) ambivalence regarding a gay community that was supportive in some ways but also fragmented and often judgemental. Study findings also confirm the existence of external threats to community such as stigma, cultural and familial norms regarding heterosexuality and criminalisation of refugee status. Understanding such community dynamics and the environmental context is central to designing effective community-based HIV prevention programmes.
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