B D Adam
Biographic Data
| ID | 8840 |
|---|---|
| NAME | B D Adam |
| GIVEN NAMES | B D |
| FAMILY NAME | Adam |
| SIGNATURE | ADAM B D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Windsor |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8836-4153 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 108 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 369 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 108 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 11 |
Exploring the Association Between Homebrew Alcohol Consumption and Past Month Peak Alcohol Use Across Two Small Cities in China
Background Unrecorded alcohol, commonly called ‘homebrew’, represents an important and emerging public health issue having been linked with poisonings and deaths internationally. There is a paucity, however, of empirical data on homebrew consumption and its association with regulated/recorded alcohol use. The purpose of this examination is to determine whether homebrew consumption is associated with greater recorded alcohol use.Methods This inves…
Associations between cannabis use and self-rated quality of life among adults in the United States
Background The objective of this study was to explore whether cannabis users differ in their self-reported quality of life, compared to non-users.Methods This investigation analyzed the BRFSS cross-sectional telephone survey. Independent t-tests assessed differences in quality of life between current marijuana users and persons who did not use marijuana. Analysis of variance assessed whether the underlying reason for past-month cannabis use (non-…
Inequitable access to PrEP among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in Canada
This paper examines demographic, structural, and syndemic variables to map facilitators and barriers to accessing pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBM) in the three largest cities in Canada, Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal. Focusing on factors in the later stages of the PrEP cascade, this study first performed a logistic regression analysis and reports adjusted odds ratios, then entered st…
Dating Apps and Shifting Sexual Subjectivities of Men Seeking Men Online
Leading theories of the recent history of sexuality have pointed to trends toward detraditionalization and precarity in intimate relations, but also to democratization and innovation. This study grounded in 79 qualitative interviews with men seeking men online considers their experiences in light of these theories. The rise of dating apps has generated sexual fields that have shaped the sexual subjectivities of the current era in multiple ways. T…
Criminal Code reform of HIV non-disclosure is urgently needed
It's not as good as the face-to-face contact
The COVID-19 pandemic led to the widespread adoption of virtual care-the use of communication technologies to receive health care at home. We explored the differential impacts of the rapid transition to virtual care during the COVID-19 pandemic on health-care access and delivery for gay, bisexual and queer men (GBQM), a population that disproportionately experiences sexual and mental health disparities in Canada. Adopting a sociomaterial theoreti…
Alcohol Use Disorder Narratives in U.S. Digital News Coverage and Engagement on Social Media
Social media regularly serves as a source of news and health-related information subsequently shaping public opinion and behavior. We examined mainstream digital news narratives about alcohol use disorder (AUD), including coverage of solutions to AUD, and associations between narratives and engagement on social media. AUD-related articles (N = 339) published in top U.S. newspapers and digital native news sources in 2019 were analyzed by trained c…
Midwives' knowledge and perceived barriers to screening alcohol use among pregnant women in a southwestern US state
Willingness and eligibility to donate blood under 12-month and 3-month deferral policies among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in Ontario, Canada
In Canada, gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) are a population that are willing to donate blood, if eligible, but have a history of ineligibility and deferrals due to concerns that their blood poses an increased risk of HIV entering the blood supply. Our objective was to examine the proportion of GBMSM who are willing and eligible to donate under the 12-month deferral policy (implemented in 2016) and the 3-month deferral po…
It’s different for heterosexuals”
Critical scholarship has illustrated how COVID-19 public health policies can enact racism, classism, and cis-heteronormativity, perpetuating harms among vulnerable communities. We sought to examine the accounts of gay, bisexual, and queer men (GBQM) in Canada on how normative ideologies played out in COVID-19 directives and what impacts these orders had on their lives. Two rounds of semi-structured interviews with GBQM in Montreal (n = 30), Toron…
I did not have sex outside of our bubble’
In efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19, jurisdictions across the globe, including Canada, enacted containment measures that affected intimacy and sexual relations. This article examines how public health measures during COVID-19 impacted the sexual practices of sexual minority men- gay, bisexual, queer and other men who have sex with men-and how they adopted and modified guidelines to prevent the transmission of COVID-19, HIV and other sexu…
The relevance of communal altruism for sexual minority men in contemporary contexts
There are many reasons why individuals engage in prosocial behavior; communal sexual altruism is based on the notion that some practice safer sex in the interest of promoting the well‐being of their community/in‐group. Given that definitions of what constitutes “safer sex” have changed with advances in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention, we investigated the importance of communal sexual altruism (herein “altruism”) among urban gay, bis…
Sociodemographic and Psychological Predictors of Seeking Health Information Online among GB2M in Ontario
Objectives: The current study examines the experiences of gay, bisexual, two-spirit and other men who have sex with men (GB2M) who use networking applications and their engagements with online sexual health outreach workers disseminating healthcare information through these digital spaces. Methods: The iCruise study was a longitudinal mixed-methods study across Ontario, Canada which collected data on online sexual health information seeking behav…
A mixed methods investigation of the relationship between blood donor policy, interest in donation, and willingness to donate among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in Ontario, Canad…
Background As of 2019, men who have sex with men (MSM) in Canada are ineligible to donate blood if they have had oral or anal sex with another man in the last 3 months. Deferral policies targeting MSM are largely interpreted as unjust by gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) – shaping their desire to donate blood and engage with blood operators. This mixed methods study explores interest in blood donation among GBMSM as well …
It’s a win for the clinic, it’s a win for the frontline, but, most importantly, it’s a win for the client”
With adequate training and supervision, non-regulated CHWs should be allowed to provide certain HIV prevention services such as rapid HIV testing. A provincial, publicly funded program for PrEP is recommended
Minority stressors and connectedness among urban gay, bisexual, and queer men
I was just doing what a normal gay man would do, right
Drawing on 24 interviews conducted with gay, bisexual, queer and other men who have sex with men (GBM) living in Toronto, Canada, we examined how they are making sense of the relationship between their mental health and substance use. We draw from the literature on the biopolitics of substance use to document how GBM self-regulate and use alcohol and other drugs (AODC) as technologies of the self. Despite cultural understandings of substance use …
Adaptation and Pilot Evaluation of an Intervention Addressing the Sexual Health Needs of Gay Men Living with HIV Infection in Colombia
Interventions addressing the sexual health need of HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM) in Latin America are scarce. We adapted and evaluated GPS, a group-based intervention led by peers, developed using the Information-Motivation-Behavioral (IMB) model and motivational interviewing (MI). We used McKleroy et al framework to culturally adapt GPS to MSM living with HIV infection in Colombia. Then, a one-armed pilot trial examined changes in…
Stepping Stones or Second Class Donors
Plasma donor policies must be considered in relation to MSM blood donation policies to understand how donor eligibility practices are made meaningful by GBM in the context of historical disenfranchisement. Successful establishment of a MSM plasma donor policy will require extensive education, explicit communication of how this new policy contributes to continued/stepwise reform of blood donor policies, and considerable reconciliation with diverse…
Measures of HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Uptake Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men in Canada and Demographic Disparities Among Those at Elevated Likelihood for HIV Acquisition
Mental health and structural harm
Compared to the general population, sexual minority men report poorer mental health outcomes and higher mental healthcare utilisation. However, they also report more unmet mental health needs. To better understand this phenomenon, we conducted qualitative interviews with 24 sexual minority men to explore the structural factors shaping their encounters with mental healthcare in Toronto, Canada. Interviews were analysed using grounded theory. Many …
You’re Gay, It’s Just What Happens”
Our grounded theory analysis derives from in-depth interviews conducted with 24 gay, bisexual, queer, and other men who have sex with men (GBM) living in Toronto, Canada, to understand their experiences of sexual coercion. Participants drew on discourse from the #MeToo movement to reconsider the ethics of past sexual experiences. The idea that gay or queer sex is inherently risky and unique from heterosexual relations made negotiating sexual safe…
A comparison of global and egocentric network approaches for assessing peer alcohol use among college students in the United States
Measuring Adverse Childhood Experiences
It's in Me to Give
Blood donation policies governing men who have sex with men have shifted significantly over time in Canada-from an initial lifetime ban in the wake of the AIDS crisis to successive phases of time-based deferment requiring periods of sexual abstinence (5 years to 1 year to 3 months). We interviewed 39 HIV-negative gay, bisexual, queer, and other sexual minority men (GBM) in Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal to understand their willingness to donate…
Aids optimism, condom fatigue, or self‐esteem? Explaining unsafe sex among gay and bisexual men
This study examines leading explanations for unsafe sex in light of in-depth interviews with 102 high-risk gay and bisexual men in Toronto to see how well they engage with the social circumstances and reasoning processes of men in their sexual relationships. We argue that there is an inadequate fit between some of the leading explanations and the discursive accounts provided by high risk men themselves. Their accounts focus on unsafe sex occurrin…
Navigating Islam and Same-Sex Liaisons Among Men in Turkey
This study reports the experiences of 20 Turkish men in having sex with men in an Islamic society. As part of a broader study on Turkish homosexualities, the article analyzes responses to the question, "What joys and difficulties have you experienced regarding your sexual orientation in relation to Islam?" to elicit responses on how Islam and homosexuality might coexist in everyday life
Age, Structure, and Sexuality
The paper compares selected examples of age-structured homosexuality to understand same-sex eroticism as a "predictable" outcome of particular combinations of age, gender, and kinship. Unlike traditional models of homosexuality, which view it as exceptional or abnormal, cross-cultural evidence demonstrates that homosexuality is an inextricable component of the structural codes of the societies in which it appears
The Rise of a Gay and Lesbian Movement
Shameless
Accounting for unsafe sex
Semi‐structured one‐on‐one interviews with 102 gay and bisexual men were conducted to examine the reasoning processes men use to exempt themselves from practicing safe sex. Qualitative analysis of the interviews revealed the following recurring themes: (a) Many men who were in couple relationships avoided condom use for reasons involving intimacy or trust, or because both partners were HIV‐negative; (b) unsafe sex sometimes occurred inadvertently…
Age Preferences Among Gay and Bisexual Men
Research Article| June 01 2000 AGE PREFERENCES AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN Barry D. Adam Barry D. Adam Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google GLQ (2000) 6 (3): 413–433. https://doi.org/10.1215/10642684-6-3-413 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Barry D. Adam; AGE PREFERENCES AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN. GLQ 1 June 2000; 6 (3): 413–433. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/10642684-6-3-413 Download c…
Interzones
Journal Article Interzones: Black/White Sex Districts in Chicago and New York in the Early Twentieth Century. By Kevin J. Mumford. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1997. xx, 238 pp. Cloth, $49.50, ISBN 0-231-10492-8. Paper, $17.50, ISBN 0-231-10493-6.) Get access Barry D. Adam Barry D. Adam University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, I…
Effects of the Criminalization of HIV Transmission in Cuerrier on Men Reporting Unprotected Sex with Men
Cet article dresse un portrait des perceptions et des pratiques des hommes qui ont des rapports sexuels fréquents et non protégés avec d'autres hommes dans un climat sociolégal défini par la décision, en 1998, de la Cour suprême du Canada dans l'affaire R. c. Cuerrier . Depuis cette décision, les personnes séropositives se retrouvent de plus en plus souvent en cour et plusieurs d'entres elles essaient d'incorporer des raisonnements légaux dans le…
Infectious Behaviour
Queer Company
You’re Gay, It’s Just What Happens”
Our grounded theory analysis derives from in-depth interviews conducted with 24 gay, bisexual, queer, and other men who have sex with men (GBM) living in Toronto, Canada, to understand their experiences of sexual coercion. Participants drew on discourse from the #MeToo movement to reconsider the ethics of past sexual experiences. The idea that gay or queer sex is inherently risky and unique from heterosexual relations made negotiating sexual safe…
Is HIV prevention creating new biosocialities among gay men? Treatment as prevention and pre-exposure prophylaxis in Canada
The advancements of 'treatment as prevention' (TasP), 'undetectable viral load' (UVL) and 'pre-exposure prophylaxis' (PrEP) are redefining HIV prevention standards. Relying on the concept of biosociality, this article explores how gay men rally around, debate, and sometimes disagree about these emerging HIV prevention technologies. This article is based on data from the Resonance Project, a Canadian community-based research project. Twelve focus …
Stigma and employ ability
Des résumés identiques, differencés seulement par le sexe et l'orientation sexuelle, étaient énvoyés pour postuler un contrat d'apprentissage chez les firmes des avocats en Ontario. La réponse démontre l'existence de la discrimination par le sexe et l'orientation sexuelle dans le métier de droit de l'Ontario. Les implications pour l'administration de la justice au Canada sont explorées. Identical resumés, differentiated only by sex and sexual ori…
Everyday moral reasoning in the governmentality of HIV risk
Drawing on the sociology of morality, this article analyses the social contexts, discourses and ethno-methods of everyday life that shape real-world decisions of gay men around HIV prevention. Through an analysis of the predominant narratives in an online public forum created for an HIV prevention campaign, this article explores the ways in which homosexually active men engage in everyday moral reasoning and challenge a neoliberal moral order of …
Marital Monogamy as Ideal and Practice
Within the sociological literature on intimate life, a detraditionalization thesis outlines a marked shift in the construction of marriage in post-World War II Western societies, suggesting a growing focus on emotional and sexual satisfaction within the marital dyad (Cherlin, 2004; Giddens, 1992). In this article the authors investigated one aspect of marital relations in light of the detraditionalization thesis: marital monogamy. Drawing from 90…
Silence, assent and HIV risk
Based on interviews with 34 men, almost all of whom have unprotected sex with men most or all of the time, this paper documents the interactional process, narrative elements and meaning construction in situations of 'bareback' sex. Narratives show the differentiated cultural capital circulating among distinct circuits of gay and bisexual men that define the taken-for-granted rules of conduct for sexual interactions and give rise to high-risk situ…
Post‐Marxism and the new social movements
Cette communication jette un regard critique sur plusieurs tendances du néo‐marxisme et du post‐marxisme ainsi que sur les tentatives de théoriser les nouveaux mouvements sociaux. L'auteur estime qu'on a trop vite fait de laisser tomber une bonne partie des principes fondamentaux de l'économie politique en analysant les nouveaux mouvements sociaux, alors qu'on évoque ces měmes mouvements comme confirmation des certains aspects problématiques de l…
The social mobility of women and men in the Ontario legal profession
Cette étude de la classe graduée des écoles de Droit en Ontario en 1974 examine la structure de la profession d'avocat. Les facteurs d'origine (e.g., variables démographiques, situation familiale, écoles) sont examinés pour révéler leur influence sur les carrières (e.g., revenu, spécialité, secteur d'emploi). Les voies divergentes sont évidentes pour les femmes et quelques minorités. L'entrée dans les firmes de l'élite (selon la définition de Cle…
In Nicaragua
This paper addresses the social construction of homosexual relations among men in Nicaragua in the late 1980s. The political economy of a nation, subjected to a devastating war by the United States, created conditions where sexual relations among men have not become organized into a gay world which would be familiar to North Americans and Europeans. Rather, homosexually-inclined men remain fully integrated in family and neighborhood life where th…
Structural Foundations of the Gay World
In recent years, there has been a growing realization that the contemporary social organization of homosexuality into lesbian and gay worlds is a socially and historically unique development and that the traditional academic construction of 'the homosexual' has participated in this reifying process (Foucault 1978; Hocquenghem 1978; McIntosh 1981; Weeks 1981; Plummer 1981; Faderman 1981). This article seeks to contribute to this understanding by p…
Minority stressors and connectedness among urban gay, bisexual, and queer men
Passion, Intimacy, and Commitment in Casual Sexual Relationships in a Canadian Sample of Emerging Adults
Research on casual sexual relationships (CSRs) among emerging adults is prevalent, yet our empirical and theoretical knowledge of relationship processes involved in these relationships is limited. The present study's objective was to compare four CSR partner types (acquaintance, friend, non-dating partner, ex-romantic partner) on passion, intimacy, and commitment, the components of Sternberg's triangular theory of love. A total of 441 Canadians a…
Neoliberalism, Masculinity, and HIV Risk
Care, Intimacy and Same-Sex Partnership in the 21st Century
The article addresses the emergence of same-sex relationships as a public policy issue in contemporary society. Historical and cross-cultural evidence shows how same-sex relationships have been an integral part of the kinship system, household economies and iconography of many societies, and that desire and relationship are produced in diverse ways at the confluence of kinship, gender and life stage expectations circulating in different societies…
The Survival of Domination
The Survival of Domination
The Hidden Economy
Stigma and employ ability
Des résumés identiques, differencés seulement par le sexe et l'orientation sexuelle, étaient énvoyés pour postuler un contrat d'apprentissage chez les firmes des avocats en Ontario. La réponse démontre l'existence de la discrimination par le sexe et l'orientation sexuelle dans le métier de droit de l'Ontario. Les implications pour l'administration de la justice au Canada sont explorées. Identical resumés, differentiated only by sex and sexual ori…
The social mobility of women and men in the Ontario legal profession
Cette étude de la classe graduée des écoles de Droit en Ontario en 1974 examine la structure de la profession d'avocat. Les facteurs d'origine (e.g., variables démographiques, situation familiale, écoles) sont examinés pour révéler leur influence sur les carrières (e.g., revenu, spécialité, secteur d'emploi). Les voies divergentes sont évidentes pour les femmes et quelques minorités. L'entrée dans les firmes de l'élite (selon la définition de Cle…
Structural Foundations of the Gay World
In recent years, there has been a growing realization that the contemporary social organization of homosexuality into lesbian and gay worlds is a socially and historically unique development and that the traditional academic construction of 'the homosexual' has participated in this reifying process (Foucault 1978; Hocquenghem 1978; McIntosh 1981; Weeks 1981; Plummer 1981; Faderman 1981). This article seeks to contribute to this understanding by p…
The construction of a sociological ‘homosexual in Canadian textbooks
Ritualized Homosexuality in Melanesia. Gilbert H. Herdt
Age, Structure, and Sexuality
The paper compares selected examples of age-structured homosexuality to understand same-sex eroticism as a "predictable" outcome of particular combinations of age, gender, and kinship. Unlike traditional models of homosexuality, which view it as exceptional or abnormal, cross-cultural evidence demonstrates that homosexuality is an inextricable component of the structural codes of the societies in which it appears
Male Homosexuality in Four Societies
Sexuality and Its Discontents. Jeffrey Weeks
Journey into Sexuality
Neighborhood democracy in Nicaragua
The Rise of a Gay and Lesbian Movement
Books in review
The "Sissy Boy Syndrome" and the Development of Homosexuality
The Rise of a Gay and Lesbian Movement
Label Me Human
Television News Constructs the 1990 Nicaragua Election
This paper examines television news coverage of the 1990 Nicaraguan election on six networks in the United States and Canada, representing public and corporate media in English, French, and Spanish. U.S. English-language news shows heavy reliance on U.S. government sources and low coverage of contra activity when compared to other networks. Television interpretation of the economic crisis in Nicaragua indicates where the discursive boundaries in …
Post‐Marxism and the new social movements
Cette communication jette un regard critique sur plusieurs tendances du néo‐marxisme et du post‐marxisme ainsi que sur les tentatives de théoriser les nouveaux mouvements sociaux. L'auteur estime qu'on a trop vite fait de laisser tomber une bonne partie des principes fondamentaux de l'économie politique en analysant les nouveaux mouvements sociaux, alors qu'on évoque ces měmes mouvements comme confirmation des certains aspects problématiques de l…
The Gay and Lesbian Liberation Movement
In Nicaragua
This paper addresses the social construction of homosexual relations among men in Nicaragua in the late 1980s. The political economy of a nation, subjected to a devastating war by the United States, created conditions where sexual relations among men have not become organized into a gay world which would be familiar to North Americans and Europeans. Rather, homosexually-inclined men remain fully integrated in family and neighborhood life where th…
Negotiating sexual relationships after testing HIV-positive
Drawing on in-depth interviews with 60 people with HIV disease and 40 of their caregivers, this article reports on the effects of HIV seropositivity on sexual interaction and relationship formation. Using a sample representing gay and heterosexual, black and white, and male and female respondents, we focus on how people in the syndrome account for, cope with, and work through problems associated with HIV. While disengagement from sexuality is com…
Political Power and Social Theory, Vol. 9
Accounting for Sex
Other| June 01 1996 Accounting for Sex Barry D. Adam Barry D. Adam Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google GLQ (1996) 3 (2-3): 311–316. https://doi.org/10.1215/10642684-3-2-3-311 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Barry D. Adam; Accounting for Sex. GLQ 1 June 1996; 3 (2-3): 311–316. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/10642684-3-2-3-311 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Book…
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