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Barebackers, HIV and Covid-19
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2249972 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jaime García-Iglesias (0000-0002-8841-5635, Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society University of Edinburgh Edinburgh UK, corresponding author), Chase Ledin (0000-0001-5024-0625, Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society University of Edinburgh Edinburgh UK) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 1981-1995 |
| Publication date | 2021-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology of Health & Illness (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-9889 • E-ISSN: 1467-9566 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9566.13369 |
| PMID | 34499352 |
| OpenAlex | W3196740316 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 34 |
The global COVID-19 pandemic poses new challenges for communities built around certain sexual practices, and some of which have responded by using their previous experiences of HIV. In this article, we undertake an online ethnography of a popular Anglo-American barebackers' forum to understand how HIV and COVID-19 converge and how these men negotiate COVID-19 risk by adapting previous sexual and disease prevention strategies. Barebackers, aka gay men who eroticise condomless anal intercourse, provide a relevant group to consider given their longstanding negotiation of HIV. We explore processes of responsibility, risk management and pleasure during the COVID-19 pandemic. We suggest that their experiences of both the AIDS crisis and the current context of HIV frame their decisions around COVID-19. We focus on how responsibility and desire shape discussions of bathhouses and the survival of barebackers' sexual practices during and after COVID-19
Context (archaeology · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disease · Focus group · Geography · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Negotiation · Pandemic · Pleasure · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Gender Studies · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Medicine · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Sex work and related issues · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |