HIV Disclosure Practices to Family Among Mexican and Puerto Rican Sexual Minority Men with HIV in the Continental USA

Intersections of Sexual Orientation and HIV Stigma

Bibliographic Data

ID3610941
AuthorsAndres Maiorana (0000-0002-7456-6790, Department of Prevention Science, University of California at San Francisco, Center for Aids Prevention Studies, San Francisco, California, USA, corresponding author), Sophia Zamudio-Haa, Sophia Zamudio‐haa (0000-0001-7043-2413, San Francisco AIDS Foundation), Sophia Zamudio-Haas (Department of Prevention Science, University of California at San Francisco, Center for Aids Prevention Studies, San Francisco, California, USA), Edda I Santiago-Rodríguez (0000-0001-7076-6907, Department of Prevention Science, University of California at San Francisco, Center for Aids Prevention Studies, San Francisco, California, USA), John A Sauceda (0000-0003-1975-3080, Department of Prevention Science, University of California at San Francisco, Center for Aids Prevention Studies, San Francisco, California, USA), Carlos E Rodriguez-Diaz (0000-0001-6333-0654, Department of Prevention and Community Health, The George Washington University, Milken Institute School of Public Health, Washington, DC, USA), Ronald A Brooks (0000-0002-1928-3720, University of California, Los Angeles), Janet J Myers (0000-0002-1376-2659, Department of Prevention Science, University of California at San Francisco, Center for Aids Prevention Studies, San Francisco, California, USA)
Year2023
Volume70
Issue9
Pages1911-1935
Publication date2023-07-29
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00918369.2022.2043731
PMID35225747
OpenAlexW4214506408
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited62

Disclosing a seropositive HIV status still is a complex process of assessing the risks, benefits, and potential personal and interpersonal outcomes associated with disclosure, such as stigma, rejection, or emotional support. We examined HIV disclosure practices to family and intersectional stigma related to HIV and sexual orientation among Latino sexual minority men (LSMM) of Mexican and Puerto Rican origin with HIV in the continental USA. Guided by Framework Analysis, we present data from 54 interviews with 33 LSMM participants in HIV care engagement interventions, and 21 project staff implementing the interventions. LSMM disclosed their HIV status to family seeking support. They applied stigma management techniques to manage the information communicated to family about their HIV status, including selective disclosure to some family members, conveying strategic information about the significance of having HIV, non-disclosure, or partial disclosure, silence and deceptions. LSMM HIV disclosure practices to family encompassed appraisals of intersectional stigma related to their sexual orientation and HIV, assessing the potential outcomes of disclosure, and the preservation of family ties

Family medicine · Homosexuality · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Interpersonal communication · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Sexual minority · Sexual orientation · Stigma (botany · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Clinical Psychology · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology