HIV/Aids and homophobia

Subtle hatreds, severe consequences and the question of origins

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15098694
AutoresG W Dowsett (0000-0002-0841-3964, Columbia University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2003
Volumen5
Número2
Páginas121-136
Fecha de publicación2003-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCulture Health & Sexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1369-1058 • E-ISSN: 1464-5351
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/136910501110.1080/1369105021000007311
OpenAlexW2038404230
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias citadas10

This paper argues that the relationship between homophobia and HIV/AIDS is not as direct as is often assumed. This argument is pursued through an examination of the situation of gay men in Australia, a country where the HIV epidemic is largely confined to gay men, and Bangladesh, a country and culture where sex between men does not conform to categories of human sexuality privileged in Western theory. Both of these countries reveal something different about cultures of sex between men, which provides a counterpoint to the often compelling and usually pervasive accounts of HIV-related discrimination that are derived particularly from North America. The paper concludes with a plea that as efforts are geared up to fight the HIV pandemic in Asia and the Pacific, researchers, planners and practitioners become more critical of the conceptual tools they rely on in thinking about HIV/AIDS and human sexual activity, so that it is possible to mobilize (and do less damage to) local cultures of sexuality.

Argument (complex analysis) · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Counterpoint · Disease · Homosexuality · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Human sexuality · Pandemic · Plea · Political science · Sociology · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Gender Studies · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Sex work and related issues · Virology