The big ole gay express’

Sexual minority stigma, mobility and health in the small city

Dados Bibliográficos

ID15098745
AutoresDanya Keene (0000-0002-7612-8292, Division of Social Behavioral Sciences, Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, USA, autor correspondente), Adam I Eldahan (Division of Social Behavioral Sciences, Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, USA), Jaclyn M White Hughto (0000-0003-4722-8179, Division of Social Behavioral Sciences, Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, USA), John E Pachankis (0000-0002-2015-9225, Division of Social Behavioral Sciences, Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, USA)
Ano2017
Volume19
Fascículo3
Páginas381-394
Data de publicação2017-03-04
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCulture Health & Sexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1369-1058 • E-ISSN: 1464-5351
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13691058.2016.1226386
PMID27604293
OpenAlexW2515822032
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas18
Referências citadas44

Recent research has examined how gay and bisexual men experience and navigate the variations in sexual minority stigma that exist across geographic contexts, with implications for their health. We extend this literature on stigma, mobility, and health by considering the unique and understudied setting of the small city. Drawing on semi-structured interviews (n = 29) conducted in two small US cities (New Haven and Hartford), we find that these small cities serve as both destinations and points of departure for gay and bisexual men in the context of stigma. New Haven and Hartford attracted gay and bisexual men from surrounding suburbs where sexual minority stigma was more prevalent and where there were fewer spaces and opportunities for gay life. Conversely, participants noted that these small cities did not contain the same identity affirming communities as urban gay enclaves, thus motivating movement from small cities to larger ones. Our data suggest these forms of mobility may mitigate stigma, but may also produce sexual health risks, thus drawing attention to small cities as uniquely important sites for HIV prevention. Furthermore, our analysis contributes to an understanding of how place, stigma and mobility can intersect to generate spatially distinct experiences of stigmatised identities and related health consequences

Destinations · Geography · Haven · Psychiatry · Sexual minority · Sexual orientation · Sociology · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Gender Studies · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology