Note:A shift has occurred in how mental health professionals, gay activists, and sociologists view the disclosure of homosexuality to others. While secrecy was once viewed as more desirable, disclosure is now seen as more advantageous. In this context, I look at how a sample of gay men manage information concerning their sexual preferences. I document their patterns of secrecy and disclosure and their rationales for being selectively open and secretive. I also show that gays face an interactional dilemma in the several types of relationships they have with nongays, regardless of whether they are open or secrective. I also examine the men's ideological beliefs about disclosure in the context of the new view of secrecy and disclosure. I concl...
Forty years into the HIV epidemic, the most impacted group continues to be Black gay and bisexual me...
Background Men who have sex with men (MSM) are at risk of poor sexual health and can benefit from p...
There is a longstanding convention among lesbians and gay men in the United States: Do not reveal th...
Little attention has been given in previous research to disclosure about sex work and even less to m...
This investigation profiles the process of the disclosure of stigmatizing information. The study att...
As marginalized minority, some gays can find friends in community or at work. In his community, a ga...
This study explores the things that helped and hindered 12 gay men and lesbians when they disclosed...
In 1973, homosexuality was offically demedicalized. However, the effects of this change on the thera...
Objective:This study aimed to explore the range of issues faced by HIV-positive and HIV-negative gay...
During recent years in France, the number of HIV infections in the gay community has been constantly...
This thesis examines what it means to be a self-identified gay or bisexual male college student, and...
Given successes in treating HIV/AIDS, there are increasing numbers of sexually active HIV-positive p...
This study examined how stigma and dialectical tensions affect information sharing by gay men. One s...
Paper presented at the AIDS Conference, Mexico City, 7 AugustObjectives: Secrecy and concealment of...
Since the beginning of the AIDS epidemic in 1981, persons diagnosed with human immunodeficiency vir...
Forty years into the HIV epidemic, the most impacted group continues to be Black gay and bisexual me...
Background Men who have sex with men (MSM) are at risk of poor sexual health and can benefit from p...
There is a longstanding convention among lesbians and gay men in the United States: Do not reveal th...
Little attention has been given in previous research to disclosure about sex work and even less to m...
This investigation profiles the process of the disclosure of stigmatizing information. The study att...
As marginalized minority, some gays can find friends in community or at work. In his community, a ga...
This study explores the things that helped and hindered 12 gay men and lesbians when they disclosed...
In 1973, homosexuality was offically demedicalized. However, the effects of this change on the thera...
Objective:This study aimed to explore the range of issues faced by HIV-positive and HIV-negative gay...
During recent years in France, the number of HIV infections in the gay community has been constantly...
This thesis examines what it means to be a self-identified gay or bisexual male college student, and...
Given successes in treating HIV/AIDS, there are increasing numbers of sexually active HIV-positive p...
This study examined how stigma and dialectical tensions affect information sharing by gay men. One s...
Paper presented at the AIDS Conference, Mexico City, 7 AugustObjectives: Secrecy and concealment of...
Since the beginning of the AIDS epidemic in 1981, persons diagnosed with human immunodeficiency vir...
Forty years into the HIV epidemic, the most impacted group continues to be Black gay and bisexual me...
Background Men who have sex with men (MSM) are at risk of poor sexual health and can benefit from p...
There is a longstanding convention among lesbians and gay men in the United States: Do not reveal th...