Title: Health issues confronting minority men who have sex with men /
Authors: Loue, Sana
Publisher: Springer,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Sex Offenses; Minority Groups; Mental Disorders; HIV Infections; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Homosexuality, Male; Gay men Health and hygiene.; Gay men Medical care.; Minority gays Health and hygiene.; Minority gays Medical care.; Homosexuality, Male United States.; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome United States.; HIV Infections United States.; Mental Disorders United States.; Minority Groups United States.; Sex Offenses United States.; United States
Contents: Pt. 1. Identities. Defining men who have sex with men (MSM) / Sana Loue -- Portrait one. Rebirth: evolution of a gender / Travis A. Garry -- Portrait two. ¿De donde? / Hank Ramirez -- Portrait three. Untitled / Christina Caruth -- pt. 2. Sexual abuse. Childhood sexual abuse and its sequelae among latino gay and bisexual men / Sonya Grant Arreola -- Portrait four. May and December: dangerous intimacies / L. Michael Gipson -- pt. 3. Mental illness and substance abuse. Body image disturbance and its related disorders / Leslie J. Heinberg and Chris Kraft -- Portrait five. Cutting / Anonymous -- Substance use among minority men who have sex with men / Sana Loue and Jaroslaw Richard Romaniuk -- pt. 4. Homelessness. Homelessness among substance using minority men who have sex with men / James M. Holbrook -- "My body and my spirit took care of me": homelessness, violence, and resilience among American Indian two-spirit men / Karina L. Walters ... [et al.] -- pt. 5. HIV/AIDS. National trends in HIV transmission among minority men who have sex with men / Daniel J. O'Shea -- HIV/AIDS in Cleveland: a case study of one community / David Bruckman -- pt. 6. Multiple minority status and stigma. Why tell? Serostatus disclosure and HIV stigma among HIV seropositive Asians and Pacific Islander men who have sex with men in New York City / Ezer Kang and Bruce D. Rapkin -- Disclosure of HIV status and mental health among Latino men who have sex with men / Maria Cecilia Zea -- pt. 7. Building community. The Beyond Identities Community Center (BICC): a community-focused, rights-based program to address HIV/AIDS and sexual health among young men of color in Cleveland, Ohio / Tracy Jones and Earl Pike -- Portrait six. For Jayla / L. Michael Gipson -- Portrait seven. Rage of betrayal / Erik Bradford -- Portrait eight. Community commitment / Various.