{"title":"Putería, and discourses of whoring in Veracruz, México.","authors":"Verónica Vicencio Diaz","doi":"10.1080/13691058.2025.2610434","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13691058.2025.2610434","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article focuses on discourses of <i>la putería</i> (whoring), a slang and a derogatory term originally associated with prostitution, but now expanding in Poza Rica de Hidalgo and Coatzintla in Mexico to describe working-class <i>mestizos</i>, particularly those who perform transgressive gender/sexual identifications and/or expressions. As a form of humour and gossip practices, <i>la putería</i> acts simultaneously as a tool of policing and resistance. This paper draws on both Roger Lancaster's landmark ethnographic work in Nicaragua and Donna Goldstein's work on humour and laughter in Brazil. I take Goldstein's focus on laughter as a weapon of the weak, and it is applied here to understand how people craft alternative self-making practices of sexuality diversity through humour, and how it is used as a tool to resist gender/sexual policing. It is also suggested that the term <i>la putería</i> is used as a way to police women into being dutiful housewives and respectable women and mothers, and through an analysis of fieldwork data from visits to two hair salons, it is shown how it is also a key feature of sexual diversity world making.</p>","PeriodicalId":10799,"journal":{"name":"Culture, Health & Sexuality","volume":" ","pages":"1089-1097"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145888223","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Justino J Flores, David A Kalwicz, Ana María Del Río-González, Jenny I Hernandez, H Jonathon Rendina, Kaosisochukwu C Onochie, Sarah K Calabrese
{"title":"HIV educational video content and presentation style preferences among English- and Spanish-speaking US sexual and gender minorities.","authors":"Justino J Flores, David A Kalwicz, Ana María Del Río-González, Jenny I Hernandez, H Jonathon Rendina, Kaosisochukwu C Onochie, Sarah K Calabrese","doi":"10.1080/13691058.2026.2724023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2026.2724023","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sexual and gender minorities in the USA are disproportionately impacted by HIV, highlighting the need for tailored prevention and treatment interventions. Video-based tools have emerged as promising for disseminating HIV-related information due to their accessibility, scalability and cultural adaptability. However, there is limited research on video content and presentation style preferences, particularly among diverse sexual and gender minorities. This study explored video content and style preferences among English- and Spanish-speaking US sexual and gender minorities to inform the development of a bilingual HIV video-based educational intervention. Six focus groups (4 in English, 2 in Spanish) were conducted in Washington, DC. Thematic analysis was conducted using the Framework Method. The sample (<i>n</i> = 28) included 18 English- and 10 Spanish-speaking adults who ranged in age from 24 to 69 years. Participants largely identified as gay (70%) and as cisgender men (63%). Most were HIV-negative (55.5%), non-Latino/x/a (52%) and White (52%). Three overarching themes were identified: (1) simplify complex concepts, (2) align content delivery with modern media consumption norms; and (3) maximise relatability. Spanish-speaking participants recommended using widely understood Spanish to reach diverse Latino/x/a communities. Findings underscore the importance of cultural and linguistic diversity to ensure equitable health communication when developing video-based HIV educational interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":10799,"journal":{"name":"Culture, Health & Sexuality","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148863915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Between silence and support: machismo, familismo, and HIV care among gay Latino men in South Texas.","authors":"Samuel Nuñez, Phillip W Schnarrs, James E Egan","doi":"10.1080/13691058.2026.2723254","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2026.2723254","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the USA, gay Latino men living with HIV face compounding marginalisation within both Latino and LGBTQ communities that shapes engagement across the HIV care continuum. The role of machismo and <i>familismo</i> in HIV status disclosure and antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence among members of this population remains understudied, particularly in the Southern USA, where cultural values and conservative norms converge. Guided by an intersectional framework, the theory of planned behaviour, and cognitive appraisal theory, between September and October 2022, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 11 gay Latino men living with HIV (ages 21 to 60 or older) in South Texas. All interviews were conducted in English. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. Two themes revealed how machismo and familismo shaped HIV care engagement in contrasting ways. Latino cultural expectations and Southern conservatism created barriers through machismo expectations, a 'double silence', triple identity conflict, and gendered disclosure patterns. These same values became facilitators of ART adherence when support existed, through 'staying alive for family' and 'chosen family' motivations. Machismo and familismo simultaneously act as barriers to HIV status disclosure and motivators for ART adherence among gay Latino men living with HIV in South Texas. HIV care models should leverage familismo-driven motivations while addressing disclosure barriers.</p>","PeriodicalId":10799,"journal":{"name":"Culture, Health & Sexuality","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148839434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amelia M Stanton, Jacklyn D Foley, Samantha M McKetchnie, Justin Hinchey, Jennifer Mutén, Peter Chai, Calvin Fitch, Shauna Onofrey, Abigail W Batchelder, Christina Psaros, Conall O'Cleirigh
{"title":"Intersecting stigma and sexual relationships among minoritised sexual minority men and nonbinary individuals assigned male at birth in Boston, USA.","authors":"Amelia M Stanton, Jacklyn D Foley, Samantha M McKetchnie, Justin Hinchey, Jennifer Mutén, Peter Chai, Calvin Fitch, Shauna Onofrey, Abigail W Batchelder, Christina Psaros, Conall O'Cleirigh","doi":"10.1080/13691058.2026.2724028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2026.2724028","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the USA, Latino, Black, and other ethnically or racially minoritised sexual minority men and nonbinary individuals assigned male at birth experience a disproportionate burden of HIV and significant stigma that can impede HIV prevention. Understanding how stigma shapes sexual relationships and networking is critical for informing HIV prevention efforts. We conducted interviews with 18 ethnically or racially minoritised sexual minority men and nonbinary individuals assigned male at birth recruited through the National HIV Behavioural Surveillance Project (cycle 6) in Boston, Massachusetts (2020-2021). Eligible participants were at least 18 years old, identified as men or nonbinary (assigned male at birth), identified as persons of colour, lived in the Boston metropolitan area, and reported ever having sex with a man. Interviews were analysed using thematic analysis. Participants (mean age = 26.4 years) described race-, ethnicity-, and sexuality-related stigma, including sexual fetishisation, objectification, rejection, and exclusion by potential partners. These experiences influenced sexual networking by fostering increased scepticism, guardedness, selective partner choice, and pre-emptive disclosure of marginalised identities to reduce anticipated rejection. Themes reflected broader patterns of stigma and stigmatisation rather than HIV epidemic-specific experiences.</p>","PeriodicalId":10799,"journal":{"name":"Culture, Health & Sexuality","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148850073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Intimate encounters: men negotiating sexuality when working as midwives.","authors":"John Pendleton, Aura Lehtonen","doi":"10.1080/13691058.2026.2714542","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2026.2714542","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper explores how men in midwifery negotiate sexuality and gender when providing intimate care (IC). Midwifery has long positioned itself as a mono-gendered profession protecting cisgender women from male encroachment. Men were admitted to midwifery in the UK in 1983 and our study is the first in-depth qualitative account of their experiences. We present empirical findings from an interpretative phenomenological analysis of 15 interviews with men who work as midwives in the UK, examined through Ahmed's concept of Orientations to reveal how men disrupt lines predicated on cisheteronormative caregiver interactions. Orientations accounts for their bodily reactions and how they viscerally experience and manage their gender. Through the use of vignettes, we show how men recognise that IC creates boundaries to their acceptability, how they reconfigure these boundaries to render their IC less transgressive, and how they process the conflict they experience when their IC is at risk of rejection. By working with the concept of Orientations we make a key contribution to both the fields of midwifery and sexuality studies by showing how sexuality becomes visible in caregiver interactions and likely shapes the experiences of men in midwifery and other IC-based professions.</p>","PeriodicalId":10799,"journal":{"name":"Culture, Health & Sexuality","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148839437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"'We can't always be visible': navigating cultural silence and emotional labour among LGBTQ+ case managers in Taiwan's long-term care services.","authors":"Hong Hong","doi":"10.1080/13691058.2026.2720113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2026.2720113","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In Taiwan's long-term care system, LGBTQ+ case managers navigate identity, cultural silence, and resilience within heteronormative institutions shaped by Confucian familialism and postcolonial healthcare governance. Drawing on in-depth interviews with five participants working in public and private long-term care sectors, this research identifies how heteronormative institutional norms, familial expectations, and societal stigma shape their professional and personal identities. Three thematic findings are developed: (1) identity negotiation under cultural silence; (2) emotional labour and self-preservation; and (3) resilience through queer community support. Findings highlight the need for inclusive long-term care policies and culturally safe workplace practices to support LGBTQ+ professionals. Findings advance critical dialogues on intersectionality, queering care practices, and culturally safe governance in postcolonial East Asian long-term care systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":10799,"journal":{"name":"Culture, Health & Sexuality","volume":" ","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148817670","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Towards a conceptual model of queer social safety: insights from LGBTQ+ narratives of safety and unsafety.","authors":"Cristiano Scandurra, Selene Mezzalira, Davide Rea, Alessia Geremicca, Gianluca Cruciani, Nicola Carone, Vincenzo Bochicchio","doi":"10.1080/13691058.2026.2720106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2026.2720106","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Social safety has recently emerged as an important framework for understanding how environments influence health and well-being, yet it remains underexplored within LGBTQ+ research. This study examined LGBTQ+ individuals' experiences of social safety and social unsafety and developed an empirically grounded conceptualisation of queer social safety. Ninety-seven LGBTQ+ adults living in Italy responded to two open-ended questions regarding experiences of social safety and social unsafety. Data were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis and used to develop a conceptual model of queer social safety. Four interrelated themes were identified: (1) governability of visibility; (2) habitability of social spaces; (3) relational legitimation between inclusivity and hostility; and (4) subjective experiences and outcomes of social safety/unsafety. Findings suggest that queer social safety is constructed through ongoing processes of meaning-making and appraisal in which relational and contextual experiences are integrated into evaluations of recognition, legitimacy, belonging and protection. The process-oriented conceptual model we developed from our work explains how these appraisal processes give rise to distinct patterns of agency and identity pride, vigilance and self-regulation, or withdrawal and internalised stigma, while identifying recognition as a key relational process underpinning the psychological construction of queer social safety.</p>","PeriodicalId":10799,"journal":{"name":"Culture, Health & Sexuality","volume":" ","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148812349","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mothers on trial: DNA testing, sexual regulation and maternal accountability in Zimbabwe.","authors":"Shingirai Mandizadza","doi":"10.1080/13691058.2026.2716231","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2026.2716231","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article examines how public discourse around <i>The Closure DNA Show</i> constructs and moralises understandings of motherhood in the context of publicly disclosed paternity exclusion in Zimbabwe. Using qualitative analysis of first level YouTube comments posted in response to episodes in which men are excluded as biological fathers, the study explores how viewers interpret maternal credibility, sexual responsibility and reproductive obligation. Audience commentary rarely frames misattributed paternity as uncertainty or relational complexity, instead interpreting it as deception, moral failure and sexual irresponsibility. Three interlinked discursive patterns dominate: the moral regulation of female sexuality; presumptions of maternal certainty that deny reproductive ambiguity; and child-centred moral claims that consolidate gendered accountability. These discourses recast motherhood as a moral status open to public scrutiny, with biological truth serving as the central criterion of maternal legitimacy. The study demonstrates how mediated DNA testing functions as a technology of moral evaluation through which motherhood, sexuality and responsibility are collectively governed in contemporary Zimbabwe.</p>","PeriodicalId":10799,"journal":{"name":"Culture, Health & Sexuality","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148812337","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R Korkodilos, Frankie Greene, Siddarth Seenivasa, Samantha Haiken, Lynsie R Ranker, Ziming Xuan, Kimberly M Nelson, Allegra R Gordon, Sabra L Katz-Wise
{"title":"Youth perspectives on sexual fluidity.","authors":"R Korkodilos, Frankie Greene, Siddarth Seenivasa, Samantha Haiken, Lynsie R Ranker, Ziming Xuan, Kimberly M Nelson, Allegra R Gordon, Sabra L Katz-Wise","doi":"10.1080/13691058.2026.2720110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2026.2720110","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sexual fluidity has been defined as change over time in one or more dimensions of sexual orientation (identity, attractions, gender of sexual partners). As research on sexual fluidity among young people expands, it is critical to understand how adolescents and young adults understand sexual fluidity. Qualitative data were analysed from the USA-based Sexual Orientation Fluidity in Youth Study, which recruited 3,550 participants aged 14-25 years from an online survey panel. Participants responded to an open-ended question on sexual fluidity: 'What does it mean for a person to be sexually fluid?' (with the option to write 'I don't know'). Analysis was conducted on a random sample of responses (<i>N</i> = 331). About half of the participants (<i>n</i> = 164) expressed uncertainty about sexual fluidity. Two primary themes were developed regarding how adolescents and young adults perceived sexual fluidity: (1) sexual fluidity means change (in general or in desire) and (2) sexual fluidity means openness. Many adolescents and young adults also demonstrated nuanced understandings of sexual fluidity. These findings highlight that adolescents and young adults have varying understandings of sexual fluidity, signalling the need for researchers and clinicians to broaden how they measure and discuss changes in sexual orientation.</p>","PeriodicalId":10799,"journal":{"name":"Culture, Health & Sexuality","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148788871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Phenomenological analysis of lived experiences within the LGBTQ+ community in Rwanda.","authors":"Odile Habimana, Emmy Kageha Igonya, Gustave Muhire, Deborah Kansiime, Precious Chidozie Azubuike, Everest Turatsinze, Egide Niyotwagira, Ann Chereen Karanja, Favina Alain, Ritah Mukashyaka, Louange Gutabarwa Twahirwa, Aflodis Kagaba, Emmanuel Otukpa, Kristefer Stojanovski","doi":"10.1080/13691058.2026.2707321","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2026.2707321","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite the existence of laws protecting human rights in Rwanda, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people continue to face discrimination with its roots in cultural, religious, and moral beliefs. This study explored the lived experiences of LGBTQ+ individuals using a phenomenological design. Data were collected through in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, and digital storytelling with 57 participants from six districts. Participants were recruited through purposive and snowball sampling, ensuring homogeneity and representation. A thematic queer phenomenological analysis was performed. Guided by the socioecological model, the analysis identified five key themes revealing experiences across individual, interpersonal, community, organisational, and policy levels. Findings highlight internalised stigma, family rejection, misinformation, and discrimination in healthcare and employment. While prior studies have noted the absence of legal protections, this study revealed how legal ambiguity is lived as an embodied and multilevel experience, shaping identity expression and the everyday navigation of heteronormativity spaces. Despite challenges, community-based organisations fostered resilience and belonging. Findings highlight the need to consider the lived experiences of LGBTQ+ community members when educating society about gender and sexual orientation, as well as designing inclusive programmes and policies across these levels to protect members of this community.</p>","PeriodicalId":10799,"journal":{"name":"Culture, Health & Sexuality","volume":" ","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148788755","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}