Wendell Ferrari, Pedro Alexandre Costa, Marcia Thereza Couto, Marcos Nascimento
{"title":"Invisible Victims: Addressing the Sexual and Health Consequences of Stealth Breeding for Brazilian Gay Men.","authors":"Wendell Ferrari, Pedro Alexandre Costa, Marcia Thereza Couto, Marcos Nascimento","doi":"10.1080/00918369.2025.2480766","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00918369.2025.2480766","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Stealth breeding is the act in which a man removes a condom during sexual intercourse without the consent of the male partner. This paper explores the context of stealth breeding among gay men in Brazil. Through in-depth interviews with ten gay men who have experienced stealthing, this study highlights its sexual and mental health consequences. The participants, aged 21-49, reside in urban areas of Brazil. Using thematic analysis, the results indicate the dynamics and consequences of stealth breeding, including the decision to seek post-exposure prophylaxis the following day, the reporting of sexually transmitted infections and HIV, the emergence of mental health concerns, and the lack of support from professionals and institutions. This phenomenon has resulted in a significant gap in scientific, legal, and social awareness, which requires urgent attention at the national and global levels. Understanding stealth breeding would assist in the development of preventive strategies, particularly among gay men, thus meriting increased clinical and research attention.</p>","PeriodicalId":48221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Homosexuality","volume":" ","pages":"1-22"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143711639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How They Became Allies: The Korean Protestant Regime of Truth and the Ethical Subjectivation.","authors":"Ji Yoon Ryu, Seung Soo Kim","doi":"10.1080/00918369.2025.2475380","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2025.2475380","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examines the self-formation of Protestant allies within South Korea's heteronormative Protestant regime of truth, where opposition to LGBTQ rights remains strong. While conservative Protestant groups actively resist LGBTQ advocacy, some Protestants support sexual minorities despite facing personal and institutional risks. Drawing on Foucault's theory of subjectivation and Butler's concept of ethical subjectivation, this study frames allyship as an ongoing performative process shaped by relational encounters and acts of solidaristic engagement. Based on in-depth interviews with 12 Protestant individuals, it identifies key triggers for desubjectivation, such as disillusionment with Protestant institutions, unaccountable suffering, and exposure to counter-discourses, and examines the practices through which they reconfigure their subjectivity. These include participating in the Queer Culture Festival, publicly coming out as allies, and reappropriating religious rituals as acts of resistance. By disrupting the conditions of recognition within the Protestant regime of truth and destabilizing their prior Protestant identity, Protestant allies reconfigure their subjectivity and redefine what it means to be Protestant while assuming ethical responsibility for LGBTQ individuals.</p>","PeriodicalId":48221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Homosexuality","volume":" ","pages":"1-23"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143711637","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mental Health and Substance Use Amongst Trans Women in India.","authors":"Sriram Palepu, Vasudeva Murthy Sindgi, Kailasom Srikrishnan Aylur, David J Margolis, Carrie Kovarik","doi":"10.1080/00918369.2025.2476158","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2025.2476158","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Trans women in India, especially those engaged in sex work, face significant mental health challenges. As a part of a larger study on trans health needs, we aimed to assess the prevalence of alcohol abuse among trans women attending the Mitr Clinic in Hyderabad, India, and determine if there is an association between sex work and poor mental health. A cross-sectional study surveyed 300 trans women at the Mitr Clinic. Mental health was assessed using the GHQ-12, and substance use was evaluated using the ASSIST. Data on demographics, occupation, education, and HIV status were collected. Relevant ethical approvals were obtained. Among participants, 21% were identified as sex workers. GHQ-12 scores were significantly higher among sex workers compared to non-sex workers, indicating poorer mental health (<i>p</i> = 0.004). High-risk alcohol use was reported by 4% of participants, with a marginal association between sex work and alcohol use (<i>p</i> = 0.05). Trans women engaged in sex work in India have significantly poorer mental health compared to their non-sex working peers. We advocate for culturally sensitive and targeted interventions to support the unique needs of this vulnerable population.</p>","PeriodicalId":48221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Homosexuality","volume":" ","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143711640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jes L Matsick, Lindsay Palmer, Flora Oswald, Mary Kruk, Kenneth Ye
{"title":"Illustrations of Benevolent and Hostile Heterosexism in LGBTQ+ People's Lives.","authors":"Jes L Matsick, Lindsay Palmer, Flora Oswald, Mary Kruk, Kenneth Ye","doi":"10.1080/00918369.2025.2480780","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2025.2480780","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this study, we aimed to define heterosexism-a form of sexual stigma that accounts for interpersonal attitudes and institutionalized ideology-in a multi-dimensional way, centering on LGBTQ+ people's experiences. We draw from an ambivalent theory of prejudice and focus on heterosexism, or an ideology that stigmatizes nonheterosexual behaviors, identities, relationships, and communities. We aimed to learn how LGBTQ+ people would narrate their experiences of heterosexism within a benevolent and hostile framing. In a qualitative online study, LGBTQ+ participants (<i>N</i> = 77; 49% White) reviewed definitions of and recalled encounters with benevolent and hostile heterosexism, providing examples of how heterosexism manifests in their lives. In our analysis, we identified themes of benevolent (<i>positive stereotypes, assumptions of heterosexuality, conditional \"acceptance\"</i>) and hostile heterosexism (<i>verbal and physical violence, invalidation, hostile ideologies</i>). We discuss the utility of an ambivalent prejudice framework for understanding heterosexism that builds from LGBTQ+ people's accounts.</p>","PeriodicalId":48221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Homosexuality","volume":" ","pages":"1-27"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143711638","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of HomosexualityPub Date : 2025-03-21Epub Date: 2024-03-21DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2024.2326891
Jamie Howell, Jennifer Deane-King, Rebecca Maguire
{"title":"Factors Associated with PrEP Stigma Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men (gbMSM): A Systematic Review.","authors":"Jamie Howell, Jennifer Deane-King, Rebecca Maguire","doi":"10.1080/00918369.2024.2326891","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00918369.2024.2326891","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (gbMSM) are disproportionately affected by HIV. While pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is highly effective at preventing HIV acquisition, uptake of PrEP among gbMSM is low, which may in part be due to stigma associated with PrEP use. This systematic review aimed to explore experiences of PrEP stigma and to identify factors associated with this. Four databases were searched for papers including terms relating to (i) gbMSM, (ii) PrEP, and (iii) stigma, with narrative synthesis used to analyze results. After screening, 70 studies were included in the final analysis. Experiences of PrEP stigma were found to be characterized by a number of stereotypes and came from a range of sources. Five categories of factors were associated with stigma: (i) healthcare-related factors, (ii) cultural and contextual factors, (iii) sociodemographic factors, (iv) peer-discussion, and (v) psychosocial factors. These findings suggest that stigma can be a common experience for gbMSM. However, some are more at risk than others. Interventions aimed at reducing PrEP stigma may be useful in increasing uptake.</p>","PeriodicalId":48221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Homosexuality","volume":" ","pages":"623-652"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140177233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of HomosexualityPub Date : 2025-03-21Epub Date: 2024-03-12DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2024.2328695
Rapinpat Yodlorchai, Panrapee Suttiwan, Susan E Walch, Sakkaphat Ngamake
{"title":"A Conditional Process Analysis of Microaffirmations, Microaggressions, and Mental Health Among Thai Sexual Minorities.","authors":"Rapinpat Yodlorchai, Panrapee Suttiwan, Susan E Walch, Sakkaphat Ngamake","doi":"10.1080/00918369.2024.2328695","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00918369.2024.2328695","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sexual orientation (SO) microaggressions contribute to mental health issues among sexual minorities. Microaffirmations may mitigate these effects, with internalized heterosexism and SO concealment proposed as mediators. A community sample of 307 Thai sexual minorities completed measures assessing SO microaggressions, microaffirmations, internalized heterosexism, SO concealment, and mental health concerns. Serial mediation analysis using Hayes' PROCESS macro model 6 tested indirect effects through proposed mediators. Conditional process analysis using PROCESS model 85 examined the moderating role of microaffirmations. These models tested hypothesized moderated serial mediation relationships among study variables. SO microaggressions had a total effect on mental health concerns, directly and indirectly through increased SO concealment. The internalized heterosexism → SO concealment sequence mediated this relationship. Microaffirmations moderated the direct microaggressions-mental health link, reducing this association at higher levels of microaffirmations. The full model accounted for 31.6% of the variance (R<sup>2</sup> = 0.316) in mental health concerns. The Johnson-Neyman technique identified 0.613 as the microaffirmations value above which the effect of SO microaggressions on mental health was no longer significant. Findings elucidate mechanisms linking SO microaggressions to mental health issues and microaffirmations' protective role among Thai sexual minorities. These results could inform efforts to mitigate minority stress impacts.</p>","PeriodicalId":48221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Homosexuality","volume":" ","pages":"653-680"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140111892","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of HomosexualityPub Date : 2025-03-21Epub Date: 2024-12-13DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2024.2438590
{"title":"Statement of Retraction: When Reparation Goes Beyond Punishment: Victims of LGBTQphobic Violence and Retributive and Restorative Justice in Spain.","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/00918369.2024.2438590","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00918369.2024.2438590","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Homosexuality","volume":" ","pages":"789"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142819322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Empathetic Reporting Surrounding the Violence Against LGBTIQ+ Activists in Russia (The Case of Dmitry Chizhevsky and Anna Prutskova).","authors":"Evgeny Shtorn","doi":"10.1080/00918369.2025.2480774","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2025.2480774","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article serves two interconnected purposes. First, it examines media coverage of the violent attack on LGBTIQ+ activists Dmitry Chizhevsky and Anna Prutskova at the St. Petersburg community center LaSky on 3 November 2013. Two masked assailants entered the center and opened fire, severely injuring Dmitry and wounding Anna. The attack occurred amid heightened public debates surrounding the \"gay propaganda\" law, which intensified hostility toward LGBTIQ+ individuals. This study critically assesses how Russian media framed the violence, shaping public perception of activists at the forefront of LGBTIQ+ rights struggles. Secondly, the article engages with the standpoint theory, foregrounding the author's explicit political and ethical stance. Rather than employing conventional research methods such as interviews, this study integrates activist perspectives into academic discourse, reflecting the author's transition from activism to scholarship. This approach challenges the notion of detached objectivity, particularly in addressing structural discrimination and violence. The article advocates empathetic reporting, emphasizing its role in upholding human rights and countering systemic erasure. By combining critical media analysis with an activist lens, this article underscores how media portrayals of violence against LGBTIQ+ individuals shape public perception and discourse. It argues that acknowledging positionality enriches scholarly engagement with social justice issues, providing an insider perspective often dismissed in favor of perceived neutrality or objectivity.</p>","PeriodicalId":48221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Homosexuality","volume":" ","pages":"1-22"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143659116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Flora's Space: Archiving Queer Love Through Letters and Affections.","authors":"Marie Lunau","doi":"10.1080/00918369.2025.2481459","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2025.2481459","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article delves into the affective lives, desires, and acts of resistance among queer women in late nin eteenth-century Denmark through the love letters of Flora Mathilde Freigaard Larsen to her girlfriend, Agnes Nathalie Olsen. Both women were registered as \"public women,\" signifying their involvement in sex work under Denmark's regime of \"statutory prostitution,\" which tightly regulated women's sexual activities. By exploring Flora's letters, preserved in police archives, this article illuminates the fragmented traces of working-class (queer) women's histories. Grounded in affect and queer theories, the article challenges the traditional narrative of queer history as a linear progression from repression to liberation. It highlights the complexities of queer women's lives at a time when same-sex relations between women fell outside legal scrutiny, revealing a nuanced interplay of desire, joy, and community within contexts of institutional control. It argues that a focus on rebellious affect within the archive reveals counter-disciplines fostered through community, belonging, and love. By foregrounding the voices and experiences of women who resisted sexual and gender norms, the article advances queer historiography, advocating for an archival approach embracing ambivalence and optimism to enrich queer historical narratives.</p>","PeriodicalId":48221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Homosexuality","volume":" ","pages":"1-21"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143659036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Grind Your Way Out: The Construction of Hegemonic Homomasculinities Among Young Hong Kong Grindr Users.","authors":"Leo Zephyrus Chow","doi":"10.1080/00918369.2025.2480778","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2025.2480778","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Existing literature suggests that Grindr and other similar apps manifest a pattern of social exclusion along the lines of body and gender. However, these studies are primarily conducted outside the context of Asia. Inspired by Connell's hegemonic masculinity and Duggan's homonormativity, I adopted the term \"hegemonic homomasculinity\" to explore the cultural hegemony at the intersection of masculinity and homosexual practices. Employing qualitative, semi-structured interviews, this study draws on 20 young Hong Kong Grindr users with diverse social backgrounds to examine the cultural hegemony within this gay online space. Through desiring muscular/athletic bodies, straight-acting men, and \"healthy\" sexual practices, users marginalize undesirable gay men and reproduce the cultural hegemony. Although the subordination of undesirable bodies and homomasculinities is evident in Grindr, the findings also suggest potential room for negotiation and non-conformity. Due to the emphasis on cultural politics in the establishment of Hong Kong's gay identity, neoliberalism facilitates a homomasculine ideal that is not only based on success in the realm of career, education, and family but also on a responsible body that is healthy. LGBTQ+ activists and organizations may allocate more resources to address everyday discrimination within the online gay community.</p>","PeriodicalId":48221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Homosexuality","volume":" ","pages":"1-23"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143651211","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}