Latino gay men and HIV : culture, sexuality, and risk behavior /
By the end of December 1996 a total of 42,563 AIDS cases were diagnosed among Latino gay and bisexual men. In a world of safer sex, where the message is out to use condoms, why is it that a staggering proportion of Latino gay men contract HIV each year? Rafael Diaz provides us with a pivotal examina...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
1998.
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| Summary: | By the end of December 1996 a total of 42,563 AIDS cases were diagnosed among Latino gay and bisexual men. In a world of safer sex, where the message is out to use condoms, why is it that a staggering proportion of Latino gay men contract HIV each year? Rafael Diaz provides us with a pivotal examination of how sexual silence, machismo, homophobia, poverty and racism continue to contribute to high risk practices among Latino gay men. |
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. |
| Physical Description: | xv, 192 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-183) and index. |
| ISBN: | 041591387X 9780415913874 0415913888 9780415913881 |