'I did not have sex outside of our bubble': changes in sexual practices and risk reduction strategies among sexual minority men in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Autor: Daroya E; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada., Grey C; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.; Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, Western University, London, ON, Canada., Lessard D; Centre for Health Outcome Research, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada., Klassen B; Community-Based Research Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada., Skakoon-Sparling S; Department of Psychology, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, ON, Canada., Gaspar M; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada., Perez-Brumer A; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada., Adam B; Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada., Lachowsky NJ; School of Public Health and Social Policy, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada., Moore D; BC Centre for Excellence, HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, BC, Canada., Sang JM; BC Centre for Excellence, HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, BC, Canada., Lambert G; Service Prévention et contrôle des maladies infectieuses, Direction régionale de santé publique, Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux du Centre-Sud-de-l'Ile-de-Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada., Hart TA; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.; Department of Psychology, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, ON, Canada., Cox J; Service Prévention et contrôle des maladies infectieuses, Direction régionale de santé publique, Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux du Centre-Sud-de-l'Ile-de-Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.; Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada., Jollimore J; Community-Based Research Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada., Tan DHS; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.; St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada., Grace D; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Culture, health & sexuality [Cult Health Sex] 2023 Sep; Vol. 25 (9), pp. 1147-1163. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Nov 06.
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2022.2139414
Abstrakt: In efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19, jurisdictions across the globe, including Canada, enacted containment measures that affected intimacy and sexual relations. This article examines how public health measures during COVID-19 impacted the sexual practices of sexual minority men- gay, bisexual, queer and other men who have sex with men-and how they adopted and modified guidelines to prevent the transmission of COVID-19, HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). We conducted 93 semi-structured interviews with men ( n  = 93) in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver, Canada, between November 2020 to February 2021 ( n  = 42) and June to October 2021 ( n  = 51). Across jurisdictions, participants reported changes to sexual practices in response to public health measures and shifting pandemic contexts. Many men indicated that they applied their HIV/STI risk mitigation experiences and adapted COVID-19 prevention strategies to continue engaging in casual sexual behaviours and ensure sexual safety. 'Social bubbles' were changed to 'sex bubbles'. Masks were turned into 'safer' sex tools. 'Outdoor gathering' and 'physical distancing' were transformed into 'outdoor sex' and 'voyeuristic masturbation'. These strategies are examined in connection to the notion of 'reflexive mediation' to illustrate how sexual minority men are simultaneously self-responsibilising and resistant, self-monitoring and creative.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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