Disclosure, discrimination and desire: Experiences of black and south asian gay men in Britain

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 843-856

  McKeown, Eamonn ^a   Nelson, Simon ^b   Anderson, Jane ^c   Low, Nicola ^d   Elford, Jonathan ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TERRENCE HIGGINS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Ethnicity; Gay men; Stigma; UK

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NEGRO; PAKISTAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CULTURE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PAKISTAN; PREJUDICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 77955758247     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2010.499963     Document Type: Article

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