'We are ordinary men': MSM identity categories in Tbilisi, Georgia

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 955-971

  Meyer, William ^a,c   Costenbader, Elizabeth C ^b   Zule, William A ^c   Otiashvili, David ^d   Kirtadze, Irma ^d  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b Family Health International   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d Addiction Research Centre   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Georgia; Men who have sex with men (MSM); Self identification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; CULTURE; FOCUS GROUPS; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957929549     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2010.516370     Document Type: Article

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