Strategies for managing racism and homophobia among u.s. ethnic and racial minority men who have sex with men

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 145-158

  Kyung Hee, Choi ^a   Chong Suk, Han ^b   Paul, Jay ^a   Ayala, George ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c The Global Forum on MSM and HIV   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; ETHNICITY; HOMOPHOBIA; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; RACISM; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL MINORITY; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; FOCUS GROUPS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; RISK-TAKING; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955603043     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2011.23.2.145     Document Type: Article

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