Gay men and ambivalence about 'gay community': From gay community attachment to personal communities

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 857-871

  Holt, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ambivalence; Gay community; Gay men; Hiv prevention; Personal communities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER; FRIEND; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FRIENDS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960905898     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2011.581390     Document Type: Article

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