Black gay men as sexual subjects: Race, racialisation and the social relations of sex among Black gay men in Toronto

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 434-449

  Husbands, Winston ^a   Makoroka, Lydia ^a   Walcott, Rinaldo ^b   Adam, Barry D ^c,d   George, Clemon ^e   Remis, Robert S ^b   Rourke, Sean B ^b,d,f  

^a AIDS Committee of Toronto   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^d ONTARIO HIV TREATMENT NETWORK   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^f ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black gay men; Canada; race; racialisation; sexual relationships

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BISEXUALITY; CANADA; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUALITY;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BISEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875374073     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2012.763186     Document Type: Article

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