“I Had to Go to the Streets to Get Love”: Pathways From Parental Rejection to HIV Risk Among Young Gay and Bisexual Men

Jason D.P. Bird; Michael C. LaSala; Marco A. Hidalgo; Lisa M. Kuhns; Robert Garofalo

doi:10.1080/00918369.2016.1179039

“I Had to Go to the Streets to Get Love”: Pathways From Parental Rejection to HIV Risk Among Young Gay and Bisexual Men

Jason D.P. Bird, Michael C. LaSala, Marco A. Hidalgo, Lisa M. Kuhns, Robert Garofalo

Rutgers, The State University

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Young, gay, and bisexual men (YGBM) are at increased risk of family rejection, which is related to HIV infection. What remains unknown is how family rejection leads to HIV risk. In this exploratory study, qualitative interviews were conducted with 21 HIV-positive YGBM aged 18 to 24. Most participants reported family rejection, which decreased instrumental and emotional support and resulted in participants using riskier ways to support themselves, such as engaging in survival sex. Conceptualizing the findings using a family systems framework, we present a tentative conceptual model to describe the potential relationships between family rejection and HIV risk for YGBM.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	321-342
Number of pages	22
Journal	Journal of Homosexuality
Volume	64
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2016.1179039
State	Published - Feb 23 2017

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Gender Studies
Social Psychology
Education
General Psychology

Keywords

Adolescents
HIV/AIDS
family
gay and bisexual men
sexual risk-behaviors
stigma

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