Substance Use among Minority Men who have Sex with Men

2007 ◽  
pp. 87-106
Author(s):  
Sana Loue ◽  
Jaroslaw Richard Romaniuk
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Minority Men ◽  
Sex With Men

scholarly journals ‘I was just doing what a normal gay man would do, right?’: The biopolitics of substance use and the mental health of sexual minority men

2021 ◽  
pp. 136345932199675
Author(s):  
Mark Gaspar ◽  
Zack Marshall ◽  
Barry D. Adam ◽  
David J. Brennan ◽  
Joseph Cox ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Mental Wellbeing ◽  
Sexual Minority Men ◽  
Health Aid ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Minority Men ◽  
Sex With Men ◽  
Alcohol And Other Drugs ◽  
The Relationship

Drawing on 24 interviews conducted with gay, bisexual, queer and other men who have sex with men (GBM) living in Toronto, Canada, we examined how they are making sense of the relationship between their mental health and substance use. We draw from the literature on the biopolitics of substance use to document how GBM self-regulate and use alcohol and other drugs (AODC) as technologies of the self. Despite cultural understandings of substance use as integral to GBM communities and subjectivity, GBM can be ambivalent about their AODC. Participants discussed taking substances positively as a therapeutic mental health aid and negatively as being corrosive to their mental wellbeing. A fine line was communicated between substance use being self-productive or self-destructive. Some discussed having made ‘problematic’ or ‘unhealthy’ drug-taking decisions, while others presented themselves as self-controlled, responsible neoliberal actors doing ‘what a normal gay man would do’. This ambivalence is related to the polarizing binary community and scientific discourses on substances (i.e. addiction/healthy use, irrational/rational, uncontrolled/controlled). Our findings add to the critical drug literature by demonstrating how reifying and/or dismantling the coherency of such substance use binaries can serve as a biopolitical site for some GBM to construct their identities and demonstrate healthy, ‘responsible’ subjectivity.

scholarly journals Substance Use and Experienced Stigmatization Among Ethnic Minority Men Who Have Sex with Men in the United States

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 430-447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jay P. Paul ◽  
Ross Boylan ◽  
Steve Gregorich ◽  
George Ayala ◽  
Kyung-Hee Choi
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
The United States ◽  
Minority Men ◽  
Sex With Men

scholarly journals Longitudinal Event-Level Sexual Risk and Substance Use among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 3183
Author(s):  
Jordan M. Sang ◽  
Zishan Cui ◽  
Paul Sereda ◽  
Heather L. Armstrong ◽  
Gbolahan Olarewaju ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Health Study ◽  
Anal Sex ◽  
Study Objective ◽  
Condomless Anal Sex ◽  
Gamma Hydroxybutyrate ◽  
Sex With Men ◽  
Hiv Negative

(1) Background: Condomless anal sex and substance use are associated with STI risk among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (gbMSM). Our first study objective was to describe event-level sexual risk and substance use trends among gbMSM. Our second study objective was to describe substances associated with event-level sexual risk. (2) Methods: Data come from the Momentum Health Study in Vancouver, British Columbia and participants were recruited from 2012–2015, with follow-up until 2018. Stratified by self-reported HIV status, we used generalized estimating equations to assess trends of sexual event-level substance use and assessed interactions between substance use and time period on event-level higher risk sex defined as condomless anal sex with an HIV serodifferent or unknown status partner. (3) Results: Event-level higher risk anal sex increased across the study period among HIV-negative/unknown (baseline prevalence: 13% vs. study end prevalence: 29%) and HIV-positive gbMSM (baseline prevalence: 16% vs. study end prevalence: 38%). Among HIV-negative/unknown gbMSM, event-level erectile drug use increased, while alcohol use decreased over the study period. Overall, interactions between substance use and time on higher risk anal sex were not statistically significant, regardless of serostatus. However, we found a number of time-specific significant interactions for erectile drugs, poppers, Gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB), crystal methamphetamine and ecstasy/MDMA use among HIV-negative/unknown gbMSM. (4) Conclusion: Significant differences in substance use trends and associated risks exist and are varied among gbMSM by serostatus. These findings provide a more comprehensive understanding of the effects of event-level substance use on sexual risk through longitudinal follow-up of nearly six years.

scholarly journals Patterns of Substance Use Among a Large Urban Cohort of HIV-Infected Men Who Have Sex With Men in Primary Care

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 676-689 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margie R. Skeer ◽  
Matthew J. Mimiaga ◽  
Kenneth H. Mayer ◽  
Conall O’Cleirigh ◽  
Charles Covahey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Sex With Men

scholarly journals Alcohol Use and Associated Sexual and Substance Use Behaviors Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Moscow, Russia

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 523-536 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. L. Wirtz ◽  
C. E. Zelaya ◽  
C. Latkin ◽  
R. Stall ◽  
A. Peryshkina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Sex With Men

A Comparison of Psychosocial Factors, Substance Use Behaviors, and Sexual Behaviors by Self-Reported HIV Status Among Middle-Aged Hispanic Men Who Have Sex With Men

2020 ◽  
pp. 154041532092356
Author(s):  
Beatriz Valdes ◽  
Deborah Salani ◽  
Joseph P. De Santis
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Psychosocial Factors ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Hiv Status ◽  
Illicit Substance Use ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Hispanic Men ◽  
Sex With Men

Introduction: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a significant health issue among Hispanic men who have sex with men (MSM). Despite existing research, no studies have compared psychosocial factors by self-reported HIV antibody status. Method: Participants ( n = 150) completed measures of social support, loneliness, depressive symptoms, substance use, and sexual behaviors. Results: Participants with a self-reported HIV-antibody positive status reported lower levels of social support and higher levels of illicit substance use. Hispanic MSM with an unknown HIV antibody status reported more sexual partners. Conclusion: More research is needed to address psychosocial factors (social support, loneliness, depressive symptoms), substance use, and sexual behaviors among Hispanic MSM.

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