Ambivalent Sexualities in a Transnational Context

Abstract In this article, I explore negotiations of sexualities among Romanian and Bulgarian migrant male sex workers in Berlin. After explaining the concept of sexual script, I argue that inasmuch as those sex workers work on the gay male scene but spend the rest of their daily lives within the broader Romanian and Bulgarian communities, they need to negotiate between the gay male and the heteropatriarchal sexual scripts, which are prevalent in these social spaces, respectively. I examine six strategies by means of which the sex workers surf the binarisms of the scripts and in so doing reveal the ambivalence and sociospatial situatedness of human sexuality.

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of Sexual compulsivity and sexual sensation seeking: A preliminary approach among male sex workers compared to gay men in spain.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.726025312.793512606 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

R Taylor Segraves

Keyword(s):

Gay Men ◽

Sex Workers ◽

Sensation Seeking ◽

Sexual Compulsivity ◽

Male Sex Workers ◽

Sexual Sensation Seeking ◽

Male Sex

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Incidence and time-varying predictors of HIV and sexually transmitted infections among male sex workers in Mexico City

Infectious Diseases of Poverty ◽

10.1186/s40249-020-00792-2 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Karla Y. Ganley ◽

Marta Wilson-Barthes ◽

Andrew R. Zullo ◽

Sandra G. Sosa-Rubí ◽

Carlos J. Conde-Glez ◽

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Keyword(s):

Sexually Transmitted Infections ◽

Mexico City ◽

Sex Workers ◽

Incidence Rates ◽

Consistent Condom ◽

Vaginal Intercourse ◽

Time Varying ◽

Male Sex Workers ◽

Sexually Transmitted ◽

Male Sex

Abstract Background Male sex workers are at high-risk for acquisition of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). We quantified incidence rates of STIs and identified their time-varying predictors among male sex workers in Mexico City. Methods From January 2012 to May 2014, male sex workers recruited from the largest HIV clinic and community sites in Mexico City were tested for chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, hepatitis, and HIV at baseline, 6-months, and 12-months. Incidence rates with 95% bootstrapped confidence limits were calculated. We examined potential time-varying predictors using generalized estimating equations for a population averaged model. Results Among 227 male sex workers, median age was 24 and baseline HIV prevalence was 32%. Incidence rates (per 100 person-years) were as follows: HIV [5.23; 95% confidence interval (CI): 2.15–10.31], chlamydia (5.15; 95% CI: 2.58–9.34), gonorrhea (3.93; 95% CI: 1.88–7.83), syphilis (13.04; 95% CI: 8.24–19.94), hepatitis B (2.11; 95% CI: 0.53–4.89), hepatitis C (0.95; 95% CI: 0.00–3.16), any STI except HIV (30.99; 95% CI: 21.73–40.26), and any STI including HIV (50.08; 95% CI: 37.60–62.55). In the multivariable-adjusted model, incident STI (excluding HIV) were lower among those who reported consistently using condoms during anal and vaginal intercourse (odds ratio = 0.03, 95% CI: 0.00–0.68) compared to those who reported inconsistently using condoms during anal and vaginal intercourse. Conclusions Incidence of STIs is high among male sex workers in Mexico City. Consistent condom use is an important protective factor for STIs, and should be an important component of interventions to prevent incident infections.

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