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19856744

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2-3
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-10-27
pubmed:abstractText
In India, there are categories of MSM (hijras, kothis, double-deckers, panthis and bisexuals), which are generally associated with different HIV-risk behaviors. Our objective was to quantify differences across MSM identities (n = 357) and assess the extent they conform to typecasts that prevail in policy-orientated discourse. More feminine kothis (26%) and hijras (13%) mostly reported receptive sex, and masculine panthis (15%) and bisexuals (23%) insertive anal sex. However, behavior did not always conform to expectation, with 25% and 16% of the sample reporting both insertive and receptive anal intercourse with known and unknown noncommercial partners, respectively (p < 0.000). Although behavior often complied with stereotyped role and identity, male-with-male sexual practices were fluid. Reification of these categories in an intervention context may hinder our understanding of the differential HIV risk among MSM.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1557-4091
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
4
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
111-26
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-12-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Sexual identity and its contribution to MSM risk behavior in Bangaluru (Bangalore), India: the results of a two-stage cluster sampling survey.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College, St Mary Hospital, London, UK. a.phillips05@imperial.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't