HIV Positive!Life experience and sexual practices of gay adolescents living with HIV

• Main Authors: Meng-Ping Lee, 李夢萍
• Other Authors: Chin-Ju LIN
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/55419056923593260609

碩士 === 高雄醫學大學 === 性別研究所 === 99 === Background: Public Health Department sets a series of AIDS prevention policies according to the statics of epidemiology aiming at “HIV high-risk behaviors”. In this way, people will think “homosexuality equals to AIDS/ HIV” and this stigma imprints on people’s mind. With the increase rate of teem male homosexuality infect AIDS, this group soon becomes the focus of attention. However in practical works, the attitude for AIDS, the governmental assistance & policies between the teen male homosexuality with HIV and Public Health officers, is quite different, even controversial or conflicting. Purpose: We start from the life experience and sex practice of the teen malehomosexuality with AIDS. Through their sex experience and life story to reveal the way they look to the world to break the misunderstanding, stigma, discrimination and stereotype upon them from the society and public policy makers. Hoping to provide more assistance to relative persons, and provide different point ofview to AIDS preventions. Method: This research mainly adapts” Feminism Research Method” and “sexual story telling” to analyze, supporting with” depth interview”, to interview 8 teenagers, aged from 15 to 24 male homosexuality with HIV, and evidence their life story and sexual experience. Conclusion: In this essay, we discover following facts: (They refers to male-homosexuality) 1. They are not being cheated or abducted to become male homosexuality. 2. Their first sex experience is an important way for their sexual identification. 3. Before infected, their sex practices are not indiscriminating finding sexual partners. 4. Restricted gender sex education lessons influence their sex attitude afterwards. 5. For them, using condoms or not is more than not loving using them. 6. The anonymous testing leads to their metal collapse and run away. 7. Not informing other people is for self-protection. 8. They understand to cherish themselves for the sex after they infect HIV.