THE LANGUAGE OF BLACK GAY MEN'S SEXUAL BEHAVIOR: IMPLICATIONS FOR AIDS RISK REDUCTION.
The development of appropriate AIDS risk reduction interventions targeted at African-American gay men could be aided by an awareness of their terminology for specific sexual behaviors and types of sexual encounters. This paper explores similarities and differences between the HIV-related sexual language of Black and White gay men. While much of the vernacular is shared, differences in some terms and greater or lesser emphasis on others are apparent.
University of California, Los Angeles.
Vickie M
VM
Mays
California State University, Northridge.
Susan D
SD
Cochran
Minority Task Force on AIDS, N.Y.
George
G
Bellinger
University of California, Los Angeles.
Robert G
RG
Smith
University of California, Los Angeles.
Nancy
N
Henley
University of California, Los Angeles.
Marlon
M
Daniels
University of California, Los Angeles.
Thomas
T
Tibbits
University of California, Los Angeles.
Gregory D
GD
Victorianne
University of California, Los Angeles.
Olu Kwasi
OK
Osei
University of California, Los Angeles.
Darryl K
DK
Birt
AIDS; Black gay men; sexual language