"I Had to Go to the Streets to Get Love": Pathways From Parental Rejection to HIV Risk Among Young Gay and Bisexual Men.
Young, gay, and bisexual men (YGBM) are at increased risk of family rejection, which is related to HIV infection. What remains unknown is how family rejection leads to HIV risk. In this exploratory study, qualitative interviews were conducted with 21 HIV-positive YGBM aged 18 to 24. Most participants reported family rejection, which decreased instrumental and emotional support and resulted in participants using riskier ways to support themselves, such as engaging in survival sex. Conceptualizing the findings using a family systems framework, we present a tentative conceptual model to describe the potential relationships between family rejection and HIV risk for YGBM.
a Department of Social Work , Rutgers University-Newark , Newark , New Jersey , USA.
Jason D P
JD
Bird
b School of Social Work , Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey , New Brunswick , New Jersey , USA.
Michael C
MC
LaSala
c Center for Gender, Sexuality, and HIV Prevention, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and Pediatrics , Northwestern University , Chicago , Illinois , USA.
Marco A
MA
Hidalgo
c Center for Gender, Sexuality, and HIV Prevention, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and Pediatrics , Northwestern University , Chicago , Illinois , USA.
Lisa M
LM
Kuhns
d Center for Gender, Sexuality, and HIV Prevention, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, and Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine; and Feinberg School of Medicine Pediatrics Northwestern University , Chicago , Illinois , USA.
Robert
R
Garofalo
D000293:Adolescent; D001727:Bisexuality / Q000523:psychology*; D004467:Economics; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000523:psychology*; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000523:psychology; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008149:Love; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D012929:Psychological Distance; D011477:Sex Work; D047568:Unsafe Sex; D055815:Young Adult
Adolescents; HIV/AIDS; family; gay and bisexual men; sexual risk-behaviors; stigma