Gender identity and HIV risk among men who have sex with men in Cape Town, South Africa
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Jobson, Geoffrey A.
Tucker, Andrew
De Swardt, Glenn
Rebe, Kevin
Struthers, Helen
McIntyre, James
Peters, Remco P.H.
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Taylor and Francis
Abstract
Gender identity plays a potentially important role contributing to HIV risk among MSM in South Africa. Where studies have included a focus on gender identity, MSM reporting gender non-conformity have been found to have a higher risk of being HIV positive than other MSM. This article examines HIV risk among gender non-conforming MSM in a sample of 316 MSM in Cape Town, South Africa. Reporting gender non-conformity was associated with higher HIV prevalence and increased HIV risk behaviour. Gender non-conformity was also associated with a higher likelihood of being unemployed and reporting low household incomes. These findings highlight the importance of gender-identity as a factor affecting access to HIV treatment, care, and prevention in South Africa and this is an issue that needs to be addressed in interventions targeting MSM populations.
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Men who have sex with men (MSM), South Africa (SA), Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Gender non-conformity
Sustainable Development Goals
Citation
Geoffrey Jobson, Andrew Tucker, Glenn de Swardt, Kevin Rebe, Helen Struthers, James McIntyre & Remco Peters (2018) Gender identity and HIV risk among men who have sex with men in Cape Town, South Africa, AIDS Care, 30:11, 1421-1425, DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2018.1465175.