Journal article
Structural Stigma and Sexual Health Disparities among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men in Australia
K Saxby, C Chan, BR Bavinton
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes | LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS | Published : 2022
Abstract
Background:Discrimination and stigmatization at the institutional and sociocultural level (conceptualized as "structural stigma") has been associated with adverse health outcomes among sexual and gender minorities. However, few studies explore whether structural stigma is associated with sexual health outcomes. Addressing this gap, here, we explore this relationship among Australian gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBM) - a population disproportionately affected by HIV.Setting and Methods:Using responses from the 2017 Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey, we operationalized structural stigma related to sexual minority status as the regional percentage of votes against leg..
View full abstractGrants
Funding Acknowledgements
K.S. is supported by the Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship. The Gay Community Periodic Surveys are funded by state and territory health departments and receive funding from the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. The Gay Community Periodic Surveys are approved by the UNSW Human Research Ethics Committee (HC180903) and the research ethics committees of the community organizations ACON (201901) and Thorne Harbour Health (THH/CREP/19/006).