Social experiences, discrimination, and violence among men who have sex with men in a northern brazilian capital

• Autor(a) principal: Carneiro, Alexandre Mansuê Ferreira
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Rodrigues, Yan Corrêa, Dolabela, Maria Fani, Lima, Luana Nepomuceno Godim Costa, Guimarães, Ricardo José de Paula Souza, Kendall, Carl, Kerr, Ligia Regina Franco Sansigolo, Lima, Karla Valéria Batista
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Digital do Instituto Evandro Chagas (Patuá)
• Texto Completo: https://patua.iec.gov.br/handle/iec/6806
• topic: Minorias Sexuais e de Gênero / estatística & dados numéricos; Homossexualidade Masculina; Discriminação Social; Assistência Médica; Política Pública; Delitos Sexuais

Men who have sex with men who suffer stigmatization and discrimination become more fragile in facing life’s problems, such as the search for treatment in health services. In the present study, the social aspects related to discrimination and violence among men who have sex with men in Belém, Pará, are evaluated. Data were obtained by applying the respondent-driven sampling method to recruit 349 participants aged 18 years or older and who reported having had at least one sexual relationship with a man in the last 12 months. Data were collected from June to December 2016 in a semi-structured interview. Five seeds were initially recruited who applied RDS. The vast majority were between 18 and 35 years old, had completed elementary school but not high school, and were of mixed race. Almost a third lived in peripheral neighborhoods and were employed/self-employed. Additionally, most participants reported having suffered aggression/discrimination, more often in religious contexts, with family or in health services. The findings reported here may contribute to the development of public policies aimed at this population and indicate the need for new strategies to combat sexually transmitted infections, stigma, and discrimination suffered by this population.