“It’s Like Birth Control for HIV”: Communication and Stigma for Gay Men on PrEP

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-29-2019

Abstract

This study focuses on how gay men communicate about pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), focusing on how they learned about PrEP, how they discussed adoption with health care providers, and to what extent they have encountered stigma on social networks. In this qualitative study, 39 gay PrEP users were interviewed about PrEP. A majority of the participants learned about PrEP via friends and potential sex partners, and a majority of the participants experienced stigma from their health care provider and from other gay men online, mainly referring to promiscuity and risks of STIs. The authors recommend that health care providers should be trained in minimizing the expression of stigmatizing attitudes and should increase their knowledge of PrEP.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Journal of Homosexuality

First Page

1179

Last Page

1197

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