HIV and Sexual Risk in African MSM in South African townships

STATUS: Current
PROJECT LEADER:Reddy, V (Mr Vasudhevan)
OTHER TEAM MEMBERS: Reddy, D (Ms Deshanie), Ngcobo, AS (Dr Sibongile)
DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE: ()
RESEARCH OUTPUTS: 'They think that gays have money': gender identity and transactional sex among black men who have sex with men in four South African townships, Substance use and sexual risk among back South African MSM: the moderating effects of reasons for drinking and safe sex intentions, HIV testing practices of South African township MSM in the era of expanded access to ART, "This will not enter me": painful anal intercourse among black men who have sex with men in South African townships, HIV and sexual risk in MSM in Tshwane townships: findings from the quantitative phase, Black South African MSM's disclosure of sexual practices and identity and family's responses, Attitudes towards condom use may explain why older black South African msm engage in unprotected insertive anal sex more frequently, Sexual violence and HIV risk among black men who have sex with men in South African townships, "Sometimes it's painful": painful anal intercourse and sexual decision making among black men who have sex with men in South African townships, Communicating HIV status in sexual interactions: assessing social cognitive constructs, situational factors, and individual characteristics among South African MSM, After-nine, 429, he-she, stabane, and gay, bisexual and other 'men sleeping with men': diversity in black South African MSM identities and implications for HIV prevention, "Gays have money": the gendered nature and meanings of transactional sex among black men who have sex with men in South Africa, Alcohol and the social scripting of unsafe sex among black men who have sex with men in South African townships, Taverns, bars and shebeens: sexual risk and HIV within homosocial spaces among black men who have sex with men in South African townships

Abstract

This 4-year study, consisting of an ethnographic and a quantitative phase, focusses on the risk of HIV infection and sexual risk among African men who have sex with men (MSM), living in South African townships.