From Social Silence to Social Science Same-Sex Sexuality, HIV & AIDS and Gender in South Africa

by Reddy, Vasu; Sandfort, Theo; Rispel, Laetitia

• ISBN13: 9780796922762
• ISBN10: 0796922764
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-04-01
• Publisher: HSRC Press

Summary

Presenting a unique and innovative effort to examine what is known about homosexual transmission of HIV and AIDS in South Africa, this investigative study reverses the trend whereby categories of same-sex sexual practice are almost always excluded from research as well as from care and intervention programs in the developing world. Drawing particular attention to the risk behaviors and treatment needs of South Africans who engage in homosexual sex, the results of this study explain why same-sex sexuality is increasingly noted in today's efforts to study, test, and prevent the spread of HIV infection in the region. Relevant to scholarly debates about HIV and AIDS, this resource offers essential sociological data for anyone involved in research, policymaking, advocacy, and community development in conflicted regions.

Author Biography

Vasu Reddy is a chief research specialist at the gender and development cross-cutting research unit of the Human Sciences Research Council. Theo Sandfort is an associate professor of clinical sociomedical sciences at Columbia University and a research scientist at the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. Laetitia Rispel is an adjunct professor within the School of Public Health at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.