Being in the Closet. Correlates of Outness Among MSM in 13 European Cities

Lorenzo Gios; Massimo Mirandola; Nigel Sherriff; Igor Toskin; Karel Blondeel; Sonia Dias; Danica Stanekova; Cinta Folch; Susanne Barbara Schink; C. Nöstlinger; Wim Vanden Berghe; Emilia Naseva; Ivailo  Alexiev

doi:10.1080/00918369.2019.1656033

Being in the Closet. Correlates of Outness Among MSM in 13 European Cities

Lorenzo Gios, Massimo Mirandola, Nigel Sherriff, Igor Toskin, Karel Blondeel, Sonia Dias, Danica Stanekova, Cinta Folch, Susanne Barbara Schink, C. Nöstlinger, Wim Vanden Berghe, Emilia Naseva, Ivailo Alexiev

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Abstract

Data for MSM continue to show a high risk of acquiring HIV-STIs. Within this population, outness seems to have an impact on both risk-taking and on health seeking behaviors. The objective of this study was to assess the relationship between socio-demographic, behavioral characteristics, testing behaviors, and outness level among MSM using data from a multi-center bio-behavioral cross-sectional study carried out in 13 EU cities. A multilevel analysis was conducted to identify factors associated with being open (“out”) versus not being open (“in”). A total of 4,901 MSM were enrolled in the study and were classified as “out” in 71% of the cases. MSM “out” were more likely to report HIV testing and being reached by HIV prevention programs compared to MSM who were “in.” The results confirm the key role of outness in relation to different healthy and risky behavior, ranging from testing to party-drug use.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Homosexuality
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2019.1656033
Publication status	Published - 4 Sept 2019

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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Homosexuality on 4/9/2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/00918369.2019.1656033

Keywords

MSM
Outness
HIV
bio-behavioural survey
Time-location sampling
Respondent-driven sampling
risk behaviours
hiv TESTING

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