Health Issues Confronting Minority Men Who Have Sex with Men [recurso electrónico] / edited by Sana Loue.

Identities -- Defining Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) -- Sexual Abuse -- Childhood Sexual Abuse and its Sequelae Among Latino Gay and Bisexual Men -- Mental Illness And Substance Use -- Body Image Disturbance and its Related Disorders -- Substance Use among Minority Men who have Sex with Men -- Homelessness -- Homelessness among Substance-Using Minority Men who have Sex with Men -- "My Body and My Spirit Took Care of Me" -- HIV/AIDS -- National Trends in HIV Transmission Among Minority Men who have Sex with Men -- HIV/AIDS in Cleveland: A Case Study of One Community -- HIV, Multiple Minority Status, And Stigma -- Why Tell? Serostatus Disclosure and HIV Stigma among HIV Seropositive Asians and Pacific Islander Men who have Sex with Men in New York City -- Disclosure of HIV Status and Mental Health among Latino Men who have Sex with Men -- Building Community -- The Beyond Identities Community Center: A Community-Focused, Rights-Based Program to Address HIV/AIDS and Sexual Health Among Young Men Who have Sex with Men of Color in Cleveland, Ohio.

Despite the growing body of research on minority men who have sex with men (MSM), coverage has tended to center around HIV/AIDS. Health Issues Confronting Minority Men Who Have Sex with Men presents a fuller picture by focusing on infrequently-studied health/mental health concerns, exploring day-to-day struggles under double-minority conditions, and spotlighting the innovative efforts of professionals and advocates in addressing these issues. Reflecting a spectrum of MSM (gay, bisexual, transgender, situational, "questioning") and ethnic communities (African-American, Latino, Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American), editor Sana Loue brings together a panel of collaborators including researchers, practitioners, activists, and first-person perspectives from minority MSM, to give readers an especially nuanced understanding of this diverse population. Among the issues covered in this important volume: Other-definition versus self-definition. Substance use/abuse. Sexual abuse and its aftermath. Body image disorders. HIV, AIDS, and HIV-related stigma. Homelessness. The combined perspectives will give professionals and advanced students in public health, social workers, and other interested readers a window beyond risks and behaviors, and onto community building, individual resilience, and survival as well.