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DrAnnaPhillips

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

Honorary Senior Lecturer
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 6671a.phillips05

 
 
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VB11Medical SchoolSt Mary's Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Phillips:2008:10.1080/15574090902922975,
author = {Phillips, AE and Boily, MC and Lowndes, CM and Garnett, GP and Gurav, K and Ramesh, BM and Anthony, J and Watts, R and Moses, S and Alary, M},
doi = {10.1080/15574090902922975},
journal = {J LGBT Health Res},
pages = {111--126},
title = {Sexual identity and its contribution to MSM risk behavior in Bangaluru (Bangalore), India: the results of a two-stage cluster sampling survey.},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15574090902922975},
volume = {4},
year = {2008}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - In India, there are categories of MSM (hijras, kothis, double-deckers, panthis and bisexuals), which are generally associated with different HIV-risk behaviors. Our objective was to quantify differences across MSM identities (n = 357) and assess the extent they conform to typecasts that prevail in policy-orientated discourse. More feminine kothis (26%) and hijras (13%) mostly reported receptive sex, and masculine panthis (15%) and bisexuals (23%) insertive anal sex. However, behavior did not always conform to expectation, with 25% and 16% of the sample reporting both insertive and receptive anal intercourse with known and unknown noncommercial partners, respectively (p < 0.000). Although behavior often complied with stereotyped role and identity, male-with-male sexual practices were fluid. Reification of these categories in an intervention context may hinder our understanding of the differential HIV risk among MSM.
AU  - Phillips,AE
AU  - Boily,MC
AU  - Lowndes,CM
AU  - Garnett,GP
AU  - Gurav,K
AU  - Ramesh,BM
AU  - Anthony,J
AU  - Watts,R
AU  - Moses,S
AU  - Alary,M
DO  - 10.1080/15574090902922975
EP  - 126
PY  - 2008///
SN  - 1557-4091
SP  - 111
TI  - Sexual identity and its contribution to MSM risk behavior in Bangaluru (Bangalore), India: the results of a two-stage cluster sampling survey.
T2  - J LGBT Health Res
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15574090902922975
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19856744
VL  - 4
ER  -
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