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This paper enquires into the nexus of migration with sexual health among gay Latino migrants in Canada. Interviews with 25 Spanish-speaking interviewees are examined in light of models developed from studies of Latinos in the United States. Canadian immigration policy appears to result in a somewhat different selection of immigrants compared to the United States. Migrants come from a wide range of national and regional backgrounds intersected by race, generation, and social class that influence their perceptions of and adjustment to Canadian society. Pre-migration HIV knowledge varied strongly by generation with older men recalling public panic concerning HIV and younger men receiving formal education about it. Migration enters into the mix of conditions as kin ties can be less confidently relied on among gay men compared to their heterosexual counterparts and by exacerbating vulnerability among those seeking to develop new social and sexual networks. Keywords: Latino, men who have sex with men; gay men; migration, sexual health; HIV risk; Canada Resume. Cet article examine le lien entre la migration et la sante sexuelle, chez les migrants gais latinos au Canada. Des entrevues avec 25 repondants hispanophones sont examinees a l'aide de modeles developpes dans le cadre de recherches realisees aux Etats-Unis au sujet des Latinos. Les politiques canadiennes en matiere d'immigration semblent aboutir a une selection d'immigrants qui differe de celle des Etats-Unis. Les migrants presentent une grande variete d'origines nationales et regionales, croisees des facteurs de race, de generation et de classe sociale qui influencent leurs perceptions de la societe canadienne et leur adaptation a celle-ci. La connaissance du VIH avant la migration varie fortement selon la generation : les hommes plus ages se souviennent de la panique publique au sujet du VIH, alors que les plus jeunes ont recu une education formelle concernant le VIH. La migration vient s'ajouter a la mosaique de facteurs en cause, notamment parce que les connexions a la parente ne constituent pas une option de soutien aussi fiable pour les hommes gais que pour leurs homologues heterosexuels, et egalement en raison de l'exacerbation de la vulnerabilite parmi ceux qui cherchent a developper de nouveaux reseaux sociaux et sexuels. Mots cles: Le latin, les hommes qui ont des rapports sexuels avec des hommes; les hommes gais; Migration, sante sexuelle; Risque de VIH; Canada, Introduction For almost two decades, researchers in the United States have been inquiring into the sexual health of Latino gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men, largely [...]

Laud Humphreys: Prophet of Homosexuality and Sociology. By JOHN F. GALLIHER, WAYNE H. BREKHUS, and DAVID P. KEYS. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2004. Pp. 144. $60.00 (cloth); $18.95 (paper). [...]

The current study examines the experiences of gay, bisexual, two-spirit and other men who have sex with men (GB2M) who use networking applications and their engagements with online sexual health outreach workers disseminating healthcare information through these digital spaces. The iCruise study was a longitudinal mixed-methods study across Ontario, Canada which collected data on online sexual health information seeking behaviors. Results offer insight into differences in information seeking behaviors among diverse groups of queer men. Implications for the dissemination of health information based on the results of information seeking patterns is discussed as well. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Sexual Identities, Queer Politics. Edited by MARK BLASIUS. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2001. Pp. ix + 382. $60.00 (cloth); $19.95 (paper). Political scientists have come to the study of [...]

Cheshire Calhoun, Feminism, the Family, and the Politics of the Closet. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000, 172 pp. This is an important book for anyone interested in current debates [...]

Miriam Smith, Political Institutions and Lesbian and Gay Rights in the United States and Canada. New York: Routledge, 2008, 244 pp. $US 95.00 hardcover (978-0-415-98871-1) This book addresses one of [...]

Wide Open Town: A History of Queer San Francisco to 1965. By NAN ALAMILLA BOYD. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003. Pp. xii + 321. $27.50 (cloth). In the last [...]