Document 0597
 DOCN  M94A0597
 TI    Lifestyles and sexual behaviours of non gay attached homosexually active
       working class men in Western Sydney.
 DT    9412
 AU    Hood D; Millan G; O'Reilly C; Ramsay J; Western Sydney AIDS Unit,
       Parramatta Health Service Cnr, NSW.
 SO    Annu Conf Australas Soc HIV Med. 1993 Oct 28-30;5:88 (poster no. 28).
       Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ASHM5/94349058
 AB    Western Sydney is the largest sector of the city of Sydney comprising an
       extensive industrial base and dormitory suburbs of 1.3 million people of
       diverse socio-economic status. The 1989 Western Sydney Beats Study
       established that there was an active network of illicit public sex
       venues known as 'beats'. In that survey a second group of men was
       identified who did not use beats, who were usually married and self
       identified as heterosexual, while engaging in regular sexual contact
       with a range of casual male partners who also lived in Western Sydney.
       In 1991 a two-year outreach program was devised to gather more
       comprehensive data on these men, as well as to provide a supportive
       environment for HIV education to take place. Initial contact was
       restricted to the telephone, and outreach was achieved by placing
       advertisements in the Personal columns of local suburban newspapers. The
       response rate was very high during each advertised period in 1991, 1992
       and 1993. Study further highlights variance between sexual
       relationships, sexual and personal identity; the inadequacy of 'labels'
       and indicates the need for further investigation of where the normative
       force of someone's behaviour comes from.
 DE    Adult  Australia  Homosexuality/*PSYCHOLOGY  Human  HIV
       Infections/*TRANSMISSION  Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice  *Life Style
       Male  *Sex Behavior  *Social Class  Social Environment  Social
       Identification  *Urban Population  MEETING ABSTRACT

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