Szexuális gyakorlatok és biztonságos(abb) szex értelmezések HIV-vel élők én-elbeszéléseiben
Sexual Practices and Safe(r) Sex Perceptions in Self-narratives of People Living with HIV (PLH)

Summary/Abstract: As previous findings from related studies have argued, it is an accepted view among members of gay and bisexual communities that PLH (people living with HIV) bear a greater responsibility in reducing the risk of HIV infection than HIV-negative people when they are having sex with HIV-negative or untested men. This responsibility also includes the notion that PLH should always reveal their HIV-positive status to their sexual partners. This mechanism works through the collective presumption that we regard anybody as HIV-negative until we learn otherwise: that is, until the HIV-positive status of that person is revealed. This presumption definitely has harmful effects on HIV prevention, since it facilitates the spreading of HIV-infection through potentially causing carelessness, reducing feelings of fear, thus propagating risky sexual behaviour. While keeping this collective presumption – that if a person’s HIV status is unknown, they are automatically presumed HIV-negative – in view, I analyse excerpts of interviews with PLH regarding sexual partners, condom use, interpretations of safe(r) sex and risky sexual practices.

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