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Woods, W. J., J. Sabatino, P. L. Bauer, B. Adler, J. W. Dilley, and D. Binson. "HIV testing in gay sex clubs." International Journal of STD & AIDS 11, no. 3 (March 1, 2000): 173–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/0956462001915633.
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate a programme of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody testing at gay sex clubs. Conducting secondary analyses with 2 datasets, we evaluated HIV-testing preferences of patrons at 2 sex clubs and compared their risks to testers at a standard testing clinic. Sex club testers had significantly more partners and were significantly older than their clinic peers. Sixteen per cent of sex club testers reported that they would not test if testing were not available at the sex club. Gay sex clubs offer an opportunity to reach men at high risk for HIV, some who otherwise may not test.
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Anderson, Austin R., and Rasul A. Mowatt. "Heterosexism in Campus Recreational Club Sports: An Exploratory Investigation into Attitudes toward Gay Men and Lesbians." Recreational Sports Journal 37, no. 2 (October 2013): 106–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/rsj.37.2.106.
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This study investigated attitudes toward gay men and lesbians among recreational club sport participants, including an investigation of differences in attitudes across sport clubs, team and individual sports, gender, and contact with gay men and lesbians. This study used a modified version of the Attitudes toward Lesbians and Gay Men scale administered online to acquire overall attitudinal scores of participants, as well as two parallel subscale scores. Utilizing MANOVA and ANOVA statistical testing procedures, significant differences ( p < .01) in attitudes toward gay men and lesbians were found based on gender, contact with gay men and lesbians, and among different recreational club sports. Significant statistical differences ( p < .01) between attitudinal subscale scores were also found across demographic levels.
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Elling, Agnes, Paul de Knop, and Annelies Knoppers. "Gay/Lesbian Sport Clubs and Events." International Review for the Sociology of Sport 38, no. 4 (December 2003): 441–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1012690203384005.
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DeMarco, Joseph R. G. "Power and Control in Gay Strip Clubs." Journal of Homosexuality 53, no. 1-2 (August 2007): 111–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j082v53n01_05.
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Halferty, J. Paul. "Performing the Construction of Queer Spaces." Canadian Theatre Review 134 (March 2008): 18–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/ctr.134.003.
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The gay bars and clubs that emerged in Toronto and Montreal in the early 1960s have provided spaces for the articulation and performance of various contemporary gay, lesbian and transgender identities and sexualities.1 These early gay bars, especially gay-owned spaces, were important sites for political organization (Kinsman 228),2 as markers for gay, lesbian and queer existence at the street level, and as the building blocks of queer neighbourhoods.3 And although, today, one is able to find a diverse array of establishments providing goods and services to queer communities, the bar, in particular, represents an important and sexually charged site around which socially and politically effective gay, lesbian and trans communities have been spatially organized, recognized and experienced by queers themselves and by the broader community.
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Gruer, L. D., and G. Ssembatya-Lule. "Sexual Behaviour and Use of the Condom by Men Attending Gay Bars and Clubs in Glasgow and Edinburgh." International Journal of STD & AIDS 4, no. 2 (March 1993): 95–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/095646249300400207.
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How widespread are the safer forms of sexual behaviour reportedly adopted by male homosexuals in recent years? A questionnaire was completed by 173 and 83 gay men attending gay bars and clubs in Edinburgh and Glasgow respectively. Comparisons were made between those who reported using the condom ( n = 137, [54%]) and those who did not ( n = 119, [46%]). Sixty percent of respondents reported more than 5 partners during the previous year. Condom use was much less common among men with less than 5 years' experience as a practising homosexual. Less than one-fifth of respondents reported always using a condom during anal intercourse. Orogenital contact without a condom was reported by 84% of all respondents, and unprotected anal intercourse by 40%, (over 30% for those who used condoms). About one-third of condom users but only 14% of non-users thought they were at risk of catching HIV because of their sexual behaviour, although 80% of users and 70% of non-users said their lifestyles had been affected by the HIV epidemic. While there were some encouraging signs of behaviour change, unprotected anal sex is still widely practised. Gay bars and clubs represent important venues for conveying the safer sex message.
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Jarvis, Nigel. "The inclusive masculinities of heterosexual men within UK gay sport clubs." International Review for the Sociology of Sport 50, no. 3 (April 11, 2013): 283–300. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1012690213482481.
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French, Rebecca, and Robert Power. "A Qualitative Study of the Social Contextual Use of Alkyl Nitrites (Poppers) among Targeted Groups." Journal of Drug Issues 28, no. 1 (January 1998): 57–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002204269802800104.
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This paper uses qualitative methods to examine the social contextual use of alkyl nitrites among targeted groups: young recreational drug users (students), polysubstance users receiving treatment in a methadone program, homosexual men, and homeless people. Nitrites were a popular recreational and social drug, most commonly taken in nightclubs to enhance both music and the effects of other recreational drugs or taken to enhance sexual experience. Its legal status, low cost, and easy availability added to its popularity, particularly among younger people. Nitrites appeared to be commonplace in mainstream night clubs, having previously been confined to night clubs catering to a more homosexual clientele. Despite this fact, nitrites were still associated with gay culture. There was no evidence that nitrite use led directly to use of illicit drugs.
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CASTRO, GUSTAVO HENRIQUE CARVALHO DE, and MARCUS VINICIUS SOARES SIQUEIRA. "“They’ll think it’s a joke, but for us, it is not!”: speeches of resistance from Brazilian gay soccer clubs." Cadernos EBAPE.BR 18, no. 4 (October 2020): 1058–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1679-395120200097x.
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Resumo No futebol, a discriminação contra homossexuais é perpetrada pela injúria homofóbica, ato performativo de fala que silencia e afasta indivíduos gays do referido esporte, reforçando o culto à masculinidade hegemônica. Como reação, clubes de futebol gay têm emergido para proporcionar a participação dos homossexuais no esporte. Reconhecendo a relevância dessas iniciativas como práticas de resistência, neste artigo são analisados discursos de resistência à heteronormatividade sustentados por jogadores de clubes de futebol gay. Para tal, foram entrevistados 22 jogadores gays integrantes dos referidos clubes presentes em nove capitais brasileiras. Os relatos, interpretados sob a ótica da análise do discurso de Foucault, revelaram três discursos de resistência permeando tais iniciativas: ressignificação da injúria pelo humor; regras de interação; e silenciamentos e invisibilidades. Conclui-se que os discursos operam em uma lógica dual, produzindo enunciados que, embora tensionem a ordem gênero-sexualidade e o regime do armário, não impedem a persistência de enunciados que, paradoxalmente, atuam reforçando estes dispositivos heteronormativos.
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Woods, William J., Jason Euren, Lance M. Pollack, and Diane Binson. "HIV Prevention in Gay Bathhouses and Sex Clubs Across the United States." JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 55 (December 2010): S88—S90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/qai.0b013e3181fbca1b.
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Grov, Christian, Ana Ventuneac, H. Jonathon Rendina, Ruben H. Jimenez, and Jeffrey T. Parsons. "Perceived Importance of Five Different Health Issues for Gay and Bisexual Men." American Journal of Men's Health 7, no. 4 (October 22, 2012): 274–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1557988312463419.
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This study assessed the perceived importance of five health issues for gay and bisexual men ( N = 660) using time-space sampling in gay bars/clubs and bathhouses in New York City: “HIV & STDs,” “Drugs & Alcohol,” “Body Image,” “Mental Health,” and “Smoking.” This study compared ratings based on demographic differences, recent substance use, recent sexual risk behavior, and whether or not participants owned a smart device (e.g., “smart” phone, iPad, iPod touch). Contrary to research indicating that gay and bisexual men may be experiencing HIV prevention fatigue, this study identified that HIV and STIs were perceived as most important. Drugs and alcohol and mental health were also rated high, suggesting that providers may be well served to include mental health and drugs and alcohol as part of their comprehensive approach to HIV prevention. A majority of participants (72%) owned a smart device. Smart device owners rated health issues similarly to those who did not, suggesting that such devices may be a useful platform to reach gay and bisexual men for health education and prevention.
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Cashmore, Ellis, and Jamie Cleland. "Glasswing Butterflies." Journal of Sport and Social Issues 35, no. 4 (August 25, 2011): 420–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0193723511420163.
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Only one association football (soccer) player in history has declared his homosexuality during his professional active playing career. Before or since that player’s death in 1998, no other professional footballer player has come out. The prohibitively traditional culture of association football is popularly regarded as being responsible for this. Fans habitually use homophobic epithets to abuse players. In recent years, England’s governing organizations have cautiously addressed this state of affairs, though ineffectually. The present study uses online methods to explore fans’ and industry professionals’ perspectives on gay players and the impact their failure to come out has had on the sport. The article, which is based on the responses of 3,500 participants, seeks to answer three questions: (1) Why do fans, who urge gay players to come out, use homophobic language to barrack players? (2) If gay players disclosed their sexual orientations publicly what effect would this have on them personally, on football culture generally and on conceptions of masculinity in sports? (3) What prevents gay football players coming out? The overwhelming majority (93%) of participants in the study oppose homophobia and explained the homophobic abuse as good-humored banter or, in their argot, “stick.” An unusual logic is employed to make this intelligible. Participants argue that an athlete’s ability to play football is the only criterion on which he is judged and his sexuality is of little consequence to their evaluations. Although few participants encourage forcible outing, the majority welcome openly gay players, whose impact would be transformative. Football clubs and agents are cited as the principal impediments to a more open and enlightened environment: participants argue that they pressure gay players to keep their sexuality hidden and so contribute to a culture of secrecy, which permits and perhaps commissions continued homophobic abuse. Participants speculate that the continued absence of openly gay players actually reproduces the apparent prejudices. One fan concludes, “The homophobia in football will remain for longer if no gay players come out.”
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Coetzee, Willem J. L., Xiang Neo Liu, and Crystal V. Filep. "Transformative potential of events – the case of gay ski week in Queenstown, New Zealand." Tourism Review 74, no. 5 (November 4, 2019): 1081–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/tr-10-2018-0148.
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Purpose Previous research has explored a relatively narrow representation of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and queer (LGBTQ) community. Yet modern event attendees are part of a diverse niche group within the broader LGBTQ community. This group comprises a wide range of event attendees in search of more than sex, clubs and feather boas. This paper aims to report on empirical research conducted in Queenstown, New Zealand, during the 2016 Gay Ski Week (GSW) and explores the transformative, inclusive potential of event places, social atmospheres and experiences. Design/methodology/approach Ethnographic and autoethnographic research methods were used in this study for the exploration of transformative tourism experiences. Qualitative data were collected via in-depth interviews, observations and one of the author’s immersive experiences of the event. This author was able to bridge the divide between research and participant, contributing to a contextualised understanding of various participants’ subjective realities. Findings The paper reports on and discusses empirical findings, which are organised under the meta-themes of place and social atmosphere, attendee experiences, acceptance and inclusivity. Research limitations/implications From these themes emerge a broader understanding of how LGBTQ tourism events can contribute to transformative, inclusive experiences. Originality/value This paper explores the need for event managers to revisit and adapt to the demographic, motivational and behavioural characteristics of the modern gay event attendee. In particular, this paper discovers the motivations of Asian gay attendees as a marginalised community within a traditional LGBTQ event in a traditional heterosexual destination.
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Pruitt, John. "Gay Men’s Book Clubs versus Wisconsin’s Public Libraries: Political Perceptions in the Absence of Dialogue." Library Quarterly 80, no. 2 (April 2010): 121–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/651004.
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Florêncio, João. "Antiretroviral Time: Gay Sex, Pornography and Temporality ‘Post-Crisis’." Somatechnics 10, no. 2 (August 2020): 195–214. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/soma.2020.0313.
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The introduction of combination antiretroviral therapies in 1996 brought about a radical change in the temporality of HIV infection, moving us away from the event-time of the AIDS crisis to the expanded/expansive temporality of chronic ‘undetectability’. That, and the later extension of antiretrovirals as Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, has dramatically shifted the lived temporalities of both sex and subjectivity among gay men who were able to access the new medical protocols for testing, managing, and preventing HIV. In this essay, I draw from field work carried out in Berlin, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, and analysis of gay pornography, to map the new temporalities of sex and subjectivity that have been catalysed by the introduction of antiretroviral drugs, speculating on their limits and queer political potential, situated as they are at the intersection of neoliberal regimes of biomedical self-administration and sex understood as both an aesthetics and poetics of existence. If modernity developed through an incessant rationalisation of time, including of lived, embodied time, I argue that antiretroviral time has triggered the emergence of sexual behaviours and subjectivities that open up new avenues for thinking 21st-century triangulations of sex, subjectivity, and resistance being experimented with in bedrooms, sex clubs, and bathhouses across the developed world.
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Botes, Jonathan. "Un centre-ville rose." Revue d'histoire contemporaine de l'Afrique, no. 2 (October 1, 2021): 117–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.51185/journals/rhca.2021.e556.
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Johannesbourg, plus grande ville d’Afrique du Sud et cœur économique du pays, possède une riche histoire de culture queer. L’article se concentre sur le quartier de Hillbrow, dans les années 1970 et 1980, à une époque où il est considéré comme le centre gay de Johannesbourg. Il a pour objectif de montrer comment les homosexuels ont façonné, dans ce quartier du centre-ville, une culture urbaine propre, avec la création de clubs et de bars gays ou gay-friendly, avec la multiplication des fêtes privées et la constitution d’espaces publics de « drague » (cruising). Ces processus sont examinés dans le contexte de l’Immorality Amendment Act de 1969 qui criminalise les homosexuels. L’article analyse également la dynamique raciale entre homosexuels noirs et blancs, et la façon dont elle a compliqué la production d’espaces gays et queer dans la ville. Basée sur des archives et des entretiens oraux, cette recherche met en lumière l’importance de Hillbrow en tant qu’« espace sûr » (safe space) pour les personnes queer durant les années d’apartheid.
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Strömdahl, Susanne, Jonas Hoijer, and Jaran Eriksen. "Uptake of peer-led venue-based HIV testing sites in Sweden aimed at men who have sex with men (MSM) and trans persons: a cross-sectional survey." Sexually Transmitted Infections 95, no. 8 (May 21, 2019): 575–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2019-054007.
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ObjectivesHIV testing among high-risk groups is a key intervention to diagnose persons living unknowingly with HIV to enable linkage to care and effective antiretroviral treatment. This study aimed to evaluate the uptake of Testpoint, the first large-scale HIV testing programme in Sweden where peer, non-healthcare personnel offered venue-based testing. Testing was performed by staff from the Swedish Foundation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights (RFSL Sweden) and testing was performed at the RFSL offices, gay clubs and gay cruising areas, as well as at various gay festivals. The test was a rapid test using capillary blood from a finger prick.MethodsA cross-sectional survey of all persons aged >18 years who came for HIV testing at one of Testpoint’s locations in Sweden between 1 February and 31 December 2016.Results595 respondents (96% response rate) were included. Five persons were diagnosed with HIV and referred for treatment and care. A fifth of participants had never tested for HIV before. More than half of the participants were foreign born and the median age was 31 years. About one-fifth of participants stated they would not have tested through the healthcare system if Testpoint was not available.ConclusionsTestpoint reached their target population of young, foreign-born men who have sex with men (MSM) as well as first time testers and persons who stated that they would not have tested within the healthcare system. Such peer HIV testing outside the healthcare setting is a possible way of increasing uptake of testing in high-risk groups.
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Siroky, David S., Emil Aslan Souleimanov, Jean-François Ratelle, and Milos Popovic. "Purifying the Religion: An Analysis of Haram Targeting among Salafi Jihadi Groups." Comparative Politics 54, no. 3 (April 1, 2022): 525–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.5129/001041522x16264419205870.
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Islamic law denotes as haram any forbidden behavior, object, beverage, or food. Despite subscribing to a similar Salafi ideology, very few jihadi groups use violence against haram targets (e.g., brothels, casinos, statues, liquor stores, mixed sex schools, and gay clubs). This study argues that haram-centered violence unites ethnically-mixed jihadi groups by fostering a superordinate Islamic identity that enables them to overcome their collective action problems. As a result, ethnically-mixed Salafi jihadi groups deploy haram targeting much more than homogenous ones. Using new disaggregated group-level data, our analyses demonstrate that the ethnic structure of Salafi jihadi groups shapes haram targeting, both in Dagestan and on a global scale. The article discusses these findings and directions for future research on religious violence.
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Sherwood, Merryn, Alex Donaldson, Suzanne Dyson, David Lowden, Timothy Marjoribanks, Jane Shill, Bruce Bolam, and Matthew Nicholson. "Football, Media, and Homophobia: Public Framing of the First Pride Game in the Australian Football League." Communication & Sport 8, no. 4-5 (January 23, 2020): 545–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2167479519901118.
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Two Australian football clubs—St Kilda and the Sydney Swans—played the first Pride Game in Australian professional sport in 2016 to support and include the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer (LGBTIQ) community at and through a major sporting event. This study examines the framing of this game in the print and online media and in public responses via comments on media coverage and comments on Facebook posts. The framing of both the media coverage and the public response was predominantly supportive, with the theme of the “inclusion,” of gay Australian Football League players and the broader LGBTIQ community, prominent. However, there was a significant difference in the frames used in media coverage compared to the public response to this coverage. There was a relatively high proportion of unsupportive comments (e.g., a “stick to football” theme), including pernicious homophobia, present, particularly in the public response, compared to other recent related research. Overall, the findings suggest that, while there was strong support for the Pride Game, homophobia in sport remains, and the media, particularly social media, can be a platform for its expression. This study also highlights the value in analysing multiple platforms in media framing research.
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Burk, Jillian, Minjeong Park, and Elizabeth Saewyc. "A Media-Based School Intervention to Reduce Sexual Orientation Prejudice and Its Relationship to Discrimination, Bullying, and the Mental Health of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adolescents in Western Canada: A Population-Based Evaluation." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 15, no. 11 (November 2, 2018): 2447. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15112447.
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School interventions to address sexual orientation discrimination can be important tools for fostering inclusive school climate, and improving student wellbeing. In this study, we empirically evaluated a film-based intervention, Out in Schools, designed to reduce sexual orientation prejudice and foster inclusive school attitudes. Our evaluation mapped data about Out in Schools presentations onto student data from the random cluster-stratified, province-wide 2013 British Columbia Adolescent Health Survey (BCAHS) as well as potential confounding variables of Gay-Straight Alliance clubs (GSAs) and inclusive school policies. Outcome measures included past year sexual orientation discrimination, bullying, suicidal ideation, and school connectedness among lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) and heterosexual (HET) students in grades 8 through 12 (ages 13 to 18; unweighted N = 21,075, weighted/scaled N = 184,821). Analyses used complex samples logistic regression, adjusted for sample design, conducted separately by gender and orientation. We found Out in Schools presentations were associated with reduced odds of LGB students experiencing discrimination, and both LGB and HET girl students being bullied or considering suicide, and increased levels of school connectedness, even after controlling for GSAs and policies. Out in Schools appears to have an additive contribution to reducing orientation prejudice and improving LGB and heterosexual student wellbeing within schools.
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Yamamoto, T., A. Kawsar, J. Ramsey, P. I. Dargan, and D. M. Wood. "Monitoring trends in recreational drug use from the analysis of the contents of amnesty bins in gay dance clubs." QJM 106, no. 12 (September 17, 2013): 1111–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hct183.
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Anderson, Grant. "‘Why can’t they meet in bars and clubs like normal people?’: the protective state and bioregulating gay public sex spaces." Social & Cultural Geography 19, no. 6 (March 10, 2017): 699–719. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14649365.2017.1301542.
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Russell, Stephen T. "Challenging homophobia in schools: policies and programs for safe school climates." Educar em Revista, no. 39 (April 2011): 123–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0104-40602011000100009.
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In the United States there has been growing public and scientific attention to homophobia in schools. A well-established body of research documents persistent and pervasive bullying, harassment and lack of safety at schools towards lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) students. This work makes clear that contemporary school and youth cultures are characterized by rigid gender and sexuality norms (including homophobia and expectations regarding masculinity, femininity, and heterosexuality); the well-being of students who do not conform to or who challenge these norms is often undermined. In recent years there has been a shift from consideration of the plight of individual students to the acknowledgement that the school context or climate must be better understood in order to prevent bias-motivated bullying and promote school safety and student well-being. During the last decade a number of studies have identified specific education policies, programs, and practices that promote safe school climates. In this article I review what is known about policies and programs that promote safety for LGBT as well as heterosexual students in schools. A growing body of work indicates that the following strategies are associated with safer school climates for LGBT students: enumerated school nondiscrimination and anti-bullying policies; teacher intervention when harassment takes place; availability of information and support about LGBT concerns for students; the presence of school-based support groups or clubs (often called "gay-straight alliances"); and curricular inclusion of LGBT people and issues. In the context of this research, I discuss several key issues for consideration by educators, policy-makers, and scholars.
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Lane, Aoife, Niamh Murphy, Alex Donohoe, and Colin Regan. "A healthy sports club initiative in action in Ireland." Health Education Journal 79, no. 6 (February 10, 2020): 645–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0017896920903755.
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Objective: The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) is part of the cultural fabric of Irish society with a club in almost every community nationwide. The aim of this project was to carry out a pilot evaluation of the GAA Healthy Club Project (HCP), which is a unique effort by a national governing body to include health as part of the core business of the organisation at grass roots level. Design: A pre–post intervention group only design was used across 18 clubs recruited to a pilot phase of the project. Setting: GAA grassroots sports clubs across Ireland. Methods: Twelve Healthy Club Officers completed a self-evaluation survey of their club at two time points to indicate the health promotion orientation of their club and the extent of health promotion activity in the club. Results: Data showed improvements in the health promotion orientation of clubs, from moderate to high health promoting overall and particular increases in policy and practice scores. This is likely due to the widespread appointment of Healthy Club Officers and the delivery of health-related initiatives in clubs. Conclusion: The impact of the project, while not demonstrable as an intervention effect at this stage, was real for the clubs involved. The GAA HCP is a novel way of carrying out health promotion in Ireland, serving as a meeting point between the ‘push of health’ and ‘pull of the sports club’.
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M. Seitz, Christopher, Jennifer Lawless, Stacey Cahill, Aoife O’ Brien, Collette Coady, and Colin Regan. "The Adoption, Implementation, and Impact of Smoke-Free Policies among Gaelic Athletic Association Clubs in Ireland: A Qualitative Study." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 5 (March 10, 2020): 1785. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17051785.
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The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) is a major stakeholder in promoting smoke-free policies in Ireland. Several GAA clubs have adopted smoke-free policies, and there is a growing interest among other GAA clubs to also become smoke-free. As such, the purpose of this study is to explore the process of how GAA clubs adopt, implement, and enforce smoke-free policies in order to discover best practices that other clubs could replicate. Representatives from 15 smoke-free clubs were interviewed regarding how their club became smoke-free. Interview data were analyzed, in which four major themes emerged: (1) process (planning a smoke-free policy, communicating the policy to the community, providing smoking cessation resources), (2) barriers (opinions and behaviors of club members who smoke, bars connected to club houses, policy exceptions, visitors and umpires who were unaware of the policy), (3) enforcement (community-based style of enforcement, non-confrontational approach, non-enforcement), and (4) impact (observation of policy compliance and decrease in cigarette litter). The study’s findings indicate a general ease of becoming smoke-free with minimal barriers. As such, the GAA should urge each club to become smoke-free and to use the effective methods used by current smoke-free clubs for communicating and enforcing smoke-free policies.
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Jennings, Rebecca. "Lesbian Spaces: Sydney, 1945-1978." Sydney Journal 4, no. 1 (October 23, 2013): 168–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.5130/sj.v4i1.2818.
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Asking ‘What is lesbian Sydney?’ and ‘Where is it?’, this article traces the shifting spaces and places of lesbian Sydney in the first decades after the Second World War. In the 1940s and 1950s, when camp bars were overwhelmingly male, lesbians enjoyed a very limited public presence in the city. Many women created lesbian spaces in isolation from a wider community, discreetly setting up house with a female partner and gradually building up a small network of lesbian friends. Groups of women met in each other’s homes or visited the parks and beaches around Sydney and the Central Coast for social excursions. By the 1960s, lesbians were beginning to carve out a more visible public space for themselves at wine bars and cabaret clubs in inner suburbs such as Kings Cross, Oxford Street and the city, and the commercial bar scene grew steadily through the 1970s. However, the influence of feminist and lesbian and gay politics in the 1970s also prompted a rethinking of lesbian spaces in Sydney, with well-known lesbian collective houses challenging older notions of private space and political venues such as Women’s House and CAMP NSW headquarters constituting new bases for lesbian community.
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Russell, Stephen T., Meg D. Bishop, Victoria C. Saba, Isaac James, and Salvatore Ioverno. "Promoting School Safety for LGBTQ and All Students." Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences 8, no. 2 (September 11, 2021): 160–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23727322211031938.
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Schools are often unsafe for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) students; they frequently experience negative or hostile school climates, including bullying and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity at school. Negative school climates and discriminatory experiences can threaten LGBTQ students’ well-being. Simultaneously, a consistent body of research identifies strategies to support LGBTQ and all students to be safe and thrive at school. First, policies that specifically identify or enumerate protected groups such as LGBTQ students create supportive contexts for all youth. Second, professional development prepares educators and other school personnel with tools to support and protect all students. Third, access to information and support related to sexual orientation and gender identity or expression (SOGIE), including curricula that is SOGIE-inclusive, provides students with resources, support, and inclusion, creating school climate. Fourth, the presence of student-led clubs or organizations such as gender-sexuality alliances (i.e., GSAs) improve students’ school experiences and well-being, and contribute to positive school climate. This article reviews the research foundations of each of these strategies and concludes with recommendations for multiple audiences: policymakers, school personnel, parents, and students.
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Washington, Thomas A., Shivan N. Patel, and Nancy Meyer-Adams. "Drinking Patterns and HIV Risk Behaviors Among Black and Latino Men Who Have Sex Within Los Angeles County." American Journal of Men's Health 11, no. 4 (September 23, 2015): 834–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1557988315605894.
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Alcohol, the most widely used substance among men who have sex with men (85%), remains an important factor in HIV research among this high-risk population. However, research on alcohol use among Black and Latino men who have sex with men (BLMSM), a population disproportionately affected by HIV in the United States, is limited and inconclusive. This study explored sociodemographic and HIV risk with daily heavy and low-risk drinking patterns among BLMSM. BLMSM ( N = 188) aged 18 to 40 years were recruited through social media, local colleges, heteronormative clubs, private men’s groups, gay establishments, and organized events in Los Angeles County. Participants completed self-administered questionnaires. Fisher’s exact tests revealed significant relationships between drinking patterns and condomless insertive anal intercourse ( p = .001), race ( p < .001), age ( p = .02), and perception of alcohol-related HIV risk ( p = .007). The Fisher’s exact tests findings for age held true in the multiple regression model ( p = .014). Findings suggest that BLMSM who engage in higher risk drinking also engage in alcohol-related HIV risk. Culturally competent interventions should consider including a combined focus to explore the synergy between risky drinking patterns and HIV risk among BLMSM.
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Reidy, William J., Freya Spielberg, Robert Wood, Diane Binson, William J. Woods, and Gary M. Goldbaum. "HIV Risk Associated With Gay Bathhouses and Sex Clubs: Findings From 2 Seattle Surveys of Factors Related to HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections." American Journal of Public Health 99, S1 (April 2009): S165—S172. http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2007.130773.
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Lane, Aoife, Niamh Murphy, Colin Regan, and David Callaghan. "Health Promoting Sports Club in Practice: A Controlled Evaluation of the GAA Healthy Club Project." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 9 (April 30, 2021): 4786. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094786.
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Sport is a developing setting and a relevant system in health promotion but there are few examples of settings-based initiatives and systems thinking in sport. The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) Healthy Club Project (HCP) adopts a settings approach delivered through and by grassroots clubs who respond to local needs while working within a national support system. The aim of this evaluation was to assess and describe the health promotion impact and experience of the HCP. Healthy Clubs (n = 23) and Control Clubs (n = 10) completed a Healthy Club Questionnaire at the start and end of the 20-month HCP and Healthy Clubs took part in focus group discussions. Healthy Clubs, using the structures of the HCP, a commitment to health and community engagement, demonstrated a significant improvement in their overall orientation to health promotion, which was not apparent in Control Clubs. The health promotion message is pervading into many aspects of the GAA club apart from that which relates to the day to day business of coaching and providing physical activity for all. The HCP represents health promotion activity embedded within and across systems, with further development and evaluation recommended to measure delivery and impact at the individual level, organisational, and wider societal levels.
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Al-Ajlouni, Yazan A., Su H. Park, John A. Schneider, William C. Goedel, H. Rhodes Hambrick, DeMarc A. Hickson, Michael N. Cantor, and Dustin T. Duncan. "Partner meeting venue typology and sexual risk behaviors among French men who have sex with men." International Journal of STD & AIDS 29, no. 13 (July 4, 2018): 1282–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956462418775524.
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Previous research has given considerable attention to venues where men who have sex with men (MSM) meet their sex partners. However, no previous study examined a vast range of sexual risk behaviors. The objective of this study was to examine the association between the types of venues for meeting sexual partners, condomless anal intercourse, engagement in group sex, and HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) risk among a sample of MSM. Users of a popular geosocial-networking app in Paris were provided an advertisement with text encouraging them to complete an anonymous web-based survey ( n = 580), which included questions about sex-seeking venues, condomless anal intercourse, HIV status and STI history, and sociodemographic characteristics. A log-binomial model was used to assess association between venues (i.e. public venues [gay clubs, bars, and discos], cruising venues [such as gay saunas, beaches, and parks], and internet-based venues [internet chat sites and geosocial-networking apps]), condomless anal intercourse, engagement in group sex, and HIV infection as well as infection with other STIs, after adjustment for sociodemographics. In multivariable models, attending cruising venues was associated with condomless receptive anal intercourse (adjusted relative risk [aRR] = 1.47; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.20–1.81), any kind of condomless anal intercourse (aRR = 1.34; 95% CI = 1.14–1.58), an STI (aRR = 1.50; 95% CI = 1.09–2.05), engagement in group sex (aRR = 1.42; 95% CI = 1.27–1.59), and multiple partners for both condomless insertive (aRR = 2.00; 95% CI = 1.38–2.88), and receptive (aRR = 1.70; 95% CI = 1.23–2.36) anal intercourse, STI infection (aRR = 1.50, 95% CI = 1.09–2.05) and HIV infection (aRR = 1.76; 95% CI = 1.05–2.96). No associations were found with other venue types and sexual risk behaviors, STIs, and HIV infection, except for group sex, which was associated with all venue types. Use of cruising where the primary aim is to have sex was found to be associated with risky sexual behavior. Risky behavior reduction strategies such as preexposure prophylaxis campaigns should be targeted to MSM who frequent cruising venues.
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Chuang, Yi-Fei, and Yang-Fei Tai. "Membership-based consumer switching intentions and benefit exchange theory." International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management 28, no. 7 (July 11, 2016): 1361–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijchm-10-2014-0514.
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Purpose This research aims to predict private club members’ intentions to switch service providers based on the benefit exchange theory through a structural model with a second-order factor. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a qualitative procedure to develop a functional, social and psychological model based on the benefit exchange and switching intention literatures. A further quantitative analysis surveyed a sample of 366 private club members and assessed the usefulness of this model. Findings The results of the confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling indicate that social benefits have a stronger impact on switching intention than loss of functional benefits under the context of a high level of interaction between members and between members and service providers. In addition, they confirm the moderating effects of psychological benefits on the relationship between functional benefits and switching intention. Practical implications The findings indicate that members are unlikely to switch if there are positive word of mouth and interpersonal interactions between members and the club (social benefits). Even if they are disappointed with the functional benefits of the club’s products or services, they may still choose to stay with it owing to psychological benefits affecting their decision to switch. The findings offer managerial insights into utilizing relationship marketing activities to strengthen interpersonal relationships, word of mouth, trust, commitment and emotional factors to retain members. Originality/value This research confirms that the benefit exchange theory can explain members’ intentions to switch from their current clubs and provides valuable recommendations to managers on retaining their clubs’ members. Because the switching intentions of club members have not previously been adequately studied, this study fills an important gap in the literature.
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Moseng, Bera Ulstein, and Vegar Bjørnshagen. "Are there any differences between different testing sites? A cross-sectional study of a Norwegian low-threshold HIV testing service for men who have sex with men." BMJ Open 7, no. 10 (October 2017): e017598. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017598.
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ObjectiveTo describe a Norwegian low-threshold HIV testing service targeting men who have sex with men (MSM).Design and settingAfter the HIV testing consultation, all users of the HIV testing service were invited to answer the study questionnaire. The study setting included the sites where testing was performed, that is, the testing service’s office in Oslo, cruising areas, bars/clubs and in hotels in other Norwegian cities.ParticipantsMSM users of the testing service.Primary and secondary outcome measuresData were collected on demographics, HIV testing and sexual behaviour as well as the participant’s motivations for choosing to take an HIV test at this low-threshold HIV testing service. The data are stratified by testing site.Results1577 HIV testing consultations were performed, the study sample consisted of 732 MSM users. 11 tested positive for HIV. 21.7% had a non-western background, 27.1% reported having a non-gay sexual orientation. 21.9% had 10 or more male sexual partners during the last year, 27.9% reported also having had a female sexual partner. 56.4% reported having practised unprotected anal intercourse during the last 6 months. 20.1% had never tested for HIV before. Most of these user characteristics varied by testing sites.ConclusionsThe Norwegian low-threshold testing service recruits target groups that are otherwise hard to reach with HIV testing. This may indicate that the testing service contributes to increase HIV testing rates among MSM in Norway.
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Lankowski, Alexander, Hugo Sanchez, Jose Hidalgo, Robinson Cabello, and Ann Duerr. "1253. Sex-on-Premise Venue (SOPV) Attendance Among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in Lima, Perú: Results From a Cross-Sectional Web-Based Survey." Open Forum Infectious Diseases 6, Supplement_2 (October 2019): S450—S451. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1116.
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Abstract Background In Perú, where the HIV epidemic is concentrated among men who have sex with men (MSM), incidence has not changed appreciably over the last decade despite the rapid scale-up of free antiretroviral treatment (ART). New strategies for delivering effective HIV testing and prevention services to at-risk populations are greatly needed. Because most adult MSM in Perú live at home with family where it may be difficult to bring new sex partners, sex-on-premise venues (SOPVs)—such as saunas, sex clubs, and hourly hotels—might represent opportune sites at which to offer targeted HIV testing and prevention interventions. Methods From November 26, 2018 through April 15, 2019 we conducted a cross-sectional web-based survey using REDCap to assess the prevalence of SOPV attendance and associated sexual risk behaviors among MSM in Lima, Perú. SOPVs were defined as saunas, sex clubs, adult movie theaters, hotels, or bars/discos known to permit sex. We recruited participants by disseminating an anonymous survey link through local gay social media networks, with no monetary incentive to complete the survey. We asked participants how/where they met any sex partners from the prior 3 months, where they went for sex, and about HIV-associated sexual risk factors, including self-reported HIV status. We used the Pearson chi-squared test and Student’s t-test to assess whether the frequency of sexual risk behaviors differed based on SOPV attendance. Results Among n = 324 cis-gender MSM completing the survey, 16% identified as bisexual. Median age was 30 years, 62% lived at home with family, 50% had a university education or higher, and 29% reported being HIV+. 65% of respondents reported attending an SOPV to meet a partner and/or have sex in the prior 3 months. SOPV attendees were significantly more likely to report transactional sex, group sex, sex under the influence of alcohol, popper use, and have a higher number of sex partners (table). Conclusion SOPV attendance is common among MSM in Lima and associated with higher levels of several sexual behavioral risk factors. In light of this, SOPVs warrant further consideration as potential sites of outreach to offer HIV testing and prevention interventions designed to reach MSM at high risk for HIV infection. Disclosures All authors: No reported disclosures.
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An, Xia, Qunlu Sun, Fang Fang, Zhanhong Rao, Xiaowen Li, Yunhong Lv, Tong Li, and Aihua Lin. "The Prevalence of Depression Associated with the Infection Status and Sexual Behaviors among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Shenzhen, China: A Cross-Sectional Study." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 1 (December 23, 2019): 127. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17010127.
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Objective: To study the prevalence of depression and related factors among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Shenzhen China. Methods: Using a cross-sectional design, convenient sampling was applied to recruit participants at the AIDS(Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) clinic and gay clubs in 2015, thereby collecting data on sociodemographics, serological information, sexual behaviotablers, and depression. Descriptive analyses were conducted to determine the distribution of the measured variables. A chi-square test was applied to test the association between different levels of factors and depression status, alongside a binary logistic regression for multivariate analysis of depression. Results: A total of 334 MSM completed the survey. Their mean age was 29.88 ± 7.56, and 35.6% had at least college education; 44.9% considered themselves to be homosexual, and 43.4% considered themselves bisexual. The median score of depression was 12, with 116 people (34.7%) depressed. A total of 267 took the serological test. Of these 267, 60 (22.5%) were reported HIV(Human Immunodeficiency Virus) positive, 33 (12.4%) were syphilis positive, and none were hepatitis C positive. The multiple logistic regression analysis showed that a lack of awareness of AIDS knowledge (OR(Odds Ratio): 2.636, 95% CI(confidence interval): 1.384–5.020), peer education (OR: 1.752, 95% CI: 1.055–2.190), and lack of heterosexuality (OR: 1.805, 95% CI: 1.080–3.018) increased the odds of depression. Conclusion: Raising awareness of AIDS and strengthening peer education can improve depression among men who have sex with men.
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Gorman-Murray, Andrew, and Catherine Nash. "Transformations in LGBT consumer landscapes and leisure spaces in the neoliberal city." Urban Studies 54, no. 3 (November 12, 2016): 786–805. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0042098016674893.
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This paper examines recent transformations in consumer landscapes and leisure spaces in inner-city LGBT neighbourhoods in Sydney, Australia and Toronto, Canada. In doing so, we rethink orthodox positions on neoliberalism and homonormativity by considering practices of sociability and commensality. We contend that closer attention to interactions between mainstream and LGBT consumers is key to understanding these urban changes. Mainstream-LGBT interactions encompass both congruent and competing practices, actualised in both physical encounters in consumer landscapes and discursive reputations of those spaces. These relations are increasingly important owing to the progressive integration of LGBT neighbourhoods into urban cultures and economies. Simultaneously, the materialisation of diverse LGBT landscapes in Sydney and Toronto has generated a relational geography of ‘traditional’ gay villages and ‘emergent’ queer-friendly neighbourhoods. We argue that practices and spaces of leisure-based consumption are emerging in different forms across these neighbourhoods and between Sydney and Toronto. To illustrate this, we deploy a discourse analysis of mainstream newspaper articles on LGBT neighbourhoods over 2004–2014, supplemented by relevant LGBT press releases in Toronto, focusing on the use, meaning and social significance of leisure-based consumption sites – clubs, bars, cafés, restaurants. We find the balance of daytime/night-time leisure spaces, which have both social and material affordances, is a key discriminator across the neighbourhoods, both within and between the cities. Daytime consumer landscapes are more often framed as sociable and inclusive within the media, while night-time landscapes are perceived as divisive.
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Florêncio, João. "About the Cover Image." Journal of Bodies, Sexualities, and Masculinities 5, no. 1 (March 1, 2024): 12–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/jbsm.2024.050102.
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This issue's cover image: As part of the same AHRC-funded research project about gay male “pig” masculinities that led to the conference behind this special issue, I had the pleasure of working with an incredible film crew to produce a short experimental documentary titled Oink!. Having originally planned to shoot a feature-length documentary, the first COVID-19 lockdown was eventually announced to come into force one week after we had planned to start filming in Berlin. Adding to all the anxieties associated with a new, not fully-known, pandemic, we had to change our filming schedule and concept in order to respond to the virus. As such, a film that we had planned to film over a whole month and across a variety of locations, private and public, to document a gay male sex culture in which exchanges of bodily fluids have a core role, we were forced to condense filming into the last week before lockdown and to cut out all the plans to film in sex clubs and dark rooms. The film thus gained an unexpected layer of nostalgia for a very recent time when bodies had been able to touch and exchange fluids (once again) without fear. For the most part, the bodies in the film are alone in their private spaces, and intimacy and the intensity of sex becomes something that is only talked about, visually alluded to, but never shown. In that context, the photo in the cover of this issue, a production photo I took during filming, is somewhat charged with that very longing. It no longer just depicts a man looking for a hookup on a mobile phone app, but it also signals the painful desire for human contact—for touch, sex, and intimacy—at a time when public health measures were about to be put in place that would restrict the satisfaction of that important human need. I would like to thank Liz Rosenfeld, Rob Eagle, Rufai Ajala, and Liam Byrne for having gone through that journey with me. And special thanks to Giovanni, depicted in the cover image, for his hospitality and candor.
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Firdaus, Muhammad Zulfiqar. "Regional Income, Household Expenditure, Poverty, and Education Convergence Clubs at the District Level in Indonesia." Jurnal Ekonomi dan Studi Pembangunan 15, no. 2 (December 1, 2023): 121. http://dx.doi.org/10.17977/um002v15i22023p121.
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This article reinvestigates the regional convergence in GDP per capita, household expenditure per capita, poverty rate, and average years of schooling in Indonesia at the district level during 2000–2017 using the convergence club method. This article finds that regional inequality in Indonesia at the district level is characterized by two convergence clubs in GDP per capita, five convergence clubs in household expenditure per capita, six convergence clubs in poverty, and five convergence clubs in average years of schooling. This article also confirms the existence of spatial concentration among regions and a development gap between the west and east sides of Indonesia.
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URSAVAŞ, Neslihan, and Şükrü APAYDIN. "The Convergence in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Across G-7 Countries." Fiscaoeconomia 7, no. 1 (January 25, 2023): 327–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.25295/fsecon.1143345.
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Environmental degradation, such as climate crisis, global warming, etc., is one of the crucial issues for countries. Studies in the literature analyze the convergence in environmental degradation regarding the environmental convergence hypothesis using different indicators such as carbon dioxide emissions, ecological footprint, etc. to identify the differences in environmental quality across countries. This study tests the environmental convergence hypothesis for G-7 countries over the period 1997-2018. To do so, we use greenhouse gas emissions per capita as an indicator of environmental degradation and apply non-linear dynamic factor model developed by Phillips and Sul (2007). According to the results, countries do not converge to a single equilibrium point. However, Phillips and Sul (2007) convergence methodology allows us to identify possible convergence clubs. The club clustering algorithm identifies three convergence clubs, each converging to a different steady-state. Club 1, which converges to higher greenhouse gas emissions per capita level, includes Canada and United States, whereas Club 2 includes Germany and Japan, and Club 3 includes France, Italy, and the United Kingdom. The results confirm that the that the environmental convergence hypothesis does not hold for G-7 countries.
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Apergis, Nicholas, and Antonio J. Garzón. "Greenhouse gas emissions convergence in Spain: evidence from the club clustering approach." Environmental Science and Pollution Research 27, no. 31 (July 5, 2020): 38602–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-08214-4.
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Abstract This study examines the convergence of greenhouse gas emissions per capita across the 19 Spanish regions using the Phillips-Sul club convergence approach over the period spanning from 1990 to 2017. The results indicate the presence of four clubs which converge to different equilibria in emissions per capita and three clubs in terms of income per capita, which involves different regions. These findings suggest that mitigation policies should explicitly consider the presence of different clubs of regions with different convergence paths in terms of emissions and income per capita and address the distributional effect of transfers across regions.
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Measham, Fiona, David M. Wood, Paul I. Dargan, and Karenza Moore. "The rise in legal highs: prevalence and patterns in the use of illegal drugs and first- and second-generation “legal highs” in South London gay dance clubs." Journal of Substance Use 16, no. 4 (July 18, 2011): 263–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/14659891.2011.594704.
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Lui, Da, Chanchai Siriphan, and Nopporn Tasnaina. "A Management Model to Operate a Commercial Tennis Club in Zhanjiang, China." International Journal of Sociologies and Anthropologies Science Reviews 3, no. 5 (September 26, 2023): 353–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.60027/ijsasr.2023.3260.
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Background and Aim: After the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008, tennis was rapidly developing in China. In 2021. China's tennis population has risen to the second largest in the world but it has only 800 tennis clubs out of the total 115,584 tennis clubs in the world, and in Zhanjiang City, only 17 tennis clubs are operating for commercial purposes. The result of surveying the needs assessment among the customers showed that there was a wide gap between observed perceptions and expectations in many issues in service management operations, which means that the customers were not satisfied with the club's operations. The researchers were interested in studying these issues to find customers’ needs and suggestions to improve the tennis clubs' service and management in this area by applying service quality and marketing mix strategies. The objectives: (1) to develop a management model to operate commercial tennis clubs in Zhanjiang City, China, based on service quality and marketing mix concepts (2) to confirm the model’s satisfaction, appropriateness, and practicality of the developed management model. Materials and Methods: This research was a research and development research. The data collection was 1) Interviews with the managers or representatives of the 17 clubs, 2) a survey of the 398 clubs’ customers with a dual response questionnaire, and 3) The consensus with 19 experts by Delphi. 4) a focus group discussion with 11 stakeholders. The research tools were a structured form for interviews, a dual response questionnaire, a questionnaire for consensus with a Delphi, and a form for recording the focus group discussion. The data was analyzed in descriptive, content analysis, and PNI modified by the use of SPSS. Results: The clubs should 1) set the positioning of the clubs 2) set vision, goals, and missions to be the direction of a club’s management, 3) set the division of works to share and understand the scope of duty and responsibility of each section, 4) consider the staff motivation and welfare, service quality 5) create operation manuals, and job descriptions, collecting data to improve the service quality 6) applying marketing to create strategies such as; offering a variety of products, pricing at the same rate of other clubs, set the easy and convenient operation process for customers.7) Collect the problems and needs of customers, and the readiness of management resources, to formulate the management strategies with the application of service quality and marketing mix concepts which could respond to expectations them Conclusion: The clubs should consider management functions and marketing mixes to create the strategies to operate the clubs by the responses to the needs of customers survey.
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Berman, Ayelet. "Accordion Governance." ICL Journal 13, no. 3 (February 25, 2020): 203–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/icl-2018-0078.
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AbstractSince the 1990s, western, developed countries have moved away from rule-making and standard-setting in multilateral intergovernmental organizations and have increasingly collaborated on those matters in clubs of developed countries, such as trans-governmental regulatory networks. Although clubs often generate rules or standards that affect developing countries, the latter have not had a voice in rule-making, resulting in a ‘participation gap’, for which clubs are being criticized. Against this background, I analyse a recent development that has largely gone unnoticed: Clubs have been integrating previously excluded developing countries. From small and exclusive clubs, they are growing into larger and more inclusive clubs. I call this trajectory of the past seventy years – the establishment of intergovernmental organizations, their increasing displacement in favour of clubs, and the recent reversion towards larger clubs – accordion governance. Like an accordion that expands or contracts as needed, so too have governance models and rule-making adjusted to changing conditions and preferences by becoming more or less inclusive. Focusing on club expansion, I address three questions: (1) How has participation – and the rules governing it – evolved over time? (2) Why are governments voluntarily sharing rule-making authority with new participants? (3) Can these reforms close the participation gap in international rule-making?
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Alibi, Michael, Victor Mwapasa, and Fatsani Ngwalangwa. "Retrospective Cohort Study Comparing Antiretroviral Treatment Outcomes Among Adolescents in Teen Clubs and Standard Care Clinics: Blantyre, Malawi." Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (JIAPAC) 22 (January 2023): 232595822311723. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23259582231172340.
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Introduction This study investigated if the Teen Club model improves virological suppression and reduces virological failure. Viral load monitoring is a golden ART programme performance indicator. HIV treatment outcomes are poor among adolescents compared to adults. Different service delivery models are being implemented to address this; among them is the Teen Club model. Currently, teen clubs improve treatment adherence (short-term impact), but there is a knowledge gap regarding the long-term impact. The study compared the rate of virological suppression and failure among adolescents in Teen Clubs and those on the standard of care (SoC) model. Methods This was a retrospective cohort study. A total of 110 adolescents in teen clubs and 123 adolescents in SOC from six health facilities were selected using stratified simple random sampling. The participants were followed for 24 months. STATA version 16.0 was used for data analysis. Univariate analyses were performed for both demographic and clinical variables. A Chi-squared test was used to assess the differences between proportions. Crude and adjusted relative risks were calculated using a binomial regression model. Results At 24 months, 56% of adolescents in the SoC arm had viral load suppression compared to 90% in the Teen Club arm. Of those who achieved viral load suppression at 24 months, about 22.7% (SoC) and 76.4% (Teen Club) achieved undetectable viral load suppression rates. Adolescents in the Teen Club arm had a lower viral load than those in the SoC arm (adjusted RR 0.23, 95% CI: 0.11-0.61; p = 0.002 adjusted for age and gender). Teen Club and SoC adolescents had virological failure rates of 3.1% and 10.9%, respectively. The adjusted RR was 0.16, 95% CI: 0.03-0.78; p = 0.023; those in Teen Clubs were less likely to have virological failure relative to those in SoC after adjusting for age, sex, and place of residence. Conclusion The study found that Teen Club models are more effective at achieving virological suppression among HIV positive adolescents.
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Pavenick, Alexis, and George Martinez. "Hearing and being heard: LGBTQIA+ cross-disciplinary collection development." Collection and Curation 41, no. 4 (November 10, 2021): 109–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/cc-07-2021-0021.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to share how informal cross-disciplinary outreach methods can increase the development, awareness, investment and circulation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual (LGBTQIA+) collection in an academic library. The authors believe the methods shown here may be used to develop any collection, as well as increase awareness and use of a collection. Design/methodology/approach Through five different low-stakes outreach strategies, the authors connected directly with campus faculty and students across disciplines to ask for suggested items to develop an endowed LGBTQIA+ collection. Outreach was performed via email to faculty and student clubs, and by attending campus facilities, events and committees. Assessment reviewed the collection’s item count and circulation reports before and after outreach. Findings Purchasing items to develop a collection does not always need to be the result of one librarian’s research. Engaging the campus community in the expansion of the endowed LGBTQIA+ collection resulted in substantial growth of items in the collection, as well as substantial growth in the collection’s circulation. Involving faculty and students from multiple disciplines in the suggestion process is one way to build and ensure a collection is relevant to a variety of interests, with an added result of increased circulation. Originality/value This approach is a unique example of how to use low-stakes engagement to discover items to purchase for a large endowment while increasing interest and circulation of the collection. The case study also explores how to embark on collection development in ways that effectively and sustainably reach beyond one academic discipline. Yet, the authors believe this study’s examples could also be used successfully within a single discipline.
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Vergara-Ortega, Dayana Nicté, Andrés Tapia-Maltos, Antonia Herrera-Ortíz, Santa García-Cisneros, María Olamendi-Portugal, and Miguel Ángel Sánchez-Alemán. "High Prevalence of Syphilis and Syphilis/HIV Coinfection among Men Who Have Sex with Men Who Attend Meeting Places in Mexico." Pathogens 12, no. 3 (February 21, 2023): 356. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12030356.
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Men who have sex with men (MSM) are disproportionately affected by syphilis, HIV, and syphilis/HIV coinfection. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) prevents HIV transmission but does not impede the spread or acquisition of syphilis. Information about syphilis/HIV coinfection among MSM is scarce. We aimed to determine the prevalence of syphilis/HIV coinfection in a national sample of MSM who attend meeting places (such as movies, clubs, gay bars, saunas, shopping malls, and others referred to by the same MSM participants of the study) in Mexico to evaluate factors associated with syphilis, and to compare the prevalence rates of syphilis between the current survey and DGE data. We performed a laboratory diagnosis to determine the rates of syphilis and HIV among the included MSM. The national and regional prevalence of syphilis was calculated. HIV and coinfection prevalence were determined only for the survey. All prevalence rates included 95%CIs. Descriptive, bivariate, and multivariate analyses were performed. The national prevalence rates of syphilis, HIV, and coinfection were 15.2%, 10.2%, and 5.7%, respectively. The region with the highest prevalence rate was Mexico City (39.4%). The center region, minimal “goods” (i.e., a minimal number of material possessions such as a car or dryer, etc., which served as a proxy for low economic income level), use of “inhalant drugs”, “HIV infection”, “sexual intercourse” only with men, “rewarded sex”, and “youngest age at first sexual encounter or debut” were risk factors for syphilis. In general, regional prevalence of syphilis was higher in the survey (2013) and DGE data from 2019 than in the DGE data from 2013. Similar to other countries, Mexico needs to assess elements around not only syphilis and HIV infections but also syphilis/HIV coinfection, and preventive measures focusing on MSM are needed.
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Akar, Filiz, and Funda Nayir. "Examining effectiveness of social clubs in educational organizations: Need for change in implementation." Pegem Eğitim ve Öğretim Dergisi 5, no. 2 (June 1, 2015): 167–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.14527/pegegog.2015.009.
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This study aims to identify the opinions and recommendations of students concerning the effectiveness of social clubs in state primary and high schools in İstanbul. In this survey both qualitative and quantitative methods were used. The study comprises of a sample of 1574 students. The data of the study was collected through the "Opinions About the Aims of Social Clubs Scale" which was developed by the researchers. The quantitative data was analysed by using percentages, frequencies, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, independent t-test and ANOVA. To analyse the qualitative data, content analysis technique was used. According to results high school students think that social clubs are ineffective, however, primary school students think that social clubs are effective. there was a significant difference according to level of education and grade level. The reasons of ineffectiveness of school social clubs were collected under four themes which are "Implementation Gap", "Managerial Problems", "Personal Reasons" , "Lack of Importance". The reasons for students finding the social clubs ineffective were that school principals and teachers did not find social clubs activities' important, no meetings or events were conducted and insufficient club course hours.
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Li, Weidong, Xuefang Wang, and Olli-Pekka Hilmola. "Does High-Speed Railway Influence Convergence of Urban-Rural Income Gap in China?" Sustainability 12, no. 10 (May 21, 2020): 4236. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12104236.
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Transportation is an important factor affecting the balance of regional economic pattern. The construction of high-speed railway enhances the mobility of population, capital, technology and information resources between urban and rural areas. Will it further affect the income gap between urban and rural areas? Based on the nonlinear time-varying factor model, this paper analyzes the convergence of urban-rural income gap with the angle of high-speed railway. After rejecting the assumption of overall convergence in the traditional four economic regions, three convergence clubs of urban-rural income gap were found. For these ordered logit regression model is used to explore the initial factors that may affect the formation of “convergence club”. Empirical results show that the construction of High-speed railway has effectively narrows the urban-rural income gap in China, but it is not the cause of the formation of the three convergence clubs. The convergence effect of High-speed railway on the urban-rural income gap in China is still relatively weak.
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Bhoga, Ujwala, Vishnu Murthy G, and Durga Bhavani A. "Coding Club's Impact on Engineering Education." Journal of Engineering Education Transformations 37, IS2 (January 1, 2024): 962–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.16920/jeet/2024/v37is2/24145.
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In today's world, technology is advancing really fast, so the integration of coding skills into engineering education has become essential. This paper explores the impact of coding clubs as an innovative pedagogical tool within the context of engineering education. These clubs bridge the gap between theoretical learning and practical application by providing students with an organized platform on which they can engage in hands-on coding experiences. This paper illustrates the benefits of engaging in coding clubs by doing an in-depth analysis of the events organized and conducting interviews with stakeholders. Some of the events held are code-it-out, face-it-out and codewars coding challenges. These activities demonstrate the benefits of coding clubs in engineering education. Some of the benefits highlighted in this paper include improved problem-solving abilities, increased inter-disciplinary collaboration, and enhanced career readiness. In this, we have presented participant testimonials and empirical proof to demonstrate that coding clubs should be a regular element of engineering courses, helping to produce a new generation of engineers who are fluent in the latest technologies and prepared for careers in the field of engineering. Keywords— Coding Club; Engineering Education; Pedagogical Tool
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Ribalta Alcalde, Dolors, and Xavier Pujadas. "Twice Invisible, Twice Clandestine. Football and Lesbianism in Spain During the Years of Democratic Transition (1970–1982)." Sport History Review 54, no. 2 (November 1, 2023): 247–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/shr.2023-0035.
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The main objective of this paper is to analyze the relationship between women’s football and lesbianism during the 1970s in Spain as well as the invisibility characteristics of this group of women in the context of the invisibility of women’s football in this period and in the context of the political transition until 1982. In the repressive context of late Francoism and given the validity until 1978 of laws that expressly persecuted homosexuality, social, cultural, legal, and political pressure had a very important impact on lesbian women who participated in the incipient practice of football in Spain in the 1970s. Some of these players built gay social networks through sports clubs and later started clandestine meetings in bars and private celebrations. The period studied—between 1970 and 1982—coincided with the rebirth of women’s football in Spain and the international emergence of this sport. The research has been based on the use of in-depth interview as a method and historiographical technique that has allowed us to obtain the life stories of nine lesbian or heterosexual women football players in different Spanish cities (who in general have lived and live in a private sexual identity) and two coaches linked to women’s teams. These sources have been expanded and contrasted from others of a documentary nature (specialized press and bibliography) to reconstruct the context studied and contrast the reliability of the information collected. In conclusion, it has been established that, despite the low visibility of women’s football and homosexuality, the legal pressure of the period and the opposition of the public authorities and institutions of the dictatorship, the field of football allowed these women to overcome some of the difficulties in the process of building their identity and discrimination based on sexual orientation. In turn, support networks—especially of teammates—private parties and atmosphere bars, were fundamental to the life experience of young lesbian athletes in the still repressive context of the end of the Franco dictatorship and the first years of the young democratic regime in Spain.