Full Description
Following the development of anti-retroviral therapies (ARVs), many people affected by HIV in the 1980s and 1990s have now been living with the condition for decades. Drawing on perspectives from leading scholars in Bangladesh, Canada, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Switzerland, Ukraine, the UK and the US, as well as research from India and Kenya, this book explores the experiences of sex and sexuality in individuals and groups living with HIV in later life (50+). Contributions consider the impacts of stigma, barriers to intimacy, physiological sequelae, long-term care, undetectability, pleasure and biomedical prevention (TasP and PrEP). With increasing global availability of ARVs and ageing populations, this book offers essential future directions, practical applications and implications for both policy and research.
Contents
Series Editors' Introduction - Paul Reynolds, Paul Simpson, Trish Hafford-LetchfieldForeword: Dare We Hope for the Erotic: HIV/AIDS, Sexuality and Ageing - OmiSoore H. DrydenIntroduction - Mark Henrickson, Casey Charles, Shiv Ganesh, Sulaimon Giwa, Diana Kwok, Tetyana SemiginaPart 1: Women1. Trajectories of Women Living with HIV in Switzerland - Vanessa Fargnoli 2. Beyond the Biomedical: HIV as a Barrier to Intimacy for Older Women Living with HIV in the United Kingdom - Jacqueline Stevenson 3. 'Everyone is on Their Own and Nobody Needs Us': Women Ageing with HIV in Ukraine - Tetyana Semigina, Tetiana Yurochko, Yulia StopolyanskaPart 2: Gay and Bisexual Men4. Gay Men living with HIV Aged Over 50 and Chemsex: Sociality and the Rediscovery of Pleasure in Times of 'Undetectability' - Cesare Di Feliciantonio 5. Freed from Fear: Recovering Lost Human Connection Through the Use of PrEP - A Case Study - Jacek Kolodziej 6. Gay Men, HIV, and Sexuality: An Auto-ethnographic Reflection on Cultural Change in Aotearoa New Zealand - Michael Stevens 7. Sexual Prejudice and HIV Stigma of Older Chinese Gay Men with HIV: A Hong Kong Case Study - Barry Man Wai Lee Part 3: Intersectional Lives, Multiple Stigmas8. Long-Term Survival a Long Way Away: A Gay American finds his HIV Community in Nairobi - Casey Charles 9. Unspoken Truths of a Sexual and Gender Diverse Bangladeshi - Kanamik Kani Khan 10. From Sex to Support: Sanjeevani's Ageing Founders Turn a CBO into a Magic Family in Mumbai - Casey Charles
