Barebacking in France: From controversy to community ownership? An account of the 'Zone NoKpote' workshops conducted by AIDES in 2009. (February 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Castro, Daniela Rojas; Girard, Gabriel
• Is Part Of: Sexualities. Volume 18:Number 1/2(2015)
• Page Start: 158
• Page End: 175
• Publication Date: 2015-02
• Subjects: Bareback -- France -- harm reduction strategies -- HIV/AIDS -- sexual health; Sex -- Periodicals; Sex customs -- Periodicals; Sex (Psychology) -- Periodicals; 306.705
• DOI: 10.1177/1363460715569142
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1363-4607

Abstract

Research on bareback behaviours and identities constitutes a wide field of academic work. Literature on this issue has focused on the associated psycho-sociological factors, on the evolution of gay sociabilities and on the discursive and socio-political uses of bareback sex. But few of these studies have explored local appropriation of the terms in non-English-speaking contexts. The present article aims to provide an empirical illustration of this process in the French context. It is based on a qualitative study of the impact of a series of sexual health workshops for men who do not use condoms ('barebackers').