Asset Details
Do you wish to reserve the book?
\I thought we are safe\: Southern African lesbians' experiences of living with HIV
Hey, we have placed the reservation for you!
By the way, why not check out events that you can attend while you pick your title.
Oops! Something went wrong.
Looks like we were not able to place the reservation. Kindly try again later.
Are you sure you want to remove the book from the shelf?
\I thought we are safe\: Southern African lesbians' experiences of living with HIV
Do you wish to request the book?
\I thought we are safe\: Southern African lesbians' experiences of living with HIV
Please be aware that the book you have requested cannot be checked out. If you would like to checkout this book, you can reserve another copy
We have requested the book for you!
Your request is successful and it will be processed during the Library working hours. Please check the status of your request in My Requests.
Oops! Something went wrong.
Looks like we were not able to place your request. Kindly try again later.
Journal Article
\I thought we are safe\: Southern African lesbians' experiences of living with HIV
2013
Overview
HIV-prevention and service programmes have long either ignored or overlooked lesbians. The experiences of lesbians with HIV have similarly been unrecognised and unreported. This erasure has contributed to the invisibility of lesbians in relation to HIV and related health risks. This community participatory study, based on in-depth interviews with 24 self-identifying African lesbians living with HIV in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia, focuses on their personal experiences and circumstances. Women's experiences shed light and challenge popular notions around lesbian risk. In particular among this group are lesbians who self-report exclusive sexual relationships with women. For these women, experiences of living with HIV are challenging as they struggle to understand the possibility of female-to-female transmission. While battling with their own perceptions of invulnerability and accepting their HIV-positive status, they have to deal also with wide-ranging misconceptions about risk. The paper argues that within the context of HIV, lesbians cannot be regarded as a 'no-risk' group. Health services and health providers are encouraged to respond to the health needs of lesbians living with HIV.
Publisher
Routledge,Taylor & Francis,Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subject
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
/ Adult
/ Female
/ Females
/ Health
/ HIV
/ HIV Long-Term Survivors - psychology
/ HIV risk
/ HIV Seropositivity - diagnosis
/ HIV Seropositivity - psychology
/ Homosexuality, Female - psychology
/ Human immunodeficiency virus
/ Humans
/ lesbians
/ Namibia
/ Risk
/ Sexually transmitted diseases
/ Women
We currently cannot retrieve any items related to this title. Kindly check back at a later time.