University Wire (12.03.07):: Dae Woo Son, The Daily Student, Indiana University
The phenomenon of black men on the "down low," men who self-identify as heterosexual but engage in gay sex without telling their female partners, has received much attention from the media but is under-researched. That was the message delivered in a World AIDS Day lecture at Indiana University by Dr. David Malebranche, an assistant professor at Emory University School of Medicine.
"I worked on a review of three databases looking at articles about bisexual black men and HIV risk. Over a span of 24 years, we found 24 articles and two conference abstracts that actually fit the criteria of what we were using, which is a little sad," said Malebranche, whose lecture was entitled "Black Bisexual Men and HIV: Time to Think Deeper."
The degree to which "down low" men transmit HIV to their female partners is unknown, Malebranche said. Yet despite this fact, the men are widely blamed for rising HIV infections among black women. "No one really explains the story of what this man actually went through or what was going on in his world when he contracted HIV. All the black man is, is a vector of disease. He's treated like a mosquito that flies around and infects people," he said.
The available research focusing on "down low" men paints a decidedly mixed picture, according to Malebranche. A Chicago study found that men who hid their bisexuality were more likely to use condoms for anal sex and less likely to be HIV-infected. A Dallas-based study found the opposite. A study based in Atlanta found that sexual identity had no bearing on risky sexual activity.
Malebranche is currently conducting his own two-year study on the topic.
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