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Profiles, Compulsory Disclosure and Ethical Sexual Citizenship in the Contemporary USA

Rutgers University, USA, cudecena{at}rci.rutgers.edu and cud200{at}gmail.com

Almost thirty years after AIDS was first recognized in the USA, behaviorally bisexual men of color who do not identify as gay are portrayed as deviant but redeemable through the disclosure of their sexual behaviors. The rhetoric of coming out, and the perceptions of internalized homophobia linked to those who do not, are mobilized to produce an ethical sexual citizen, not a gay man. The author analyzes results reported in a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report that coincided with media attention given to men `on the down low'. He demonstrates that the data the researchers present tell a much more complex story than the analysis and commentary that the researchers provide. The author suggests that this MMWR is symptomatic of a regime of compulsory disclosure in the USA where identities, practices, and desires are emerging as alternatives to normative heterosexuality and homosexuality.

Key Words: AIDS cultural critique • disclosure • men who have sex with men • neoliberalism • Young Men's Survey

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