News Finding: The four critical timepoints participants identified were (1) looking for sex partners, (2) choosing sex partners, (3) lead up to hookup, and (4) immediately before or during hookup.
Paper Finding: As one participant noted,
News Context: While these are wildly important, more programming is needed to help sustain, support, and supplement the individual efforts of HIV-negative black gay and bisexual men. The four critical timepoints participants identified were (1) looking for sex partners, (2) choosing sex partners, (3) lead up to hookup, and (4) immediately before or during hookup. One strategy participants reported using when looking for sexual partners was avoiding bathhouses and social venues that gay men frequent.
Paper Context: Nine of 29 (31%) participants explicitly mentioned having a diverse social network that includes men and women of differing racial/ ethnic backgrounds and sexual orientations. As one participant noted, Important to note is that participants distinctly mentioned avoiding three types of sexual partners: people they believed were HIV-positive or who disclosed their HIVpositive status; users of injection drugs or heavy users of non-injection drugs; and men that participants described as ''flamboyant'' or ''feminine.''