Identification and involvement with the gay community among men who have sex with men in Atlanta who use geosocial-networking smartphone applications

William C. GoedelDepartment of Population Health, School of Medicine, New York University, New York, New York, USA;College of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, New York, USA;Department of Sociology, College of Arts and Science, New York University, New York, New York, USACorrespondence[email protected]

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2869-1048

DeMarc A. HicksonCenter for Research, Evaluation, and Environmental and Policy Change, My Brother's Keeper, Inc., Jackson, Mississippi, USA;School of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA

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Dustin T. DuncanDepartment of Population Health, School of Medicine, New York University, New York, New York, USA

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8586-8711

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ABSTRACT

Geosocial-networking smartphone applications represent an increasingly common virtual context in which men who have sex with men (MSM) meet one another. The purpose of the current study is to describe levels of involvement with the mainstream gay community among a sample of MSM in Atlanta who use apps (n = 92) and assess their associations with condomless anal intercourse. Among the sample, 53.3% agreed that they felt distant from the gay community and 72.8% reported going to a gay bar/club once a month or less. No associations between involvement with the gay community and condomless anal intercourse were observed.

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