ABSTRACT

Chemsex is a phenomenon in which typically gay, bisexual, trans, queer, and/or related communities of men (GBTQ+ men) take psychoactive drugs while having sex, often without a condom. The practice can lead to increased rates of HIV transmission, sexual assault, and in extreme cases murder. GBTQ+ men are already a stigmatised group so those who engage in chemsex face multiple stigmas. This study examines the ways that two types of media report on chemsex while negotiating these stigmas. We take a large data set of newspaper articles written for the general British public and a smaller data set of magazines aimed at GBTQ+ men to examine how chemsex is represented in the media. We find that the mainstream press focus on extreme criminal cases involving chemsex, while the media aimed at GBTQ+ men focus on counselling services and discuss chemsex in relation to gay culture. Chemsex is unlikely to go away, and so we address how information about it is conveyed in different media and call for more research in this area.

摘要

Chemsex 是一种现象，其中通常是男同性恋、双性恋、跨性别、酷儿和/或相关男性社区（GBTQ+ 男性）在发生性行为时服用精神药物，通常不使用安全套。这种做法可能导致艾滋病毒传播率、性侵犯率增加，在极端情况下还可能导致谋杀。GBTQ+ 男性已经是一个被污名化的群体，因此从事化学性行为的人面临着多重污名。本研究探讨了两种媒体在讨论这些污名时对 chemsex 的报道方式。我们采用为英国公众撰写的大量报纸文章数据集和针对 GBTQ+ 男性的较小杂志数据集来研究媒体中化学性行为的表现。我们发现主流媒体关注的是涉及 chemsex 的极端刑事案件，而针对 GBTQ+ 男性的媒体则专注于咨询服务，并讨论与同性恋文化相关的化学性行为。Chemsex 不太可能消失，因此我们讨论了有关它的信息如何在不同媒体中传达，并呼吁在该领域进行更多研究。