Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA) and maltreatment have long-term negative impacts on survivors, including older adults. Yet, limited qualitative examinations of how these experiences impact the lives of older adults exists and even fewer among older Latino gay men. We drew data from life-history narratives the first author conducted with five Spanish speaking older Latino gay men in New York City. Our analyses were guided by an Ecological Model, a Suffering lens, and our clinical social work experience with older adults, sexual minorities and people of color. All participants reported sexual experiences prior to the age of 15 and possible emotional and physical maltreatment. Yet, not all participants perceived these experiences as abuse. Our findings indicate how cultural, linguistic and contextual factors may affect disclosure and coping. Despite the fact that CSA and maltreatment occurred decades ago, these early experiences affected long-term psychosocial functioning. Our findings support a need for future research and clinical practice that considers the subjective perceptions of childhood sexual experiences and maltreatment and how these relate to psychosocial functioning in Latino gay men during older adulthood.

童年性虐待 (CSA) 和虐待对包括老年人在内的幸存者产生长期的负面影响。然而，对这些经历如何影响老年人生活的定性研究有限，而在老年拉丁裔男同性恋者中就更少了。我们从第一作者对纽约市五名讲西班牙语的年长拉丁裔男同性恋者进行的生活史叙述中提取数据。我们的分析以生态模型、痛苦视角以及我们对老年人、性少数群体和有色人种的临床社会工作经验为指导。所有参与者都报告了 15 岁之前的性经历以及可能的情感和身体虐​​待。然而，并非所有参与者都将这些经历视为虐待。我们的研究结果表明文化、语言和背景因素如何影响披露和应对。尽管 CSA 和虐待发生在几十年前，但这些早期经历影响了长期的社会心理功能。我们的研究结果支持未来研究和临床实践的需要，这些研究和临床实践考虑对童年性经历和虐待的主观看法，以及这些与拉丁裔男同性恋者在成年后的社会心理功能之间的关系。