Reports on homosexual experience in male adolescents

• Published in: Ciência & saude coletiva Vol. 10; no. 2; p. 399
• Main Authors: Taquette, Stella R, Vilhena, Marília M, Úrsula Pérsia Paulo dos Santos, Mônica Maria Vianna de Barros
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Rio de Janeiro Associação Brasileira de Saúde Coletiva 01-04-2005
• Subjects: Child development; Prostitution; Teenagers; Rio de Janeiro Brazil; Brazil
• ISSN: 1413-8123; 1678-4561
• DOI: 10.1590/S1413-81232005000200018

The first genital contact occurs during adolescence. While studying the sexuality of male adolescents seen in NESA-UERJ, we found out that within the boys whom had started having sex, 20,3% have had homosexual experience. This article aims to analyze the characteristics of those boys whom have had sex with others men. We performed a cross-sectional study randomly interviewing male adolescents in NESA. We interviewed 105 male adolescents, where 64 of those have had sexual relationships. Within those 64, 13 (20,3%) have already had sexual contact with another male. Within those 13 adolescents, only two (15,4%) considered themselves as being homosexuals and three (23,1%) bisexuals. The great majority (69,2%) had their first sexual relationship with females and 46,2% of the all boys (n=13) had sex with males for money. There was a significant association (p<0,05) between homosexuality and prostitution. There was not any significant difference between homosexual relationship and the following variables: number of partners greater than two, condom use and being diagnosed with STD. We concluded that the sexual relationships between men were diverse, but neither definite of homosexual identity nor representative of an increase risk of STD. However, the vulnerability of the male adolescents to prostitution through homosexuality called our attention.