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1. 1. < < <* * * DASS NEWSLETTER AUGUST 2001 * * * > > >

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   Published on: 8/1/2001   Last Visited: 8/31/2004

   The key note speaker, Michelle Crossley, a social psychologist from Manchester University, began the conference by discussing how an understanding of qualitative data as story telling could bring a new dimension to studying peoples' accounts of their lives. She noted that the stories that people tell are emergent, they alter with life events and are often composed of dominant themes or stories on offer within society. These broader story lines, which are open for all to use, can be seen as resources for people when discussing their experiences. A good example would be the use of victim and survivor stories which can be observed being aired by guests on daytime chat shows like Tricia and Ricki Lake. These kinds of stories have well known explanations/justifications for behaviour and cast individuals in a narrow set of roles with which we are all familiar. Crossley argued that such story lines, accounts and explanations are socially and culturally produced and legitimated. She also pointed out that these ways of talking about ourselves are not just 'throw away talk' but that they also structure how people see themselves and provide a means of accounting for oneself - to oneself, as well as to other audiences.

2. 2. World News

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   Published on: 5/28/2001   Last Visited: 12/25/2001

   Research by Michele Crossley of Manchester University, presented to a British Psychological Society conference Dec. 19, found that premeditated and defiant barebacking is, in part, a response to monotonous safe-sex campaigns.
   
   "The term 'barebacking' suggests a shift toward something sexy or alluring," Crossley said. "This risk is increasingly taken as an aura of rebellion and excitement. This is the boomerang effect&emdash;it is people reacting to a pressure to reestablish a lost freedom. Health promotion, by failing to understand this context, may be making things worse, exacerbating the problem."
   
   In one study of 6,000 gay men in inner London, 38 percent barebacked in 1998 compared to 32 percent in 1996.
   
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   Crossley also blamed boredom with condoms, the perception that being HIV-positive is less serious now because of improved treatments, and the feeling that unprotected sex is more romantic.
   
   CITY COUNCILLOR BLASTS POPE
   
   Gay Toronto City Councillor Kyle Rae says Pope John Paul II better keep his "hateful" homophobia to himself when he visits the city in 2002 for World Youth Day.
   
   "[It's] not permissible in our society," Rae said. "I don't think religion should be used as a shield against hate."
   
   GAY KOREAN ACTOR MAKES COMEBACK
   
   Hong Suk-chon, the South Korean actor who was fired from his roles on several television programs after he came out of the closet in September, has been invited to appear on the "All Star Show," a New Year's Day TV special, reports the Korea Herald.

3. 3. queercompany.com > archive

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   Published on: 12/21/2000   Last Visited: 6/24/2001

   Dr Michele Crossley, a Manchester University researcher, told the society's annual conference that safer sex campaigns are not having the desired effect. She claimed that telling people to use condoms is "bringing out a rebellious streak" in gay men who subsequently have unprotected sex (known as 'barebacking'). Dr Crossley added: "Barebacking is increasingly seen as an act of empowerment by more militant homosexuals, and that is being used as an excuse by many others for this type of behaviour." Dr Crossley's widely-reported conclusion was based on interviews with 23 gay men.