Mapping out COVID-19, Social Distancing, Pandemic in Juxtaposition with Sexual Desires Practices in a Gay Latino Immigrants Men [GLIM] Study

Abstract

COVID-19 reminded us of the fragility of human beings once humankind had felt they had mastered health, weather, and natural conditions in the world. For many generations, there was no memory of any pandemic close to our lived experience. During the pandemic, I was waiting to start the interviews for my research on Gay Latino immigrant men in Ontario, Canada. Because of COVID, my advisory committee accepted adding three questions about COVID to be analyzed along with the semi-structured questionnaire focused on sexual health practices among Latino immigrants in interracial sexual/romantic relationships. The findings result in the understanding of the role of sex on Gay Latino men and the strategies they developed to somehow deal with the lockdowns, social distancing, the risk of getting infected with COVID-19, and simultaneously satisfy their sexual and romantic needs.