Nonverbal Vernacular Tactics of HIV Discovery Among Gay Men

That gay men continue to serve as major subjects of HIV/AIDS discourse— “subjects” in terms of both “topics” and “discourse producers”—is not surprising. Over the last two decades discussions and debates about gay male sexuality and gay male sexual practices have been invigorated among the “queer” community, narrowly cast, and the “general public,” more broadly cast, ¹ because of persistent associations between HIV and homosexuality.