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Professor Gary Dowsett Adjunct Professor, Aust Res Ctr Sex Hlth&Soc
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Professor Gary Dowsett Adjunct Professor, Aust Res Ctr Sex Hlth&Soc
Positions
- Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society , School of Psychology and Public Health
- Adjunct Professor, Centre for Social Research in Health , UNSW Australia 2014 -
Research Areas
- Building Health Communities (Research Areas)
- Gay community (Expertise)
- Gender (Expertise)
- HIV/AIDS (Expertise)
- Men's health (Expertise)
- Qualitative research (Expertise)
- Sexuality (Expertise)
- Sociology (Expertise)
- Sport, Exercise & Rehabilitation (Research Areas)
- Transforming Human Societies (Research Areas)
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- Affiliation
- Publications
- Research
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Overview
Affiliation
member of
- The Australian Sociology Association 2018 -
- Advisory Committee of the Institute for Human Security and Social Change Regular 2015 -
- Interim Committee of the International Association for the Study of Sexuality Culture and Society Regular 2015 -
- International Academy of Sex Research (IASR) Regular 2015 -
- International AIDS Society Regular 2008 -
- International Academy of Sex Research Regular 2003 -
- Thorne Harbour Health 1997 -
- International AIDS Society 1993 -
- International Association for the Study of Sexuality, Culture and Society (IASSCS) Regular 2015 - 2017
- Association for the Social Sciences and Humanities in HIV Regular 2012 - 2016
- Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia, Gay and Bisexual Men's Initiative 2014 - 2015
- Asia-Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual Health (APCOM) Regular 2013 - 2015
- University of New England 2011 - 2015
- International Association for the Study of Sexuality, Culture and Society Regular 2009 - 2015
- Asia-Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual Health Regular 2010 - 2015
- 2nd Australian Sexual and Reproductive Health Conference Regular 2014
- University of New England Collaborative Research Network: 'Minds Matter' Conference Program Committee Regular 2013 - 2014
- Second Sexual and Reproductive Health Conference Scientific Committee Regular 2013
- Victorian Men's Health and Wellbeing Strategy, 2010-2014 Advisory Committee 2010 - 2013
- 1st HIV Social Science and Humanities Conference Regular 2010 - 2011
- The Academy of Social Sciences in Australia 2010 - 2011
- The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia Regular 2008 - 2011
- Victorian Men's Health and Wellbeing Strategy, 2010-14 Regular 2008 - 2010
- International Research Network on Gender, Sexuality and HIV/AIDS Regular 2008 - 2010
- Track D Social Science Programming Committee of the XVII International Conference on AIDS Regular 2007 - 2008
- International Advisory Committee, ‘Risks and Responsibility’: Male Sexual Health and HIV in Asia and the Pacific—International Consultation Regular 2006
attended event
- Conference Program Committee, CRN Mental Health and Well-being Conference
- International Co-Chair, 3rd Conference of the Association for the Social Sciences and Humanities in HIV, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
- Organising Committee, 2nd National Sexual and Reproductive Health Conference, Public Health Association of Australia, Melbourne
- Temporary Advisor, UNAIDS/Caprisa Consultation on Social Science Perspectives on Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention, Durban, South Africa
- Temporary Advisor, UNAIDS/WHO International Consultation of Male Circumcision and HIV Prevention: Research Implications for Policy and Programming, Montreux, Switzerland
- Temporary Advisor, WHO Technical Consultation on Sexual Health, Human Rights and the Law, Geneva, Switzerland
- Temporary Advisor, WHO Technical Meetings; (1) Evidence of the Impact of Interventions with Men (20-21 February); (2) Review of Draft Information Package on Men (22 February), Geneva, Switzerland.
- ‘Action on Social Drivers to end AIDS and Extreme Poverty: A high-level meeting to discuss HIV/AIDS and the global health and development agendas, World Bank and UNAIDS, Washington DC, USA
Publications
selected publications
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academic article
- Waling AMDuncan DAngelides SDowsett G. Men and masculinity in men's magazines: A review. Sociology Compass. 12:1-26. 2018
- Power JWestle ADowsett GWLucke JTucker JDSugarman JLewin SRHill SBrown GWallace JRichmond J. Perceptions of HIV cure research among people living with HIV in Australia. PLoS ONE. 13:1-8. 2018
- Dowsett G. Reconsidering the ‘sexual century’. Sexualities: studies in culture and society. 21:1224-1228. 2018
- Power JMikolajczak MGBourne ABrown GLeonard WLyons ADowsett GLucke J. Sex, drugs and social connectedness: wellbeing among HIV-positive gay and bisexual men who use party-and-play drugs. Sexual Health. 15:135-143. 2018
- Ussher JPerz JRose DKellett ADowsett GW. Sexual Rehabilitation After Prostate Cancer Through Assistive Aids: A Comparison of Gay/Bisexual and Heterosexual Men.. Journal of Sex Research. 2018
- Bryant JHopwood MDowsett GWAggleton PHolt MLea TDrysdale KTreloar C. The rush to risk when interrogating the relationship between methamphetamine use and sexual practice among gay and bisexual men. International Journal of Drug Policy. 55:242-248. 2018
- Hendry NABrown GCarman MEllard JWallace JDowsett GW. Untangling the conflation of ‘young adults’ and ‘young people’ in STI and sexual health policy and sex education. Sex Education: sexuality, society and learning. 18:527-540. 2018
- Dowsett GW. Abjection. Objection. Subjection: rethinking the history of AIDS in Australian gay men’s futures. Culture, Health and Sexuality. 19:935-947. 2017
- Hendry NABrown GDowsett GWCarman M. Association between sexually transmissible infection testing, numbers of partners and talking to partners and friends about sexual health: survey of young adults. Sexual Health. 14:378-382. 2017
- Power JFileborn BDowsett GWLucke JBrown GEllard JLewin SRTucker JDSlavin SSugarman JHill S. HIV cure research: print and online media reporting in Australia.. Journal of virus eradication. 3:229-235. 2017
- Power JBrown GLyons AThorpe RDowsett GWLucke J. HIV futures 8: protocol for a repeated cross-sectional and longitudinal survey of people living with HIV in Australia. Frontiers in Public Health. 5:1-11. 2017
- Wassersug RJWestle ADowsett GW. Men’s sexual and relational adaptations to erectile dysfunction after prostate cancer treatment. International Journal of Sexual Health. 29:69-79. 2017
- Ussher JMPerz JRose DDowsett GWChambers SWilliams SDavis ILatini D. Threat of Sexual Disqualification: The Consequences of Erectile Dysfunction and Other Sexual Changes for Gay and Bisexual Men With Prostate Cancer. Archives of Sexual Behavior: an interdisciplinary research journal. 46:2043-2057. 2017
- Power JLyons ABrown GDowsett GWLucke J. Use of antiretroviral treatment among people living with HIV in Australia between 1997 and 2012. AIDS Care: psychological and socio-medical aspects of AIDS-HIV. 29:61-66. 2017
- Philpot SPEllard JDuncan DDowsett GWBavinton BRDown IKeen PHammoud MAPrestage G. Gay and bisexual men's interest in marriage: an Australian perspective. Culture, Health and Sexuality. 18:1347-1362. 2016
- Fletcher GDowsett GWWood SHenry N. Gender, sexuality and disadvantage: Intimately entwined, but perpetually divorced within international development?. Development Bulletin. 77:85-89. 2016
- Ussher JMPerz JKellett AChambers SLatini DDavis IDRose DDowsett GWWilliams S. Health-Related Quality of Life, Psychological Distress, and Sexual Changes Following Prostate Cancer: A Comparison of Gay and Bisexual Men With Heterosexual Men. Journal of Sexual Medicine. 13:425-434. 2016
- Dowsett GW. 'And next, just for your enjoyment!': sex, technology and the constitution of desire. Culture, Health and Sexuality. 17:527-539. 2015
- Lee TKHandy ABKwan WOliffe JLBrotto LAWassersug RJDowsett GW. Impact of Prostate Cancer Treatment on the Sexual Quality of Life for Men-Who-Have-Sex-with-Men. Journal of Sexual Medicine. 12:2378-2386. 2015
- Brown GReeders DDowsett GWEllard JCarman MHendry NWallace J. Investigating combination HIV prevention: isolated interventions or complex system. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 18. 2015
- Dowsett GW. The price of pulchritude, the cost of concupiscence: how to have sex in late modernity. Culture, Health and Sexuality. 17:S5-S19. 2015
- Dowsett GW. 'Dirty work' down under: A comment on Janice Irvine's 'Is sexuality research "dirty work''?'. Sexualities: studies in culture and society. 17:657-661. 2014
- Dowsett GLyons ADuncan DWassersug R. Flexibility in Men's Sexual Practices in Response to Iatrogenic Erectile Dysfunction after Prostate Cancer Treatment.. Sexual Medicine. 2:115-120. 2014
- Minichiello VRahman SDune TScott JDowsett G. E-health: potential benefits and challenges in providing and accessing sexual health services. BMC Public Health. 13. 2013
- Wassersug RJLyons ADuncan DDowsett GWPitts M. Diagnostic and Outcome Differences Between Heterosexual and Nonheterosexual Men Treated for Prostate Cancer. Urology. 82:565-571. 2013
- Frasca TDowsett GWCarballo-Diéguez A. The Ethics of Barebacking: Implications of gay Men's Concepts of Right and Wrong in the Context of HIV. International Journal of Sexual Health. 25:198-211. 2013
- Fletcher GDowsett GWDuncan DSlavin SCorboz J. Advancing Sexuality Studies: a short course on sexuality theory and research methodologies. Sex Education: sexuality, society and learning. 13:319-335. 2013
- Carman MCorboz JDowsett GW. Falling through the cracks: the gap between evidence and policy in responding to depression in gay, lesbian and other homosexually active people in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 36:76-83. 2012
- Fletcher GDowsett GWAustin L. Actively promoting student engagement within an online environment: Developing and implementing a signature subject on 'Contemporary Issues in Sex and Sexuality'. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice. 9. 2012
- Carballo-Diéguez AVentuneac ADowsett GWBalan IBauermeister JRemien RHDolezal CGiguere RMabragaña M. Sexual Pleasure and Intimacy Among Men Who Engage in “Bareback Sex”. AIDS and Behavior. 15:57-65. 2011
- Scott JDowsett GWMinichiello V. Editorial. Health Sociology Review. 19:403-408. 2010
- Duncan DDowsett GW. "There's No Teleology to It; It's Just about the Spirit of Play": Men, Intimacy, and "Late" Modernity. Journal of Men's Studies: a scholarly journal about men and masculinities. 18:45-62. 2010
- Dowsett GW. Dangerous desires and post-queer HIV prevention: Rethinking community, incitement and intervention. Social Theory and Health. 7:218-240. 2009
- Carballo‐Diéguez AVentuneac ABauermeister JDowsett GWDolezal CRemien RHBalan IRowe M. Is ‘bareback’ a useful construct in primary HIV‐prevention? Definitions, identity and research. Culture, Health and Sexuality. 11:51-65. 2009
- Rowe MSDowsett GW. Sex, love, friendship, belonging and place: Is there a role for ‘Gay Community’ in HIV prevention today?. Culture, Health and Sexuality. 10:329-344. 2008
- Dowsett GWWilliams HVentuneac ACarballo-Diéguez A. `Taking it Like a Man': Masculinity and Barebacking Online. Sexualities: studies in culture and society. 11:121-141. 2008
- Dowsett GW. “Losing my chestnut”: one gay man’s wrangle with prostate cancer. Reproductive Health Matters. 16:145-150. 2008
- Dowsett G. 'Review of Out in Theory : The Emergence of Lesbian and Gay Anthropology, Ellen Lewin & William L. Leap (eds), University of Illinois Press, Urbana & Chicago, 2002'. Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy. 30:371-373. 2007
- Dowsett GWCouch M. Male Circumcision and HIV Prevention: Is There Really Enough of the Right Kind of Evidence?. Reproductive Health Matters. 15:33-44. 2007
- Carballo–Diéguez ADowsett GWVentuneac ARemien RHBalan IDolezal CLuciano OLin P. Cybercartography of Popular Internet Sites Used by New York City Men Who Have Sex With Men Interested In Bareback Sex. AIDS Education and Prevention: an interdisciplinary journal. 18:475-489. 2006
- Dowsett GW. Book Review: Beyond Shame: Reclaiming the Abandoned History of Radical Gay Sexuality. Sexualities: studies in culture and society. 8:255-256. 2005
- Dowsett GWWain DKeys D. Good gay men don’t get “Messy”: Injecting drug use and gay community. Sexuality Research and Social Policy. 2:22-36. 2005
- Mcinnes * DMcdonnell LDowsett G. Accumulating reflexivity in collaborative HIV educational research: a model in theory and practice. Reflective Practice. 5:209-224. 2004
- Dowsett GW. Baring essentials: Science as desire. Sexuality Research and Social Policy. 1:69-82. 2004
- Bancroft JBeckstead ALByrd ADCarlson HMCohen KMSavin-Williams RCDiamond LMDrescher JFriedman RCGagnon JHHartmann LHerek GMHershberger SLHill CADiClementi JDKlein DFKrueger RBMcConaghy NNicolosi JRind BRust PCRStrassberg DSTye MCVasey PLRendall DWainberg MLBux DCarballo-Dieguez ADowsett GWDugan TForstein MGoodkin KHunter JIrwin TMattos PMcKinnon KO'Leary AParsons JStein EWakefield JCWorthington RLYarhouse MA. Peer commentaries on Spitzer (2003). Archives of Sexual Behavior: an interdisciplinary research journal. 32:419-468. 2003
- Dowsett GWWainberg MLBux DACarballo-Dieguez ADugan TForstein MGoodkin KHunter JIrwin TWMattos PEMcKinnon KMO'Leary AParsons JTStein E. Science and the Nuremburg code: a question of ethics and harm—peer commentaries on Spitzer. Archives of Sexual Behavior: an interdisciplinary research journal. 2003
- Dowsett GW. 'Johnnie comes marching … where?' Australian gay men, masculinity, HIV/AIDS and sex. Culture, Health and Sexuality. 5:237-247. 2003
- Dowsett GW. HIV/AIDS and homophobia: Subtle hatreds, severe consequences and the question of origins. Culture, Health and Sexuality. 5:121-136. 2003
- Bancroft JBeckstead ALByrd ADCarlson HMCohen KMSavin-Williams RCDiamond LMDrescher JFriedman RCGagnon JHHartmann LHerek GMHershberger SLHill CADiClementi JDKlein DFKrueger RBMcConaghy NNicolosi JRind BRodríguez Rust PCStrassberg DSTye MCVasey PLRendall DWainberg MLBux DCarballo-Dieguez ADowsett GWDugan TForstein MGoodkin KHunter JIrwin TMattos PMcKinnon KO'Leary AParsons JStein EWakefield JCWorthington RLYarhouse MA. Peer Commentaries on Spitzer (2003). Archives of Sexual Behavior: an interdisciplinary research journal. 32:419-468. 2003
- Dowsett GW. Some Considerations on Sexuality and Gender in the Context of AIDS. Reproductive Health Matters. 11:21-29. 2003
- Dowsett GWBollen JMcInnes DCouch MEdwards B. HIV/AIDS and constructs of gay community: Researching educational practice within community-based health promotion for gay men. International Journal of Social Research Methodology. 4:205-223. 2001
- Dowsett G. Research Agenda in Gay Men's Health. National Aids Bulletin- Australian Federation of Aids Organizations. 14:10-12. 2001
- Rosenthal DDowsett G. The changing perceptions of sex and sexuality. Lancet. 356:S58-S58. 2000
- Dowsett GW. Different social attitudes to HIV testing result in different policies. Evidence-Based Healthcare and Public Health. 3:108-108. 1999
- Dowsett G. Commentary The indeterminate macro-social: New traps for old players in HIV/AIDS social research. Culture, Health and Sexuality. 1:95-102. 1999
- Dowsett GWAggleton PAbega S-CJenkins CMarshall TMRunganga ASchifter JTan MLTarr CM. Changing gender relations among young people: The global challenge for HIV/AIDS prevention. Critical Public Health. 8:291-309. 1998
- Dowsett GWKaldor JMcInnes DSpongberg M. Queer theory, politics and HIV/AIDS. Metascience: an international review journal for the history, philosophy and social studies of science. 7:444-465. 1998
- Kippax SRosenthal DDowsett GKaldor JCrofts NMcCallum LBrotherton A. AIDS impact - Foreword. AIDS Care: psychological and socio-medical aspects of AIDS-HIV. 10:S91-S92. 1998
- Dowsett GW. Destined to repeat history?. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 20:345-347. 1996
- Dowsett GWGiami A. Social research on sexuality: contextual and interpersonal approaches. AIDS. 1996
- Dowsett GW. I’ll show you mine if you’ll show me yours. Reproductive Health Matters. 4:19-24. 1996
- Giami ADowsett G. Social research on sexuality. AIDS. 10:S191-196. 1996
- Ariss RDowsett GCarrigan T. Health Strategies of HIV-Infected, Homosexually Active Men in Sydney, Australia. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services: issues in practice, policy and research. 3:49-70. 1995
- Dowsett G. Sexual contexts, HIV prevention and gay men. Venereology : official publication of the National Venereology Council of Australia. 8:243-250. 1995
- Dowsett GW. I'll show you mine, if you'll show me yours: Gay men, masculinity research, men's studies, and sex. Theory and Society: renewal and critique in social theory. 22:697-709. 1993
- Connell RWDavis MDDowsett GW. A Bastard of a Life: Homosexual Desire and Practice among Men in Working-class Milieux. Journal of Sociology. 29:112-135. 1993
- Kippax SCrawford JDavis MRodden PDowsett G. Sustaining safe sex. AIDS. 7:257-264. 1993
- Dowsett GW. Sustaining safe sex. AIDS. 7:S257-S262. 1993
- Dowsett GWDavis MDConnell RW. Working class homosexuality and HIV/AIDS prevention some recent research from Sydney, Australia. Psychology and Health: an international journal. 6:313-324. 1992
- Dowsett GW. 'Social research on AIDS: examples from Macquarie University, Sydney. Venereology : official publication of the National Venereology Council of Australia. 1991
- Connell RWDowsett GWRodden PDavis MDWatson LBaxter D. Social class, gay men and AIDS prevention. Australian Journal of Public Health. 15:178-189. 1991
- Dowsett GWKippax SCrawford JBond GSinnott VRodden PBaxter DBerg RConnell RWWatson L. 'Gay men's knowledge of HIV transmission and "safe" sex: a question of accuracy'. Australian Journal of Social Issues. 1990
- Connell RWCrawford JDowsett GWKippax SSinnott VRodden PBerg RBaxter DWatson L. Danger and Context: Unsafe Anal Sexual Practice among Homosexual and Bisexual Men in the AIDS Crisis. Journal of Sociology. 26:187-208. 1990
- Dowsett GW. Reaching Men who have Sex with Men in Australia. An Overview of AIDS Education: Community Intervention and Community Attachment Strategies. Australian Journal of Social Issues. 25:186-198. 1990
- Connell RWCrawford JKippax SDowsett GWBaxter DWatson LBerg R. Facing the Epidemic: Changes in the Sexual Lives of Gay and Bisexual Men in Australia and Their Implications for AIDS Prevention Strategies. Social Problems. 36:384-402. 1989
- Kessler SAshenden DJConnell RWDowsett GW. Gender Relations in Secondary Schooling. Sociology of Education: a journal of research in socialization and social structure. 58:34-34. 1985
- Connell BAshenden DKessler SDowsett G. Reply to ‘The making of the organic school’. Curriculum Perspectives. 5:27-31. 1985
- Connell RWDowsett GWKessler SAshenden DJ. Class and gender dynamics in a ruling-class school. Interchange: a quarterly review of education. 12:102-117. 1981
- Ashenden DJConnell RWDowsett GKessler∗ S. CLASS AND SECONDARY SCHOOLING. Discourse: studies in the cultural politics of education. 1:1-19. 1980
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book
- Connell RWCrawford JDowsett GWKippax S. Sustaining Safe Sex Gay Communities Respond to AIDS 2013
- Dowsett GWYeatman A. Individualization and the Delivery of Welfare Services: Contestation and Complexity 2008
- Ross DAWight DDowsett GBuvé AObasi AIN. The weight of evidence: A method for assessing the strength of evidence on the effectiveness of HIV prevention interventions among young people. Vol. 938. 2006
- Dowsett GW. Practicing Desire Homosexual Sex in the Era of AIDS 1996
- Connell RWDowsett GW. Rethinking Sex Social Theory and Sexuality Research 1993
- Shaw JMDowsett GW. The Evaluation Process in the Adult Migrant Education Program The Report of the National Course Reporting Study 1986
- Dowsett GWConnell RWAshenden DKessler S. Making the Difference Schools, families and social division 1982
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chapter
- McNair RDowsett GW. LGB and Health. 0-0. 2019
- Dowsett GW. 'Losing My Chestnut”: one gay man’s wrangle with prostate cancer—ten years on’. 258-270. 2018
- Ussher JRose DPerz JDowsett GWKellett A. Experiences of sexual rehabilitation after prostate cancer : a comparison of gay and bisexual men with heterosexual men. 180-199. 2018
- Dowsett GDuncan DWaling ADu Plooy DPrestage G. The Social Dimensions of Prostate Cancer in Gay Men’s Sexuality. 100-115. 2018
- Ussher JPerz JRose DDowsett GWLatini D. Threat to gay identity and sexual relationships: the consequences of prostate cancer treatment for gay and bisexual men. 38-53. 2018
- Dowsett GW. ‘MSM (Men who have Sex with Men)’. 4167-4168. 2018
- Dowsett GW. The sociology of sexuality. 274-284. 2017
- Dowsett G. A personal reflection on Dennis Altman's Homosexual. 84-88. 2013
- Dowsett G. Dancing with daemons: Desire and the improvisation of pleasure. 264-270. 2010
- Dowsett GW. The "gay plague" revisited: AIDS and its enduring moral panic. 130-156. 2009
- Yeatman ADowsett GWFine MGursansky D. Individualization and the Delivery of Welfare Services. 1-279. 2009
- Yeatman ADowsett GW. Service Delivery and HIV-Positive Gay Men: Pre- and Post-Advent of Highly Active Antiretroviral Treatment (HAART). 187-209. 2008
- Dowsett G. Gay Liberation. 227-229. 2007
- Dowsett G. Researching gay men's health : the promise of qualitative methodology.. 419-441. 2007
- Dowsett G. Culture, Sexuality and AIDS.. 82-88. 2006
- Wainberg MLBux DCarballo-Dieguez ADowsett GWDugan TForstein MGoodkin KHunter JIrwin TMattos PMcKinnon KO Leary AParsons JStein E. Science and the Nuremberg Code: A question of ethics and harm. 193-200. 2006
- Dowsett G. Gay communities. 529-532. 2003
- Dowsett G. Masculinity, (homo)sexuality and contemporary sexual politics. 22-39. 2003
- Bennett LManderson LDowsett G. Sexuality research training for Indonesian health professionals: The STD/HIV/AIDS Surveillance and Social Research in Australia Course. 15-34. 2003
- Booker NDowsett GFairbairn RFitzgerald JBennett CMitchell AO'Brien MRae DSiddens JWard JWilkins RWoolcock G. Education and Training. 163-188. 2001
- Dowsett G. Bodyplay Corporeality in Discursive Silence. 29-45. 2000
- Dowsett GW. Sexual orientation - Discussion. 125-132. 2000
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conference paper
- Dowsett GW. Diversity in Human Sexuality – Implications for policy in Africa 2017
- Dowsett GW. Psychosocial and sexual needs of gay/bi men and their partners. 2015
- Dowsett GW. Sexuality at the crossroads: a conversation with IASSCS 2015
- Lee THandy AWassersug RBrotto LKwan WOliffe JDowsett GW. The impact of prostate cancer on the sex lives of men who-have-sex-with-men (MSM): A qualitative study. Radiotherapy and Oncology. S673-S674. 2015
- Dowsett GW. The Sexual Century, AIDS and the Pursuit of Desire. Counterhegemonies, Intellectual Work and Social Justice in Changed Times: A conference on the occasion of Raewyn Connell's retirement. 2014
- Dowsett GW. Prevention as hyperbole; culture and concupiscence 2012
- Lyons ANWassersug RDuncan DDowsett GPitts M. Prostate cancer in a non-heterosexual population: An international comparison of psychosocial experiences of heterosexual and non-heterosexual prostate cancer survivors. 2012
- Dowsett GW. Gel, jelly or jealous? 2012
- Dowsett GW. Masculinities and HIV, and Subjectivity and Identity 2011
- Dowsett G. ‘Locating the Social’: The 1st international HIV Social Science and Humanities Conference 2011
- Dowsett GMcnally SGrierson J. MSM - a catch-all term that may not catch enough : rethinking MSM epidemiology and prevent in Asia following a review of MSM research in four countries.. XV International AIDS Conference. 1-2. 2004
- Dowsett GNathanson CGagnon JBancroft JFortenberry DEhrhardt ATiefer LParker RHrdy SMichael BHrdy SMichael B. Adolescent sexuality - Discussion. ROLE OF THEORY IN SEX RESEARCH. 294-304. 2000
- Kippax SRosenthal DDowsett GKaldor JCrofts NMcCallum LBrotherton A. AIDS impact.. AIDS Care: psychological and socio-medical aspects of AIDS-HIV. s91-s92. 1998
- Kippax SRosenthal DDowsett GKaldor JCrofts NMcCallum LBrotherton A. 3rd international conference on biopsychosocial aspects of HIV and AIDS, Melbourne, Australia, June 1997: Foreword. AIDS impact. AIDS Care: psychological and socio-medical aspects of AIDS-HIV. 1998
- Mane PAggleton PDowsett GParker RGupta GRAnderson SBertozzi SChevallier EClark MKaleeba NKingma SManthey GSmedberg MTimberlake S. Summary of Track D: Social science: Research, policy and action. AIDS, Supplement. S123-S132. 1996
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conference poster
- Power JBrown GLyons ANDowsett GLucke J. ART use, stigma and disclosure: Changing attitudes among PLHIV between 1997 and 2015 2016
- Johnson JPower JBrown GLyons ANDowsett GLucke J. Parenting desires, expectations and sperm donation among HIV positive gay men 2016
- Power JLyons ABrown GDowsett GWLucke J. Use and non-use of antiretroviral treatment among people living with HIV in Australia between 1997 and 2015 2016
- Power JLyons ANBrown GDowsett GLucke J. HIV cure research: A survey of Australian people living with HIV on perspectives, perceived benefits and willingness to participate in trials 2016
- Dowsett GWHendry NABrown G. Friends, sex and (health) benefits: Young adults’ friendships and STI testing practices. 2015
- Power JBrown GLyons ANDowsett GLucke J. Anti-Retroviral Treatment: Changing Attitudes among PLHIV from 1997 To 2012. 2015
- Power JBrown GLyons ANDowsett GLucke J. PLHIV in Sero-Discordant Relationships: Changes in Viral Load and Sexual Practices from 1997 to 2012 2015
- Du Plooy DRDowsett GDuncan DPrestage G. Mental health, resilience and sexual recovery among gay men with prostate cancer.. Health in Difference. 2015
- Dowsett GW. Re-conceiving HIV prevention in an era of biomedical prevention: Gay men and safe(r) sex 25 years on 2012
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report
- Power JMikolajczak MMGBrown GLyons ADowsett GWLucke J. HIV Futures 8: Financial security among people living with HIV in Australia. 1-4. 2018
- Power JMikolajczak MBrown GLyons ADowsett GLucke J. HIV Futures 8: Social support, connection and service use among People Living with HIV 2017
- Thorpe RPower JBrown GLyons ADowsett GLucke J. HIV Futures 8: Women living with HIV in Australia 2017
- Thorpe RPower JBrown GLyons ANDowsett GLucke J. HIV Futures 8: Experiences of antiretroviral treatment.. 1-6. 2016
- Power JThorpe RBrown GLyons ANDowsett GLucke J. HIV Futures 8: HIV exposure and testing.. 1-6. 2016
- Power JThorpe RBrown GLyons ANDowsett GLucke J. HIV Futures 8: Health and wellbeing of people living with HIV.. 1-6. 2016
- Hendry NBrown GDowsett G. Friends, sex and benefits: Exploring young adult friendships, relationships and sexually transmissible infections (STI) testing 2015
- Dowsett GPrestage GDuncan Ddu Plooy DWaling A. Mental Health, Resilience and Sexual Recovery among Gay Men Living with Prostate Cancer. ii-46. 2015
- Cheron-Sauer MCDowsett G. Prostate Cancer and Gay and Bisexual Men: Social Science Research and Stakeholders – Report of One-Day Workshop 2015
- Ngo NWallace JCowie BDowsett GWJohnston F. Reducing the impact of Hepatitis B in smaller Jurisdictions: Tasmania. 1-52. 2014
- Hendry NBrown GJohnston KDowsett G. Beyond high school: What do we know about young adults' social and sexual contexts?. 1-43. 2013
- Wong WKTLowe ADowsett GWDuncan DO'Keeffe DMitchell A. Prostate cancer information needs of Australian gay and bisexual men. i-45. 2013
- Dowsett GWMitchell AO'Keeffe D. 'They Just Assume Everyone's Straight': A Technical Report on Prostate Cancer and Health Promotion for Gay and Bisexual Men 2012
- Carman MIWestle ADowsett G. Community engagement, partnerships and research into policy and practice: a literature review. 1-15. 2011
- Duncan DWatson JWestle AMitchell ADowsett GW. Gay men and prostate cancer: Report on an audit of existing resources and websites providing information to men living with prostate cancer in Australia, 2011 2011
- Duncan DWatson JWestle AMitchell ADowsett GW. Gay men and prostate cancer: Report on an audit of existing resources and websites providing information to men living with prostate cancer in Australia, 2011 2011
- Dowsett GWCorboz JMitchell ACouch MAgius PPitts M. Feeling Queer and Blue: A Review of the Literature on Depression and Related Issues among Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Other Homosexually Active People. 1-9. 2008
- Leonard WDowsett GWSlavin SMitchell APitts M. Crystal Clear: The social determinants of gay men’s use of crystal methamphetamine in Victoria. 1-9. 2008
- Dowsett GGrierson JMcnally S. A Review of Knowledge about the Sexual Networks and Behaviours of Men who have Sex with Men in Asia. 2006
- Dowsett GCouch MDutertre SKeys DPitts M. Looking for more : a review of social and contextual factors affecting young people's sexual health. 2006
- Dowsett G. Moving Masculinities and Social Change : Why do Men Matter? 2006
- Dyson SMitchell ASmith ADowsett GHillier LPitts M. Don't ask don't tell. Hidden in the Crowd : the need for documenting links between sexuality and suicidal behaviours amoung young people. Report on the same-sex attracted youth suicied data collection project. 2003
- Couch MPitts MDowsett G. Searching for sex : A systematic literature review of international research related to sexuality and sexual behaviour. A report to the Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organisation 2002
- Misson SMcdonnell EDowsett GMcinness D. Building a detailed picture of the educational practice of the community-based HIV/Hepatitis C education workforce. 2001
- Misson SMcdonnell EDowsett GMcinness D. Developing educational expertise : reflections by the community-based HIV/Hepatitis C education workforce on educational work. 2001
- Misson SMcdonnell EDowsett GMcinness D. The educational practice of the community-based HIV/Hepatitis C education workforce. 2001
- Dowsett GMisson SMcdonnell EMcinness D. The training needs of the community-based HIV/Hepatitis C education workforce. 2001
- Mcinness DBollen JCouch MDowsett G. Considering Australian Gay Communities in HIV Health Promotion 2000
- Dowsett GWCouch MBollen JMcInnes D. Social Science Research in Adelaide, 1994-1999’, in Towards a Fourth South Australian HIV Strategy: Review of the South Australian HIV/AIDS Strategy 1997-1999. 1-9. 2000
- Dowsett GWAggleton P. A Comparative Report on Studies of Contextual Factors Affecting Risk-related Sexual Behaviour among Young People in Developing Countries.. 1-9. 1999
- Dowsett GWDuterte SPetrony SGrierson J. Compliance Education Literature Review. 1-9. 1999
- Dowsett GWTurney LWoolcock GRance AThomson N. Hepatitis C Prevention Education for Injecting Drug Users in Australia: A Research Report. 1-9. 1999
- Dowsett GW. Report to CARE Bangladesh on a Review of HIV/AIDS Research Programs for Men who have Sex with Men in Bangladesh. 1-9. 1999
- Dowsett GWDavis MD. HIV/AIDS and Collaborative Social Research: A Discussion Paper. 1-9. 1998
- Dowsett GWMalcolm A. Partners in Prevention: International Case Studies of Effective Health Promotion Practice in HIV/AIDS, Joint United Nations Programme in HIV/AIDS Best Practice Collection—Key Material. 1-9. 1998
- Dowsett GWBollen JEdwards BMcInnes DCouch M. Understanding the Contexts of risk taking among Sydney gay men: report to the AIDS and Infectious Diseases Branch. 1-9. 1998
- Dowsett GWMalcolm A. The Proceedings of a Workshop on Prioritising Gay and Homosexually Active Men: HIV/AIDS Social Research, Homophobia, and the Third National HIV/AIDS Strategy. 1-9. 1996
- Dowsett GWO'Brien S. HIV/AIDS in the Asia-Pacific Region: Report of the International Seminar on Social Science Research Priorities. 1-1. 1994
- Dowsett GW. Sexual Contexts and Homosexually Active Men in Australia. 1-1. 1994
- Dowsett GWDavis MConnell BAriss RCarrigan TChapple M. Class, Homosexuality and AIDS Prevention. Resource material for use in HIV/AIDS prevention. 1-1. 1993
- Dowsett GW. Men Who Have Sex With Men: Considerations for a National HIV/AIDS Educational Intervention. 1-1. 1992
- Dowsett GWDavis MD. Transgression and Intervention: Homosexually Active Men and Beats. A Review of an Australian HIV/AIDS Outreach Prevention Strategy.. 1-1. 1992
- Dowsett GWDavis MDKlemmer U. Bisexually Active Men and Beats: Theoretical and Educational Implications [Report of the Bisexually Active Men's Outreach Project]. 1-1. 1991
- Dowsett GWKippax SDavis MRodden PCrawford J. Social Aspects of the Prevention of AIDS 1991 Sustaining Safe Sex Survey [Report to the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations and the AIDS Council of NSW]. 1-1. 1991
- Dowsett GWSharp RDavis MKippax SHewitt KMorgan SRobertson W. Ways of Using: Functional Injecting Drug Users Project. 1-1. 1991
- Dowsett GWBeaumont CDonald JAEdmond MAFarrow AJToakley NTurner B. Macquarie University and AIDS: The Report of the AIDS Working Party.. 1-1. 1989
- Dowsett GW. A Review of the Commonwealth Employment Service and its Assistance to the Arts.. 1-1. 1985
- Dowsett GW. Boys, Sexism and Schooling. 1-1. 1985
- Dowsett GWClayton CShellshear KCharlton S. The Leisure Unit - A school/community innovation, The Inner-City Living Unit - A school/community transition education program and The Work and Unemployment Seminar - A school/community transition education program. 1-1. 1982
- Dowsett GWCharlton S. The Work, Industry and Unemployment Project. 1-1. 1982
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abstract
- Dowsett GDuncan DDu Plooy DWaling APrestage G. GAY MEN, SEXUALITY AND MENTAL HEALTH AFTER PROSTATE CANCER. Journal of Sexual Medicine. E248-E248. 2017
- Power JLucke JDowsett GBrown GLyons A. HIV cure research: a survey of Australian people living with HIV on perspectives, perceived benefits and willingness to participate in trials. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 2016
- Fletcher GDowsett G. "I ... have never thought about sexuality with the main focus on heterosexuals:" "Fish in water" university students encounter sexuality studies. Culture, Health and Sexuality. S266-S266. 2013
- Dowsett G. Advancing sexuality studies: A personal reflection on the past, present and future. Culture, Health and Sexuality. S189-S190. 2013
presentations
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invited talk
- 'The china shop might now be in safer hands': men, sexuality and relationality in late modernity., Presenter, CROMM Workshop: The state of play in the critical study of men and masculinities.
- Does ‘men’s health’ make sense to men?, Presenter, Andrology Australia 2014 Forum
- Muscling Up project: Accounts on men contemplating a transition to PIED use, Presenter, Fit for purpose: The legal, medical and social barriers and enablers to safer PIED injecting
- Muscling Up: Masculinity, Bodywork and the Evasion of Sexuality, Presenter, Melbourne Feminist History Group Seminar Series
- Rethinking HIV in the Future of Gay Men, Presenter, Beyond Behaviours: Uncovering the social production of HIV epidemics among gay men
- Sexuality: a century of ideas, Presenter, Sexualities–Trans(lations), Fictions, Fantasies and Id(entities)
- Willingness to volunteer for HIV-cure clinical trials among people living with HIV, Presenter, Australasian HIV & AIDS Conference
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presentation
- "Barely a nod”: The absence of social scientific research underpinning the use of male circumcision for HIV prevention, Presenter, The 1st international HIV Social Science and Humanities Conference
- "Under her eye?": Heterosexual masculinity, sexual objectification and the male body., Presenter, Beyond Body Image Symposium: Masculinities, Practices, & Perfomativities
- 'Those bodies are not meant for us': Rethinking objectification through women's perceptions of men's bodywork practices., Presenter, The 26th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference of the American Men's Studies Association (AMSA): Bodies, Sexualities, Masculinities
- (Extra)Ordinary men: Performing crisis and masculinity in media representations of men's bodies., Presenter, 2016 The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) Conference: Cities and Successful Societies
- Challenging HIV-related stigma at the service level, Presenter, Australasian HIV & AIDS Conference
- Changing Australian Men: masculinity and sexuality in the age of anxiety., Presenter, VII Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Sexuality, Culture and Society.
- For me or not for me?: Women’s reflections on men’s bodywork and sex., Presenter, The 26th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference of the American Men's Studies Association (AMSA): Bodies, Sexualities, Masculinties
- Gay men, sexuality and mental health after prostate cancer, Presenter, 23rd Congress of the World Association for Sexual Health
- Gym Journeys: Australian Men, Sexualisation and Body Work., Presenter, The 26th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference of the American Men's Studies Association
- HIV Futures 8: Poverty, financial stress and quality of life among people living with HIV from 1997 to 2016, Presenter, Australasian HIV & AIDS Conference
- Pleasure, Passion, Pulchritude, Sex and Technology: HIV Prevention is about to get even messier, Presenter, XIX International AIDS Conference
- Poverty, financial stress and quality-of-life among PLHIV in Australia from 1997 to 2016., Presenter, Australasian HIV Conference (ASHM)
- Reflections on developing an advanced short course in Critical Sexuality Studies. Naming and Framing: The Making of Sexual (In)Equality, Presenter, 8th Biennial Meeting of the International Association for the Study of Sexuality, Culture and Society (IASSCS)
Research
principal investigator on
- Muscling Up: Australian men, sexualisation and body image enhancement awarded by Australian Research Council (ARC) - Discovery Projects 2015 - 2018
- Understanding the mental and sexual health of gay men with prostate cancer awarded by Beyond Blue - National Priority Driven Research Program 2013 - 2015
- Prostate cancer and health promotion for gay and bisexual men awarded by Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia 2012 - 2013
investigator on
- Crystal methamphetamine use, sex and risk practice among gay and bisexual men awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) - Project Grants 2017 - 2019
- From Understanding to Action: A social research program to provide an evidence base for the implementation of the National Blood Borne Viruses and Sexually Transmissible Infections Strategies awarded by Australian Government Department of Health 2013 - 2019
Background
education and training
- B.A., University of Queensland
- DipEd, University of Queensland
- PHD, MacQuarie University
Contact
full name
- Professor Gary Dowsett
mailing address
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La Trobe University
Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society
Victoria
3086
Australia
Identity
ORCID iD
- http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0841-3964 (confirmed)