While mainstream society tends to marginalize men who have sex with men therehas been side by side a growing recognition of the need to protect the rightsand fr... » 

While mainstream society tends to marginalize men who have sex with men therehas been side by side a growing recognition of the need to protect the rightsand freedom of individuals and groups like these.This work analyzes extensive data collected through formal networks of men whohave sex with men in India and through interactions with numerous homosexualmen places it in a socioecological perspective.Sherry Joseph argues that understanding the stress that men who have sex withmen experience and their coping strategies assists professionals to worksympathetically with this segment of society. He advocates that professionalsusing individual group and community approaches can help create a better andmore tolerant environment.Social Work Practice and Men Who Have Sex with Men offers an indepth analysisof sexual orientation sexual identities stress and coping strategies of menwho have sex with men.Sherry Joseph is Programme Manager HIVAIDS at Futures Group New Delhi. «