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Despite the consensus about the importance of addressing all life dimensions of young people with a substance abuse problem, sexuality remains excluded. This article aims to portray the state of the art about sexuality in young adults with substance abuse in order to make recommendations on the provision of services, therapeutic care and future research. A narrative review of the literature is conducted on the relationship between drug use and risky sexual behaviour, sexual dysfunction, sexual orientation, sexual activity and sexual satisfaction. The findings highlight the need to consider a number of factors that goes beyond sexual activities in order to assess the presence of risky sexual behavious associated with substance abuse. While it is likely that substance abuse leads young people to experience problems with their sexual functioning, this dimension is rarely the subject of assessment or interventions. Moreover, young adults with substance use problems seem to use drugs to improve their sexual satisfaction. As such, their substance use could be strongly associated with sexuality to the point of constituting a relapse risk factor. Among the practices recommended for young adults from sexual minorities with a drug problem, it is suggested to adopt a multidimensional view of sexual orientation and a set of specific attitudes related to sexuality. Different suggestions are proposed for the deployment of a service supply that includes sexuality in drug rehabilitation programs, the use of assessment and the referral, and the adoption of a global and positive view of sexuality. Research should integrate the multiple dimensions of sexuality and consider its potentially complex relationship with substance use.

Keywords: sexualité, jeune adulte, substance psychoactive, dépendance, sexuality, young adult, drugs, substance abuse, sexualidad, adulto joven, sustancias psicoactivas, dependencia

Background and objectiveGay and bisexual men use more psychoactive substances than their heterosexual peers do. However, few studies have analyzed the links between all the dimensions of the gay life-course experience and problematic substance use (SU). The objective of this study is to describe and understand the interrelations between certain dimensions of the gay life-course experience and SU trajectories of gay and bisexual men.MethodsA qualitative study based on a symbolic interactionist perspective was conducted. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 35 gay/bisexual men whose use of psychoactive substances was problematic, and who were 18 years of age or more, born in Canada and living in the Greater Montreal area. A thematic analysis was performed.ResultsFor gay and bisexual men, SU trajectories and the gay life-course experience intersect at various points in time: when they discover and accept their homoerotic desires; when they engage in sexual experimentation; when they meet a sexual/romantic partner or are in a couple relationships; and when they socialize in the gay community, notably in sexualized social settings. According to them, SU in these settings is trivialized, or even encouraged.DiscussionThe results show the need to foster a supportive social environment for the development of sexual orientation identity. In terms of preventing problematic substance use and offering sensitive services for people living with these problems, it is necessary to integrate the different dimensions of the gay life-course experience.

Keywords: trajectoires addictives, trajectoires de vie gaie, hommes gais/bisexuels, méthodologie qualitative, sexualité, comportements sexuels à risque, VIH/ITSS, addiction trajectories, gay life-course experience, gay/bisexual men, qualitative methodology, sexuality, sexual risk behaviors, HIV/STBBI, trayectorias adictivas, vivencia homosexual, hombres gay/bisexuales, métodos cualitativos, sexualidad, comportamientos de riesgo, VIH/infecciones transmisión sexual

This article presents a theoretical reflection on particular characteristics of persons who inject drugs (PWID) that can lead to the broadening of the social response beyond a simple identification of biomedical “risk factors” and consequent biomedical interventions. This article proposes to redirect the prevailing viewpoint of PWID as persons “at risk” to persons who are “vulnerable”, “suffering”, “victims of social discrimination and inequality” and who are “evolving”. Analysis of the mobilizing strengths as well as the limits of these conceptualizations are also presented. This paper posits that the quality of our response to the social problems of PWID will depend on our ability to conceive our actions beyond the sanitary approach, which principally focuses on biological risks and disease prevention. More specifically, it is critical to consider the individual as a constantly evolving person with his or her own personal goals. This perspective circumvents reductionist institutional thinking and opens the door to more humane social responses. In a society that claims social justice, equity and solidarity, it is crucial to actually facilitate these social conditions. For PWID, this involves developing new spaces for harm reduction approaches as well as health care and facilitating social integration via work and housing programs. It also involves providing social forums where these persons can be heard and where their singular strengths and aspirations can be recognised without resorting to readymade interventions, prejudices and stereotypes.

Keywords: Personnes qui font usage de drogues par injection (UDI), interventions, problèmes sociaux, réduction des méfaits, réponse sociale, risques, Persons who inject drugs (PWID), interventions, social problems, harm reduction, social response, risks, personas que usan drogas inyectables (UDI), intervenciones, los problemas sociales, reducción de daños, respuesta social, riesgo

More than half of adult sexual offenders admitted committing their first sexual crime before turning 18 years of age. Thirty percent of reported sex crimes are committed by teenagers. It is therefore crucial to better understand this population. The present study will allow a description of a cohort of adolescent sexual offenders (ASO) who committed a sexual offense between 2005 and 2010 (n =1429). A descriptive analysis (Average, median and standard deviation) will be presented identifying socio-demographic characteristics, history of delinquency and childhood experience of maltreatment. Results indicate that the ASO committed their first sexual offence at an average age of 14,5 years (S-D = 1,6). The parameters of juvenile delinquency have identified three different profiles among ASO: juvenile offenders who committed a single crime (52,8 %), juvenile offenders with a small variety of 2 to 10 crimes (35,8 %) and juvenile offenders with a diverse and repetitive delinquency (approximately 5 %). Moreover, ASO are primarily committing offences involving a degree of violence (M = 2,6 violent offenses per ASO; S-D= 2,6). With regards to the population's victimization history, more than 8 out of 10 adolescents (82 %) have been reported to the “Direction de la Protection de la Jeunesse” (DPJ). This description is based on offences and victimization history listed in the database of “Centres Jeunesses”. This portrait does not include the hidden and unreported offences and victimization.

Keywords: agression sexuelle, délinquance, adolescent, victimisation, sexual abuse, adolescent, delinquency, victimization

The Raconter la vie publishing site has amassed a collection of six hundred narratives over its two years of existence. The large number of stories it has encouraged in this way presents a mosaic made up of fragments of numerous lives that can be the object of sociology from different angles focused on a specific pattern or topic. One can still try to identify types of narratives : testimonies, social life stories or even artistic performances. Through a survey, we have chosen to meet some of the main actors of this digital stage, starting with the site's linchpin, the web editor, her contributors, called community editors, and the authors. Our goal was to examine the production of these stories and the proposal of their digital publication with respect to the authors' writing and reading practices, taking into account a writing culture, or even the reference of a literary culture. The authors discuss a variety of practices from personal diaries to the experience of writing workshops and professional writing. Many of them are adept at using digital resources : blogs, networks and platforms. The support of a renowned traditional publisher, the commitment of a Collège de France professor, the editorial team's competency—with double reading of manuscripts and help with technical layout—serve the authors' widely shared latent desire to be published. Something that would help them consider themselves amateur authors and cherish the hope of being recognized as writers. Failing to promote an impossible parliament of invisible authors, the publisher's site preserves the narrative form and at the same time supports the figure of the amateur author. It could be likened to a king size writing workshop with prisms of the digital world in which we are deprived of the sociability of shared readings, but allowed to play multiple identity games, those of characters and authors called upon to tell society's genuine story and who are so strongly seeking publishers.

Keywords: pratiques d'écriture et de lecture, culture de l'écrit, auteur amateur, sociabilités d'écriture, writing and reading practices, culture of writing, amateur writer, sociability of writing, prácticas de escritura y de lectura, cultura escrita, autor aficionado, socialización de la escritura

Montreal's 1955 Tramway Riot remains an unknown chapter of the city's history. Preceded by two days of demonstrations, the riot paralyzed the city and caused significant property damage. It also brought together students and so-called young “hooligans” in the street, provoking various reactions from the municipal authorities, the press, and academics. Sympathetic with the “elitist bad behavior” of the students, these authorities harshly judged the other participants in the riot, revealing their hierarchical conception of the social order. Although students from the University of Montreal and McGill University shared in part this understanding, they also used the riot to trigger an important discussion about the autonomy and agency of the student body in the city. By appropriating urban space, showing the need for a wider student movement, and imagining a place for themselves in a different future, they became actors on the municipal scene.

In the United States, the idea of Food Justice is more and more a part of the Food Movement narrative. Food Justice is expressed by the development of urban agriculture in large American metropolises. Not only a white, foodie and middle-class movement, Food Justice seeks to increase food security in low-income communities and communities of color. It brings social justice matters in metropolitan food issues. New York City case study, particularly focusing on Hunts Point (South Bronx), allows us to portray today's Food Justice practices at a local scale and to insist on their theoretical contributions drawn from inspiring concepts, such as social justice, spatial justice and environmental justice.

Keywords: agriculture urbaine, justice alimentaire, quartiers défavorisés, désert alimentaire, mouvement communautaire, New York, South Bronx, urban agriculture, food justice, low-income neighborhoods, food desert, community-based movement, New York, South Bronx

The brazilian healthcare system was built according to the Human Right's philosophy after a long dictaturial period. Based on the principles of equality, universality and free access, the system should ensure an effective the right to health for all of the 230 millions brazilians, regardless their ressources or where they live. This universalist system is nowadays facing the economic, social and politic crisis the country is facing, and the liberalisation of the health market, to the detriment of the poorest people who will be the first class impacted by the diminution of the ressources affected to public services.

Keywords: droit à la santé, droits de l'Homme, libertés fondamentales, accès à la santé, Brésil, Constitution, droits sociaux, right to health, Human rights, fundamental freedoms, access to health, Brasil, Constitution, social rights

Every sociology rests on representations that are not explicitly thematised, and are in concordance with an atmosphere and cultural formations. These representations correspond to what Panofsky called a mental habit. which is transferable from one field of activity or thought to another. The essay shows how both the themes of individuality and of Bildung play back on G. Simmel's conception and place of the "social" and, consequently, on his sociological view.