TABLE 1—

Self-Identified Demographics Stratified by Snowball Recruitment Generation: HIV-Related Stigma in the New York City HBC, January–March 2009

Characteristic	Initial Sample (n = 4), Mean (Range) or No.	First-Generation Snowball (n = 9), Mean (Range) or No.	Second-Generation Snowball (n = 7), Mean (Range) or No.	Total, Mean (Range) or No. (%)
Age, y	33.0 (28–42)	30.0 (20–44)	25.0 (18–35)	28.5 (18–44)
Ethnoracial identity
Black	2	5	1	8 (40)
Latina/o	2	3	3	8 (40)
Mixed	…	1	3	4 (20)
Gender identity
Butch queen	3	4	3	10 (50)
Femme queen	1	5	4	10 (50)
HIV serostatus
Positive	3	5	1	9 (45)
Negative	1	4	6	11 (55)
HBC ball status
Legendary	2	4	1	7 (35)
Star	…	3	1	4 (20)
Statement	1	2	1	4 (20)
Other	1	…	4	5 (25)

Note. HBC = House and Ball Community. The sample size was n = 20.