workings of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) citizenship amongst queer men in Denmark

In 2019, oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), a HIV prevention pill, was made available for ‘at risk’ populations in Denmark with uptake primarily seen amongst men who have sex with men. While PrEP has provided both a revolutionary and emancipatory shift in HIV prevention, providing sexual freedom, safety and health, it is accompanied with firm medical and social surveillance, through which ‘PrEP citizenships’ are produced. This article draws on visual ethnographic data to explore how PrEP users in Denmark experience and reflect on the types of ‘work’ involved with, and moralities arising from, this ‘PrEP citizenship’. We argue that PrEP citizenship is contingent on the resources and abilities of individuals to proactively engage with this ‘work’ and balance the moral ambiguities of PrEP and we demonstrate that engagement with biomedical HIV prevention methods is an inherently social practice, making it desirable and possible for some to access, but not others.