Journal of HomosexualityPub Date : 2024-09-18Epub Date: 2023-09-08DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2023.2250500
Sophie Anne Glynn, Suzanne McLaren, Peter D Goldie
{"title":"Sexual Orientation Concealment, Hope, and Depressive Symptoms Among Sexual Minority Women: The Moderating Role of Sexual Orientation.","authors":"Sophie Anne Glynn, Suzanne McLaren, Peter D Goldie","doi":"10.1080/00918369.2023.2250500","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00918369.2023.2250500","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sexual minority women (SMW) experience higher levels of depression compared to heterosexual women, and bisexual women show higher levels than lesbian women. Sexual orientation concealment is a risk factor for depressive symptoms among SMW. Hope is protective against depressive symptoms in diverse samples, but limited research in this area has centered on SMW. This study examined the role of hope and its components, agency and pathways, as moderators of the relation between sexual orientation concealment and depressive symptoms, and whether the moderating effects were conditional on sexual orientation. An international sample of 218 lesbian women aged 18 to 69 (<i>M</i> = 32.93 years, <i>SD</i> = 12.75) and 230 bisexual women aged 18 to 67 (<i>M</i> = 27.83 years, <i>SD</i> = 7.52) completed an online survey. Hope, agency, and pathways did not moderate the relation between sexual orientation concealment and depressive symptoms. The significant negative relations between hope and depressive symptoms, and between agency and depressive symptoms, were moderated by sexual orientation: the relations were stronger among lesbian women than bisexual women. Results suggest that increasing levels of hope and agency through clinical intervention may reduce depressive symptoms for both groups of women, with more pronounced effects among lesbian women.</p>","PeriodicalId":48221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Homosexuality","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10184993","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of HomosexualityPub Date : 2024-09-18Epub Date: 2023-08-10DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2023.2245524
Bethany A Jones, Liam Cahill, Daragh T McDermott
{"title":"Assessing Attitudes Toward Trans and Gender Diverse People: Adapting the 'Transgender Attitudes and Beliefs' Scale.","authors":"Bethany A Jones, Liam Cahill, Daragh T McDermott","doi":"10.1080/00918369.2023.2245524","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00918369.2023.2245524","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aimed to update the gender-based terminology of a measure used to assess attitudes toward trans and gender diverse people (the Transgender Attitudes and Beliefs Scale; TABS) in order to reflect appropriate and inclusive language standards and conventions while maintaining the psychometric integrity of the tool. The updated TABS was administered to 247 heterosexual, cisgender adults in the UK. Participants also completed the original TABS as well as measure of self-esteem and social desirability to test construct validity. We demonstrate that after updating the language of the TABS to reflect best-practice, the psychometric properties of the TABS were unaffected.</p>","PeriodicalId":48221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Homosexuality","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10021116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of HomosexualityPub Date : 2024-09-18Epub Date: 2023-09-27DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2023.2253953
Thanh Ly An, Andrea Waling, Adam Bourne
{"title":"Body Image Perceptions and Visualization of Vietnamese Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM).","authors":"Thanh Ly An, Andrea Waling, Adam Bourne","doi":"10.1080/00918369.2023.2253953","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00918369.2023.2253953","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Research on body image among men who have sex with men (MSM) has predominantly been approached with the assumption that all MSM conform to a culturally preferred body, and have a high risk of body image concerns leading to risky behaviors and negative health outcomes. Scholars have called for a more nuanced understanding of how MSM engage with their body images. In response, we conducted 30 semi-structured interviews with Vietnamese MSM to explore their perceptions and feelings of their bodies, including their current body, idealized body, and sexually desired body. Inductive thematic analysis was utilized. The findings highlight the diversity and complexity in Vietnamese MSM's perceptions and feelings about their bodies, which Western measurements of body image and body dissatisfaction might not fully capture. The participants also acknowledge the pressure of physical appearance; however, they do not always conform to the dominant body ideals and have a high risk of body dissatisfaction. We conclude with a call for reframing the approach to gay and bisexual men's body image to understand better how they navigate complex pressures and make sense of their body image instead of assuming they are at risk of body dissatisfaction.</p>","PeriodicalId":48221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Homosexuality","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41180279","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of HomosexualityPub Date : 2024-09-18Epub Date: 2023-08-29DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2023.2246616
Cleo Timney, Sarah Wright, Cora Sargeant
{"title":"\"If You're Not Yourself, Who are You Going to be?\" an Exploration of Gender and Sexuality Diverse Pupils Experiences of Visibility Management in School: A Systematic Literature Review.","authors":"Cleo Timney, Sarah Wright, Cora Sargeant","doi":"10.1080/00918369.2023.2246616","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00918369.2023.2246616","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Like all young people (YP), those who are gender and sexuality diverse (GSD) spend their youth exploring and discovering their identities; but unlike their peers, they must consider whether, how, and when to disclose their GSD identity to others in a dynamic process of visibility management (VM). At school, GSD YP actively test social reactions, interpret attitudes, and assess safety, ultimately seeking belonging as their authentic selves. Our systematic review explored findings from 16 qualitative studies capturing GSD YPs experiences of managing visibility in schools internationally. Data were thematically synthesized, and seven themes were constructed. The process of visibility management is fluid, a negotiation with social norms that GSD YP's very existence transgresses. YP search for, and through activism actively shape, accepting environments in which they can safely be their authentic selves. GSD YP are actively asking school staff for help in creating open communities where all YP can find a place to belong, to fight to be visible. We offer some suggestions for how we might begin.</p>","PeriodicalId":48221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Homosexuality","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10109911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of HomosexualityPub Date : 2024-09-18Epub Date: 2023-08-29DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2023.2252966
Nicole Press, Clifford Lewis
{"title":"'Being Actively Confident in All Contexts': A Qualitative Exploration of Thriving as an Emerging Adult of Diverse Sexual Orientation.","authors":"Nicole Press, Clifford Lewis","doi":"10.1080/00918369.2023.2252966","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00918369.2023.2252966","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>When one thrives, they grow, develop and succeed. For people of diverse sexual orientations (DSO) thriving within one's sexuality is often restricted by heteronormativity, minority stress and poor mental health outcomes. Particularly at risk, are DSO \"emerging adults\" aged between 18-29 years who seek stability before transitioning to adulthood. Therefore, this qualitative study interviewed 12 participants between the ages of 18-29 years to investigate perceptions of thriving within one's sexuality and factors that may foster or hinder its occurrence. The results indicated participants perceived thriving as a spectrum of states and processes involving a sense of personal safety with high levels of self-acceptance to believe one could exist freely as a person of DSO. The findings suggested thriving within one's sexuality during emerging adulthood is fostered through the factors of seeking personal growth, social representation/visibility, affirming social support and opportunities to support other DSO people. In contrast, identity denial, unsupportive social environments, erasure/tokenism, and experiences of discrimination eroded one's ability to thrive. Psychological interventions focusing on establishing a strong sense of identity, building a social support network and encouragement to seek thriving opportunities, may foster thriving experiences for Australian DSO emerging adults.</p>","PeriodicalId":48221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Homosexuality","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10103719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of HomosexualityPub Date : 2024-09-18Epub Date: 2023-08-29DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2023.2252963
Michele J Eliason
{"title":"Queer Faculty in the Academy: Is It Getting Better?","authors":"Michele J Eliason","doi":"10.1080/00918369.2023.2252963","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00918369.2023.2252963","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper weaves the author's personal experience as an out lesbian researcher of LGBTQ health with contemporary research on LGBTQ faculty members' experiences. It also draws from the literature on other marginalized faculty members' experiences (women, faculty of color) to identify common themes that prevent the full inclusion of diverse faculty in higher education. Structural oppression is often invisible and university's focus on values of meritocracy, individual effort, competition, and elitism create unspoken barriers to faculty success. The paper discusses three general themes: the paradox of visibility (including being out on faculty, doing LGBTQ research, and being an advocate/activist), curricular issues, and internalizing of oppression. The final section outlines strategies for overcoming some of the barriers, including LGBTQ-specific organizing and community building and creating coalitions across marginalized faculty groups.</p>","PeriodicalId":48221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Homosexuality","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10103724","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"\"It's just the joy of existing\": A Photo Elicitation of LGBTQ+ Students' Healthy Intimate Relationships.","authors":"Amanda L Mollet","doi":"10.1080/00918369.2024.2398576","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2024.2398576","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study of LGBTQ+ college students highlights and amplifies the experiences of their healthy intimate relationships. College represents a pivotal time for personal and relationship development for many students, and seeing the positive ways students with historically minoritized gender and sexual identities navigate relationships has value for understanding how sexuality manifests within the current culture. Using a critical constructivist perspective and photo elicitation methods, the study includes students' narratives and visual presentations of their lived experiences thriving in healthy intimate relationships. The findings included three specific areas that supported students' thriving: self-work and self-awareness, fluidity and flexibility, and communication. These findings, and students' relationship images highlight the ways that they thrive through continual affirmative consent and responsibility to themselves and their relationships. Together, these findings provide possibility models to support imagining and educating about LGBTQ+ students' healthy intimate relationships. Findings have potential for informing trainings and resources for LGBTQ+ students, enhancing relationship education by challenging oppressive norms that influence all students, and for questioning the ways university regulations inhibit participants' agency for celebrating their intimacy.</p>","PeriodicalId":48221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Homosexuality","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142127031","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prevalence of Depression and Generalized Anxiety Among LGBTQ+ Medical Students in Thailand.","authors":"Papan Vadhanavikkit, Maytinee Srifuengfung, Teeravut Wiwattarangkul, Pakawat Wiwattanaworaset, Awirut Oon-Arom, Mayteewat Chiddaycha, Nawanant Piyavhatkul, Sorawit Wainipitapong","doi":"10.1080/00918369.2024.2389905","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2024.2389905","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study evaluated the prevalence and associated factors of depression and generalized anxiety among LGBTQ+ in five medical schools in Thailand. The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) were used to assess major depressive disorder (MDD) and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), respectively, and multivariable logistic regression was employed to identify associated factors. Of 1,322 students, 412 (31.16%) identified as LGBTQ+. The prevalence for MDD and GAD among LGBTQ+ students were 32.77% and 17.23%, respectively. Significant associated factors for both MDD and GAD were a history of psychiatric illness (AOR for MDD = 2.32, <i>p</i> = .020; AOR for GAD = 3.67, <i>p</i> < .001), educational problems (AOR for MDD = 6.62, <i>p</i> < .001; AOR for GAD = 5.12, <i>p</i> < .001), and dissatisfaction with gender identity or sexual orientation (AOR for MDD = 1.92, <i>p</i> = .019; AOR for GAD = 2.47, <i>p</i> = .005). Additional factors associated with MDD were preclinical years (AOR = 2.30, <i>p</i> = .023), financial struggles (AOR = 2.05, <i>p</i> = .021), and inadequate peer support (AOR = 2.57, <i>p</i> = .044). In conclusion, nearly one-third and one-fifth of Thai LGBTQ+ medical students suffer from MDD and GAD, respectively. Our findings suggest that Thai medical schools should promote LGBTQ+ inclusivity to enhance students' identity satisfaction. Peer support groups should be encouraged, especially for preclinical LGBTQ+ students who face educational and financial challenges.</p>","PeriodicalId":48221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Homosexuality","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142127034","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sabelo's Journey as a Young Black Gay Man in South Africa and the Potential of the Grindr App.","authors":"Deevia Bhana, Valerie Reddy, Shaaista Moosa","doi":"10.1080/00918369.2024.2392675","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2024.2392675","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Drawing from a case-study, this paper examines 18-year-old Sabelo's journey as a young black gay man in South Africa. Against the backdrop of heteronormativity and entrenched gender roles, Sabelo navigates a landscape where expressions of queer sexuality are often met with resistance. Focusing on a semi-structured interview, Sabelo's narrative reveals the pressure to conform to traditional masculinity and a sense of living a \"double life\" where acceptance is tied to economic success. Sabelo \"acts straight\" to manage the obligatory norms around masculinity and \"coming out\" increased tensions and the pressure to conform. Despite this, the emergence of the dating platform, Grindr, reflects a paradoxical landscape of opportunities and possibilities. Using the concept of the \"queer assemblage,\" the paper argues for the significance of dating apps as more-than-human entities, in providing alternate pathways for sexual expression for young black gay identifying men. In conclusion, digital platforms offer space for transformative potential in subverting heteronormativity and providing queer individuals with spaces for self-expression.</p>","PeriodicalId":48221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Homosexuality","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142127035","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Writing About Queer Cinema Differently from the Others: A Review of Anders als die Andern.","authors":"Mathias Foit","doi":"10.1080/00918369.2024.2398559","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2024.2398559","url":null,"abstract":"Published in Journal of Homosexuality (Ahead of Print, 2024)","PeriodicalId":48221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Homosexuality","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142207310","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}