{"title":"Dating App Use, Self-Disclosure, and Life Satisfaction Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men: An Exploratory Study from Taiwan.","authors":"Lik Sam Chan, Yu-Te Huang","doi":"10.1080/00918369.2025.2516507","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2025.2516507","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Research on the relationship between dating app use and life satisfaction has produced mixed findings. This study, based on survey data from 330 self-identified young gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (aged 18 to 34) in Taiwan, investigates how dating app use is associated with life satisfaction. Conditional process analysis found that greater self-disclosure on dating apps was directly linked to improved life satisfaction and indirectly linked through reduced internalized homonegativity. Bivariate correlation analyses revealed that using dating apps for purposes such as seeking love, ease of communication, self-worth validation, excitement, and trendiness was positively associated with greater self-disclosure. Sequential mediation analyses further showed that using dating apps for trendiness had an indirect positive association with life satisfaction, both through increased self-disclosure alone and through a combination of greater self-disclosure and decreased internalized homonegativity. The findings suggest that fostering genuine communication on dating apps may serve as a potential pathway to enhancing the life satisfaction of young gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men.</p>","PeriodicalId":48221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Homosexuality","volume":" ","pages":"1-20"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144250339","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}
Ruth H Warner, Trinity N Zweifel, Hailey A Hatch, Margaret R Grundy
{"title":"The Perceived Ethics of Outing: Approval of Outing across Different Social Contexts.","authors":"Ruth H Warner, Trinity N Zweifel, Hailey A Hatch, Margaret R Grundy","doi":"10.1080/00918369.2025.2516510","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00918369.2025.2516510","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Outing refers to the disclosure of an individual's sexual or gender identity without their permission. Previous research suggests that LGBTQ+ people describe being outed as universally negative; however, there may be some circumstances in which outing may be approved (e.g. if someone engages in acts perceived as harmful). Across two studies, we examined evaluations of someone who outed a gay man's sexual orientation in various situations (e.g. the outed person was a politician who supported anti-LGBTQ+ policies). In Study 1, heterosexual and LGBTQ+ participants approved more of not disclosing a gay man's sexual orientation compared to outing him, but approval differed across context. Participants were more approving of outing a target who did harm (i.e. sexual assault or sexual harassment) compared to a target who did not do harm. In Study 2, LGBTQ+ participants demonstrated similar patterns to Study 1. Study 2 also demonstrated that approval of outing was associated with perceptions of harm of concealing and harm of revealing a target's sexual orientation. Ultimately, these findings suggest that context may influence approval and disapproval of outing someone.</p>","PeriodicalId":48221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Homosexuality","volume":" ","pages":"1-22"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144250340","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":"A Commentary on Ferrari, W. Costa, P. Couto, M. & Nascimento, M. (2025). Invisible Victims: Addressing the Sexual and Health Consequences of Stealth Breeding for Brazilian Gay Men.","authors":"Celso Pasadas, Luís Sá","doi":"10.1080/00918369.2025.2512099","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2025.2512099","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Homosexuality","volume":" ","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144227286","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":"Satisfaction Among LGBTQIA+ Individuals with Gender, Sex, and Sexuality Survey Questions.","authors":"Verónica Mesalles, Nicholas Lepore, Amanda Morelli, Lauren Magee, Jasmine Siswandjo, Daphna Harel","doi":"10.1080/00918369.2025.2507884","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2025.2507884","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Surveys often ask demographic questions about sex assigned at birth, gender identity, sexual identity, and gender expression. The phrasing of these questions, however, may fail to provide members of the LGBTQIA+ communities with response options that reflect their identity or experience. We analyze results from two randomized experiments that test different options for asking these questions among a sample of 1,473 adult LGBTQIA+ individuals in the United States. We test questions from the United States Census Household Pulse Survey, recommendations from the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, and questions written by the study team. We demonstrate differences across question wording and response options for respondents' personal satisfaction and perceived representation for members of the LGBTQIA+ communities.</p>","PeriodicalId":48221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Homosexuality","volume":" ","pages":"1-25"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144227287","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}
Nephtaly Joel B Botor, Antover P Tuliao, Devin J Mills, Cameron C Brown
{"title":"The Role of Alcohol Use Severity in the Link Between Attitude and Microaggression Perpetration Toward Sexually- and Gender-Diverse Individuals.","authors":"Nephtaly Joel B Botor, Antover P Tuliao, Devin J Mills, Cameron C Brown","doi":"10.1080/00918369.2025.2511008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2025.2511008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Prior studies have implicated alcohol in the realization of preexisting evaluative contents into bias-motivated behaviors. However, the role of alcohol use in the association between negative attitudes and the enactment of more subtle forms of aggressive acts, such as microaggressions, has not been examined. Hence, through a cross-sectional survey in a university-based sample (<i>N =</i> 2,193, <i>M</i><sub><i>age</i></sub> <i>=</i> 21.41 years old, <i>SD =</i> 5.14; 78.6% assigned female at birth, 87% heterosexual straight, 98.6% cisgender, 81.5% white-identifying), the present study examined the moderating role of alcohol use severity in the association between negative attitudes toward lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people and the enactment of sexual orientation (SO) and gender identity (GI) microaggressions. Positive bivariate associations among negative attitude, alcohol use severity and microaggression perpetration were found. A two-part generalized linear regression-based moderation analysis showed evidence of a significant exacerbating role of alcohol use severity in the relationship between negative attitudes toward LGBT individuals and the magnitude, but not likelihood, of enacting both SO and GI microaggressions. The positive association between negative attitude and the magnitude of microaggression perpetration became stronger as the severity of alcohol use increased.</p>","PeriodicalId":48221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Homosexuality","volume":" ","pages":"1-22"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144188292","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":"The Dynamic Identity Formation of Sexual Minority Adolescents: A Constructivist Grounded Theory of Adversity and Resilience.","authors":"R Amos, R White, P Patalay, W Donnellan","doi":"10.1080/00918369.2025.2493150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2025.2493150","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sexual Minority Adolescents (SMAs) are more likely to experience mental health problems than heterosexual adolescents. This has been observed across geographical and socio-political contexts. Within the UK, minimal work has explored SMA's experience of navigating their sexuality and experiences of adversity and resilience. A constructivist grounded theory approach was adopted. Data were gathered in 2021, from 17 semi-structured interviews with a gender diverse sample aged 16-25. The Dynamic Identity Formation Sexual Minority (DIFS) theory was generated via analysis of participant narrative and informed by existing sociopsychological models (e.g. ecological systems theory). DIFS is a sociopsychological theory, with three tiers (cultures, enactment and experience). The cultures of heteronormativity and gender binarism, and the culture of queerness sit atop. Each culture is enacted by behaviors, i.e. othering and suppression. The final tier is individual experience, which can include internalized homonegativity and/or developing a commitment to supporting others. DIFS helps understand the discrete and interacting influence of sociological structures, interpersonal relationships and psychological experiences over developmental time. Thus, a more holistic and targeted intervention approach can be utilized by psychotherapists with this group. Extra inclusivity efforts towards non-heterosexual relationships are likely to be effective in variant settings, e.g. the education system.</p>","PeriodicalId":48221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Homosexuality","volume":" ","pages":"1-27"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144188291","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":"\"Not Just Friends, Not Quite Lovers\": Filipina Migrant Domestic Workers' Untamed Intimacies.","authors":"Wei Si Nic Yiu","doi":"10.1080/00918369.2025.2507887","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2025.2507887","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>\"Not just friends, not quite lovers\" is how a Filipina migrant domestic worker described her ambiguous relationship with another Filipina worker in Hong Kong. This article examines this leaky fluid experience of migrant women's intimacies as a critical entry point to rethink migrant's queer sociality and relational practices of love and care. I argue that migrant women's intimate relationships with each other are structured alongside the neoliberal logics of domestic care in racial capitalism. Yet, it has a different relationship to racial capitalism. Migrant women's intimacy queers and disorientates the logics and power structure that limits migrant women's bodies to be just care giving bodies. By caring for one another, migrant workers resist the commodification of their bodies as disposable commodities. Instead, they offer their own articulations of sociality that reimagine logics of care in the chain of care framework in three ways, first, they disrupt ideas of classed heteronormative intimacies within and beyond Hong Kong; following this, they interrupt the logic of care as they redirect care away from the \"proper subjects of care\"; and, third, these intimate acts rewrite imaginations of power relations about how one should be cared (and/or care) for in the global care economy.</p>","PeriodicalId":48221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Homosexuality","volume":" ","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144180432","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}
Ashley E Thompson, Lizzy Bensen, Ryn Theis, Nomi Ostrander
{"title":"The Impact of Sex and Type of Sexual Behavior on Judgments of Hypothetical Men's and Women's Sexuality: A Comparison Between Mixed-Sex Threesomes and Dyadic Sexual Behaviors.","authors":"Ashley E Thompson, Lizzy Bensen, Ryn Theis, Nomi Ostrander","doi":"10.1080/00918369.2025.2512114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2025.2512114","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite the plethora of research exploring snap judgments of sexual orientation, no study has explored how knowledge of a target's previous sexual experience impacts judgments of sexual attraction, particularly participation in mixed-sex threesomes (MSTs). Thus, this study assessed the impact of participant sex and previous sexual experience (dyadic vs MST) on snap judgments of hypothetical men's and women's sexual attraction. A total of 826 adults were randomly assigned to read a vignette depicting either a hypothetical man or woman initiating an MST with two men, a MST with two women, dyadic sex with two men, dyadic sex with two women, or mixed dyadic sex. Participants then completed a scale assessing sexual attraction judgments. Results indicated that hypothetical individuals initiating same-sex sexual behavior were judged as more same sex attracted than those initiating other-sex sexual behavior. However, for hypothetical men, this effect was impacted by the type of behavior, such that men initiating same-sex dyadic sex were judged as being more same-sex attracted than men initiating same-sex MST sex. These findings confirm that people make snap judgments about a person's sexuality from limited information and that MSTs may serve as an avenue to explore same-sex sexual behavior in a reduced-stigma context.</p>","PeriodicalId":48221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Homosexuality","volume":" ","pages":"1-21"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144162892","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}
Willian Roger Dullius, Sheila OKeefe-McCarthy, Lynn McCleary, Daniel Grace, Silvana Alba Scortegagna
{"title":"Conducting a Continuing Education Course for Healthcare Professionals on LGBT+ Healthcare Assistance Using a M-Health Solution: A Pilot Study.","authors":"Willian Roger Dullius, Sheila OKeefe-McCarthy, Lynn McCleary, Daniel Grace, Silvana Alba Scortegagna","doi":"10.1080/00918369.2025.2507889","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00918369.2025.2507889","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Addressing healthcare disparities within the LGBT+ community necessitates healthcare professionals (HCP) be better prepared to meet healthcare needs of diverse LGBT+ patients. This article aimed to verify the potential of an m-Health application \"Over the Rainbow\" to improve the knowledge of healthcare providers and evaluate user experiences of the app. We conducted a quantitative, pilot, and usability study involving healthcare students and professionals from both private and public health systems in Brazil. Data were collected via snowball sampling from June to December 2023. The study utilized a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Training Needs Analysis (TNA) tool, a pre- and posttest knowledge questionnaire, and the User Experience Questionnaire (UEQ). A total of 29 participants answered all questions, with the majority identifying as female (89.7%), cisgender (100%), heterosexual (86.2%), most participants were nurses (students, 37.9%, nursing technicians, 24.1%) and from the South region of Brazil (65.5%). Only 13.8% of participants acknowledged having received prior continuing education related to LGBT+ health. The TNA indicated neutral to moderate knowledge background in the LGBT+ area. Regarding the UEQ, participants reported positive experiences with the m-Health application. The continuing education course utilizing an m-Health solution presented an opportunity to enhance competency in caring for LGBT+ individuals within healthcare settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":48221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Homosexuality","volume":" ","pages":"1-18"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144121301","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}
Yawen Yang, Ellen D B Riggle, Fang Wang, Mengyan Wu, Ye Sun, Huilan Liu, Lisha Dai
{"title":"Chinese Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Positive Identity Measure (C-LGB-PIM).","authors":"Yawen Yang, Ellen D B Riggle, Fang Wang, Mengyan Wu, Ye Sun, Huilan Liu, Lisha Dai","doi":"10.1080/00918369.2025.2502499","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2025.2502499","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To support research and interventions using a positive, strength-based framework of lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) identities in China, this study translates the Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Positive Identity Measure (LGB-PIM) into Standard Chinese and evaluating its reliability and validity among Chinese sexual minorities. Following Brislin's standardized translation procedures (translation, back-translation, cultural adaptation, and pretesting), the scale retained 25 items across 5 dimensions. A convenience sample of 392 participants underwent assessments of internal consistency (α = 0.92), retest reliability (α = 0.80), structural validity (68.54% variance explained), and construct validity. The five-dimensional structure showed robust convergent validity (AVE > 0.50, CR > 0.70), and construct validity was supported through convergent positive associations with positive well-being indicators and discriminant nonsignificant links to distress indicators. The scale demonstrated strong reliability, and all model fit measures met acceptable standards. The study concludes that the C-LGB-PIM is a reliable tool for assessing LGB positive identity in China, aiding researchers in creating culturally sensitive interventions and laying the groundwork for future research to enhance the psychological well-being of LGB individuals in China and globally.</p>","PeriodicalId":48221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Homosexuality","volume":" ","pages":"1-24"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144095653","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}