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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Coming-out experience"”.
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Exploring the Coming Out Experience Through Animal Self-portraiture
… self-portrait with individuals navigating the coming out process. For lesbian, gay. bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals, coming out may not only be a significant event, but a life long process affecting many aspects of their lives. The student researcher met LGBQ individuals (N …
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Incompatible: The Construction of the Homosexual Subject in American Mainline Protestantism
… acts. The language of avowal intervenes in the coming out experience of gays and lesbians by placing one's coming out in the context of the prohibition of homosexual practice (and personhood). Coming out, then, is an admission of guilt that defines the homosexual as incompatible with ordained …
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“It Totally Sucked the Happy out of the Gay”: Coming Out in Rural Newfoundland
The coming out process for lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals has been found to significantly impact psychological well-being. Past research suggests that self-disclosing one’s sexual orientation is a major developmental milestone for sexual minorities that can be hindered by the coming …
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Lesbians and Their Mothers: A Taiwanese Experience
… States and in Taiwan, have explored how the coming-out experience influenced LGBT individuals and their families, and some studies have also addressed how their familial relationships have been shaped because of the experience. As a Taiwanese who has studied family therapy in the United …
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East Asian LGBTQ Individuals’ Coming Out Experiences to Parents
… cultural values and their LGBTQ identities. Coming out to one’s parents is experienced as a particularly stressful event for Asian LGBTQ individuals, who often feel pressured to conceal their sexual and gender identities within their ethnic communities. Further, in East Asian societies …
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The interpersonal and mental health implications of the coherence of coming out narratives for a sample of gay men in committed romantic relationships
The coming out process has been conceptualized as a developmental imperative for those who will eventually accept their same-sex attractions. It is widely accepted that homophobia, heterosexism, and homonegativity are cultural realities that may complicate this developmental process for gay men. …