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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Gay Males"”.
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Stereotypical perceptions of the communication behaviors of gay males
… the stereotypical communication behaviors of gay males. The study examined the associations of assertiveness, responsiveness, homonegativity and biological sex. Participants were 359 (195 men, 164 women) students. Participants provided responses to questions about verbal and nonverbal …
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PERCEIVED LIFE SATISFACTION AMONG GAY MALES: THE COMING-OUT PROCESS
… design to examine the perception of 38 gay male’s life satisfaction post coming out. In the past few years, laws affecting the gay community have been at the forefront of policies and debates, given all communities an insight into the specific challenges that are endured. As the gay …
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Outness as a protective factor against risky sex in gay males
Homosexual men between the ages of 15 and 25 constitute a disproportionate majority of new sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV/AIDS, worldwide (Harper, 2007). Men who have sex with men (MSM) more frequently engage in riskier health behaviors, such as drinking, substance use, and …
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The experience gay males face in the obtaining and maintaining of their positions in educational leadership
… rejection, violence, and hatred experienced by gay men (Hershberger, Pilkington, & D’Augelli, 1997; King, 2004; Rasmussen, 2004). Despite these findings, political, legal, and social changes that began in the late 1960s have created a different political and legal landscape in many areas of …
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Logging in, Blogging "Out": Gay College Age Males and the Blogosphere
… part of that genre, specifically blogging by gay males between the ages of 18 and 25, and explores how these bloggers use specific textual and visual markers to publicly identify as gay.
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Gay male performances in American confessional documentary and reality television.
This thesis examines the performance of gay males presented in American confessional documentary and reality television, and relates this to the construction of homosexual identity. It specifically focuses on the representation of social actors involved in performance, as well as contextualising …
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Rainbow in the Clouds: Oral Histories of Black Homosexual Male Graduates' Experience of Schooling in Augusta, Georgia
… the complex and contested identities as a black gay male in the South. Methodologically, I draw upon the oral history work of Cynthia Stokes Brown (1988), Patricia Leavy (2011), and Donald Ritchie (2003) to capture and archive the authentic voices of my participants in order to construct meaning …
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The Australian Football League and the closet
… thesis examines the complete absence of openly gay males from the ranksof the professional players in the Australian Football League (AFL). It seeks to explain this absence in the context of the modern gay rights movement. incontemporary Australian society. It compares and contrasts the effects …
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Sexual Orientation: A Peripheral Cue in Advertising?
Although advertising featuring gay male and lesbian models can be an effective means of targeting the significant gay and lesbian market, few empirical studies examine how consumers respond to gay-themed advertisements. To address the absence of message-processing research dealing with heterosexual …