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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"Gay community"”.
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Harvey Fierstein: A prophetic voice in the gay community
… has become an important influence in the gay community. His first major play, Torch Song Trilogy, was a major milestone for gay theatre. By becoming the first gay play to be commercially successful, it launched Fierstein into the spotlight. Since his first major Broadway play, he has …
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There's more to health than HIV : social capital & health in the gay community
The legal climate for gay men in the UK has undergone enormous change since thedecriminalisation of 'homosexuality1 in 1967 with changes in the social climate following.Bringing together concepts of 'social capital 1 and 'reflexive individualisation', the researchexplores how the changes have …
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History museum and archive of the lesbian and gay community of New York City
This thesis is an exercise in responsibility regarding my actions as an architect. It is based upon the belief that architecture is a product conveying culture. While architecture can convey culture, it also has the potential to shape and facilitate change q in culture. Therefore, one can view the …
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Perimeters, Performances and Perversity: The Creation and Success of a Gay Community in Madrid, Spain
This dissertation utilizes the gay neighborhood of Chueca as the foci for understanding the rise of public gay identity in Madrid and Spain. By "reading" the urban space and coupling that reading with information gathered from ethnographic and historical methodologies, my work sheds light on the …
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Racism in the Gay Community and Homophobia in the Black Community: Negotiating the Gay Black Male Experience
… posed the question "How does racism in the gay community and homophobia in the Black community restrict gay Black male's life chances and life opportunities?" Previous research has uncovered racist attitudes within the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community as well as …
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Chocolate to Rainbow City: the dialectics of black and gay community formation in postwar Washington, D.C., 1946-1978
… popular assumptions which frame “black” and “gay” as exclusive urban identities and which brand black urban communities as embodiments of economic failure, disorderly heterosexuality and criminality and gay communities as embodiments of economic success, safety, urban renewal and whiteness. In …
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An investigation into the relationship between gay activism and the establishment of a gay community in Birmingham, 1967-97
This study charts the establishment of a gay community in Birmingham from the introduction of the Sexual Offences Act 1967, which partially decriminalised male homosexual acts in England and Wales, to the 1997 general election. This saw New Labour end eighteen years of Conservative governments in …
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The relationship between gay community, other social networks, and HIV among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men
… social networks, and HIV prevention among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) in Australia. Chapter 1 introduces what is known about social networks, community, and HIV prevention among GBMSM. Chapters 2 and 3 use data from the Gay Community Periodic Surveys from …
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The Masculine Mystique
… to conquer stereotypes of femininity. The gay community utilizes civil rights rhetoric in order to create a dialogue about equality; unfortunately a disturbing number of gay community members frequently discount homosexual male minorities, perpetuating the notion that homosexual minorities …
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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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Culturing Talk About HIV/AIDS in Ireland
… and health promotion, and the practicum of gay men’s saunas. I trace the ways in which these practicums are interrelated and how knowledge about HIV and AIDS is generated and given meaning within each practicum and between practicums. Starting with the production o f a scientific discourse …
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Gay families in the media in the age of HIV and AIDS
This thesis investigates print media discourse on gay families in the context of HIV/AIDS and the gay rights movement. Comparing and contrasting reports from the mainstream heterosexual press, the mainstream gay press, and the gay community press, revealed a moral discourse on AIDS that implicated …
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Revisiting the queer : theory, literature and gay male studies
… this homophobic view were needed for the gay community. This required an investigation into the academic debates aoout homosexuality: mainly the social constructionist versus the essentialist debate.
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Kin, kith, and same-sex couple quality
… study maps the social networks of lesbian and gay couples and shows how their networks affect couple relationship quality. Respondents had to be ages 30 to 55 inclusive, living together at least one year, without children, and residing in Washington State. Recruitment of equal numbers of women …
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Asking to See the Soul: A Video Documentary Exploring the 'Coming Out' Experiences of Men Identifying with a Gay Subculture
… that describes the coming out processes of gay men who identify with the Bear subculture of the gay community and some of the conflicts and consequences that they face due to this action. The aim of this production was to portray with dignity and compassion the recorded feelings and personal …
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#BLACKQUEERLIVESMATTER: Understanding the Lived Experiences of Black Gay Male Leaders in Los Angeles
<p>The Black community and the gay community have historically experienced marginalization from society, public and private institutions, federal government agencies, and law enforcement. Black gay male leadership is not a conversation within leadership academia. This phenomenological study focuses …
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"Travestis politiques": The gay value of Michel Tremblay's dramatic work in translation
Michel Tremblay often denies that he writes about gayness, despite frequent themes of sexual difference in his plays. In Hosanna , for example, he has suggested that the gay content is a metaphor for Quebec's aspirations to independence. In other plays, such as Les anciennes odeurs and Messe …
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Young-Adult Gay Literature: Coming of Age for LGBTQ Teenagers
… will explore the evolution of Young Adult (YA) Gay literature from 1969 to the present. It will explore the impact this genre has had on the LGBTQ community, the gradual societal shifts in attitudes towards homosexuals, the reciprocal influence within the scope of Queer Theory, and the …
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A psychodynamic view of male homosexuality : oedipal and pre-oedipal
… has been a topic for controversy. The "gay" community as well as many more sociologically oriented researchers see any investigation of the psychodynamics of this orientation as implying pathology and therefore contributing to stigmatization of homosexuals. More recently, however, …
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