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Showing 1 to 20 of 178 for “"Gay men"”.
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Just Like Me: Gay Men & Gay Space
… is an ethnographic study that examines how gay men use a gay bar to located and structure identity and social interaction.
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Stereotypes of older adult lesbians and gay men
… orientation-unspecified adult and older adult women and men. There has also been research on stereotypes of age-unspecified lesbians and gay men. No research to date, however, has formally focused on stereotypes of older adult lesbians and gay men. This study examined stereotypes of older adult …
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The psychological outcomes of homophobic discourse on gay men
… second research objective was to examine a few gay men's awareness and experience of the homophobic discourse in Namibia. The third objective of the study was to investigate the psychological outcomes of homophobic discourse on gay men in Namibia
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The Lived Experience of Gay Men With Prostate Cancer
Background Prostate cancer affects over 40,000 men in the United Kingdom each year. The UK Government’s pledge to reduce inequalities within cancer care, relating to prostate cancer, has predominantly focused on the experiences of heterosexual men and overlooked the experiences of gay men. Hence, …
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Sexual identity and health of young gay men and lesbians
… sexual identity and health of young gay men and lesbians. The sample was gained using a snowball technique; all informants were aged between 18 and 25 and identified themselves as gay or lesbian. Thirteen people were interviewed using a recursive in-depth technique. Through these …
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Gay Men and Surrogacy: Navigating Boundaries in the Procreative Realm
… to parent has often been conceptualised as a women’s reproductive concern whilst relatively little is known about men’s reproductive desires, reproductive decision making and reproductive experiences. Gay men have specifically been represented as uninterested in children and parenting, yet an …
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Faceless things: South Korean gay men, internet, and sexual citizenship
… pathways that the Internet was offering Korean gay men, primarily in their 30s and 40s, in terms of exercising their sexual freedom and being gay at a moment of neoliberal reforms in South Korea when an increased emphasis on individual productivity and efficiency, especially through the use of …
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Generativity in the Lives of Non-Metropolitan Lesbians and Gay Men
… in the lives of non-metropolitan lesbians and gay men. A concurrent qualitative-quantitative design was selected with an eye toward understanding what forms of generativity were occurring in respondents' lives and what contextual conditions were promoting that generativity. Qualitative and …
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The lonely voyage: support or isolation for gay men with AIDS?
Twenty-five gay men, 20 with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and 5 with either AIDS Related Complex (ARC) or who tested positive for the AIDS virus, were asked in semi-structured interviews whether they felt supported or isolated. Areas covered included society in general, employment, …
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Gay men and suicidality : an exploration of the significant biographical experiences fore-grounded during childhood, adolescence and early adulthood of some gay men who have engaged in suicidality
International epidemiological studies note that gay men are 4 times more likely to report a serious suicide attempt than their heterosexual counterparts. Data on completed suicides, usually derived from mortality statistics, misrepresent the rate of suicides amongst homosexual populations. However, …
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On the Move: Storying the Authentic Leadership Development of Millennial Gay Men
… experiences of three high-achieving millennial gay men. Using Clandinin’s (2013) narrative commonplaces of temporality, sociality, and place as frames for understanding each participant’s individual story, the study utilized The Listening Guide (Gilligan, 2015) to illuminate participants’ …
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A Different Shade of Grey: Intimacies of Older Filipino Gay Men in Canada
… experiences of intimacy of the older Filipino gay men in Canada. These group of men identify as bakla, which is the Filipino term for queer or non-normative gender and sexual identity, practices, and performances. I specifically investigated how older bakla engage and express their intimacies …
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Reluctant Subjects: The Place of Gay Men in Canadian Media Discourse on HIV
This dissertation maps the struggles for gay menâ s inclusion into the national and global health imaginaries of HIV/AIDS over the past three decades. I order to do so, the author analyzes three instances of public discourse on vulnerability and risk, and their representation in the continuum …
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Agentic and Communal? The Impression Management of Gay Men in the Hospitality Industry
… against LGBT+ individuals and management challenges in the hospitality industry has advanced considerably in the last twenty years. While these studies have been explored across various disciplines, there's a growing focus on understanding the dynamics between consumers, management, …
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Assessing localized prostate cancer post-treatment quality of life outcomes among gay men
… in the United States, 50,000-70,000 of which are gay men. Fearing discrimination, stigma, or receipt of substandard care, gay men may not reveal their sexual orientation potentially affecting provider communication, treatment decision-making and post-treatment quality of life (QoL). Sexual …
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What meaning do gay men on PrEP make of their sexuality: a phenomenological investigation
This study aims to explore what meaning gay men on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) make of their sexuality. PrEP is a medication that was approved in 2012 by the US Federal Drugs Agency (FDA) as an effective means of prophylaxis against contracting HIV. Eight gay men in London who have been on PrEP …
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A consumption of gay men: navigating the shifting boundaries of m/m romantic readership
… these grievances and just why so many women read m/m romance novels, this paper conducts an examination of the subgenre as a whole, starting with the history of m/m romance novel publication. The author continues by detailing women’s stated reasons for reading these novels and the …
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Toward an Integrated Self: Making Meaning of the Multiple Identities of Gay Men in College
… to underrepresented students and their development, specifically their social identities, including race (Cross, 1991), gender (Gilligan, 1982), and sexual orientation (Cass, 1979; D'Augelli, 1994; Fassinger, 1998). However, many theories have compartmentalized aspects of one's overall identity …
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Psychological well-being and coping in the partners of gay men with HIV-related disease
… and well-being in the (HIV negative) partners of gay men with HIV infection and related illness. The role of coping as a moderating variable was investigated. Other moderating variables known to influence level of distress for carers (such as social support, quality of the relationship and life …
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