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Showing 1 to 20 of 218 for “"LGBT"”.
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How Do LGBT Employees Assess Their Firm’s Organizational Culture Regarding LGBT Leadership?
… explored Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Trans (LGBT) employees’ perceptions and assessments of their firms’ organizational cultures and, in particular, the opportunities within the culture that can lead to upper management positions for those who identify as LGBT. The research sought to …
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Silent Readers, Silenced Readers: LGBT Student Perceptions of LGBT Representation in Composition Readers
"Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender (LGBT) representation in composition readers remains limited and is frequently nonexistent (Hudson 2003). Thus, a significant minority of our composition students find themselves with little or no representation in so-called inclusive readers. In this dissertation, …
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Post-Obergefell v. Hodges: How LGBT Contact Can Alter Public LGBT Policy Positions in the U.S. and Arkansas
… specifically examine how we form our opinions of LGBT-identifying individuals, the LGBT community, and LGBT policies more generally. However, further evidence is still needed from the CT literature surrounding how this form of contact interacts with individuals’ social identities to determine and …
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Performing LGBT Pride in Plymouth 1950 - 2012
… archival memorabilia, now form a specific LGBT collection with Plymouth and West Devon Record Office. This PhD thesis interrogates this newly created community archive accession, using theories of performance as a tool, to consider how differing narratives and histories have been …
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LGBT guilds as buffers against sexual minority stress
… stress theory posits that social connection to LGBT-affirming communities may buffer against the negative health effects of anti-LGBT stigma. Yet, few scholars have extended this scope of research to video games—a $90 billion industry touching nearly three-fourths of all U.S. households. This …
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Parental and peer support in the LGBT community
… by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) students are putting pressure on parents, teachers, and school psychologists to find potential solutions. The purpose of this study is to examine variables that have the potential to decrease levels of depression and bullying victimization …
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Public perceptions on LGBT issues in modern Vietnam
… the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community. I have collected data from opinions and comments on different means of social media as representation of public opinion toward LGBT, which seem to most expressed in three aspects: lack of knowledge, stereotype, and prejudice; the …
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Navigating Ocha: LGBT Practitioners' Participation and Navigation of Lucumí
… of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Lucumí/Santería in New York City, with a focus on transgender people. This work uses qualitative interviews and ethnographic observations to look at how LGBT people navigate ritual space and people politics in Lucumí. As part of …
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You Can Play, but Can You be Yourself: How LGBT and Non-LGBT Student-Athletes Perceive the Climate of NCAA Division I Athletic Departments
… of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities, as evidenced by the legalization of same sex marriage (Obergefell v. Hodges, 2015), the coming-out of numerous celebrities, and the mainstreaming of LGBT issues in popular media. There remains, however, a need for current research …
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Explanatory Style as a Protective Factor for Victimized LGBT Adolescents
… they experience. The current study sampled 243 LGBT individuals between the ages of 18-22 from across the United States via an electronic survey. Participants were given measures assessing victimization, ES, and depression, in an attempt to investigate the relationships between the variables. It …
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Explanatory Style as a Protective Factor for Victimized LGBT Adolescents
… they experience. The current study sampled 243 LGBT individuals between the ages of 18-22 from across the United States via an electronic survey. Participants were given measures assessing victimization, ES, and depression, in an attempt to investigate the relationships between the variables. It …
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The LGBT Community and Public Space: A Mixed Methods Approach
… space. The goal of this research is to explore LGBT feelings in public spaces in St. Louis, MO. There are three components including a survey, interviews, and hand mapping of emotional associations within the city. Overall, feelings in public space were found to be dependent on an individual's …
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“Stepsons and Stepdaughters”: Chosen Communities, Religion, Faith, and LGBT Liberation
<p>This dissertation explores the new roles the LGBT movement took on in place of religious and faith-based communities. The new discourse behind the LGBT rights movement’s recent popularity and credibility in popular culture in the U.S. created a generation of activists who grew up both within and …
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Student Perceptions of Hate Crimes Against LGBT Persons: A Victimological Inquiry
Hate crimes against LGBT people are a serious human rights issue worldwide. They have profound effects on the mental, social, and academic well-being of victims. In South Africa, even with a progressive constitution that protects sexual orientation and gender identity, violence, discrimination, and …
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Personal Touches, Public Legacies: An Ethnography of LGBT Libraries and Archives
… touches, Public legacies: An ethnography of LGBT libraries and archives examines lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) information organizations in Vancouver, Canada and surrounding areas. In order to develop a deeper understanding of the diversity in, changes to and challenges for …
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O papel do poder judiciário no reconhecimento de direitos da população LGBT
… no reconhecimento de direitos da população LGBT. Nossa proposta é avaliar o processo de mudança de paradigma na realização do direito, verificando como, gradativamente, o poder judiciário foi derrubando as barreiras para reconhecer direitos da população LGBT. Essa mudança de paradigma contou …
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Factors Impacting Clinical And Counseling Psychology Students Conducting Research With Lgbt Populations
… with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) populations. This study explores researcher development experiences of those students. </p> <p>Two hypotheses are tested with a sample of 59 doctoral students in APA-accredited clinical and counseling psychology program. The first hypothesis …
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DSM-5 Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating Behaviors in the LGBT Population
… and disordered eating behaviors in the general LGBT adolescent and adult populations, in addition to each individual subgroup (i.e., lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender individuals). The results of the review were then used to propose models regarding risk factors for eating disorders and …
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