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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"LGBTQ+ Studies"”.
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A qualitative investigation of the experiences of high school Gay-Straight Alliance advisors
… (GSAs) on the psychosocial adjustment of LGBTQ students. Research suggests GSA advisors are in a position to facilitate learning, social support, and psychosocial well-being for students. As student-led groups, past studies have focused on the perspectives and outcomes of students while …
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Jimmy Choos vs. Ariats: The presentation of masculinity in the online sex ads of men who have sex with men
The concept of masculinity should be understood in terms of its fluidity. One cannot say that there is a specific "white" masculinity or a specific "straight" masculinity; rather, masculinity is constantly changing. The inherent problem of defining masculinity has not deterred researches but has …
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The Roles of Resilience and Perceived Discrimination in Sexual Minority Identity Integration
Although researchers and theorists have long moved away from public disclosure of sexual minority identity (i.e. coming out) as the theoretical apex of lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB) identity development, it is still considered an important process of overall identity integration. Unfortunately …
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Stereotypes of older adult lesbians and gay men
Past research has examined stereotypes of sexual 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. …
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Health inequity by design: LGBTQ+ youth homelessness and a path towards health justice
The health inequities facing the LGBTQ+ community are well documented despite limited resources towards addressing these issues. Traditional frameworks have failed to account for the role of stigma at various levels, namely public, self and structural, that perpetuate these inequities. Health …
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Identit(ies) and Agency: College Students' Navigations of Sexuality and Gender in Complex Figured Worlds
… lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) perceive the campus climate at West Virginia University and in what ways their experiences are shaped by that climate. Campus climate is defined as "the cumulative attitudes, behaviors, and standards of employees and students concerning …
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Anthropophagic Queer: A Study on Abjected Bodies and Brazilian Queer Theory
<p>This project analyzes contemporary Brazilian literature and film in order to discuss queer theory and its ability to resonate with, and bring to light, specifically Brazilian concerns. The main argument of this dissertation is that, on one hand, such ideas and theories may change local …
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Queering the Museum: Utopian Futurity in Contemporary Exhibitions
… are not the sole domain of museum or curatorial studies, and are as much a part of art history as artists and art objects yet they remain understudied and under-analyzed within the field. I posit that a queer art history not only analyzes the relationship between works of art, but it also …
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School Based Policies Protecting LGBTQ+ Youth
… National School Climate Survey, over half of all LGBTQ+ students reported experiencing LGBTQ+ related discriminatory policies or practices in their schools (GLSEN, 2019). While there is legislation in place that should standardize compliance and equality within school districts, there is often a …
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Community of Counter-Conduct: Politics and Practices of LGBTQ Christian Activism in Evangelicalism
… at the intersections of American religious studies and gender and sexuality studies have broadened our understanding of the overlapping histories of faith communities and LGBTQ social movements in the US. Despite recent contributions to the history of LGBTQ activism in American religious …
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Reading Indie Video Games: A Study of Queer Players
Through a series of in-depth qualitative interviews and a discourse analysis of academic publications this study explores the definition of indie video games, relationships between queer players and indie video games that they play, and ways in which queer players relate to games in general. The …
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Exploring ‘Zelmaneship’: Developing Queer Inwardness from Sidney to Stage
Zelmane the Amazon, a central character in Philip Sidney’s epic romance The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia (1590), has often been studied for her transgressive gender and sexuality. Zelmane’s first words in the New Arcadia direct readers to look within, “Transform’d in show, but more transform’d in …
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Partial Figures: Sound in Queer and Feminist Thought
… otherwise in the overlapping contexts of black studies and musicology. I take up notions of musical flavor and culinary sound in the work of Fred Moten and Theodor Adorno, respectively, alongside Hortense Spillers’ account of ungendered flesh as resisting figuration in the sense of both …
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PLAYING TRANSNESS: AN ANALYSIS OF MEANINGFUL TRANSGENDER REPRESENTATION IN VIDEO GAMES
… Situated between literature on cultural studies, transgender studies, and game studies, I interrogated the following research questions: what does meaningful transgender representation look like in video games? What is involved in making meaningful transgender representation in games? And …
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Tranny Muse
Tranny Muse is a poetry collection that interrogates personal, historical, and socio-cultural genealogies, functioning as both a record and an archive. As the speaker of these poems, I explore my life thus far: from growing up Mormon and coming out as gay and trans/nonbinary to performing in drag …
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