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Showing 1 to 20 of 449 for “"bisexual*"”.
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Aggression In Lesbian And Bisexual Relationships
… same-sex partner aggression among lesbians and bisexual women. Through in-depth interviews with 19 women who identify themselves as either lesbian or bisexual, information was documented in this study demonstrating the severity of issues of power and control among some same-sex partners, as well …
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Sexual Fluidity And Women's Bisexual Identity Development
<p>Experiences of bisexual and sexual fluid women are poorly explored and understood in the current literature. While there is a need and interest in the exploration of bisexual experiences in the current literature, these experiences are usually lumped together with the experiences of lesbian …
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Sexual Arousal and Mental Health in Bisexual Men
There is variation in the extent to which bisexual men get sexually aroused to both sexes. A different line of research suggests that they also vary in how vulnerable they are to mental health problems, compared to gay and straight men. The present study sought to investigate whether variation in …
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Suicide risk among gay, lesbian, and bisexual college youth
… and victimization among gay, lesbian, and bisexual (GLB) college students, expanding the current literature involving GLB high school youth. This was accomplished by examining (1) the incidence of suicidal behavior among GLB college youth compared to their non-GLB peers, (2) the …
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Investigating media narratives of bisexual people in sport settings
Societal attitudes towards bisexuality have often been argued to be overwhelmingly associated with denial, erasure, and stigmatisation. Bisexual people are considered to be disadvantaged amongst other sexual minorities due to various complexities, such as its disruption to heteronormative ways of …
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SOCIAL WORKERS' ATTITUDES TOWARDS LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER ADOPTIONS
… of social workers in relation to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) adoptions. Race, gender, generation, position and prior LGBT training are factors that can positively or negatively impact social workers’ biases towards LGBT adoptions. Researchers contacted adoption agencies whom …
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Counselors' self-perceived competency with lesbian, gay, and bisexual clients
… for counselors working with lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) clients (Logan & Barret, 2005). Concurrently, the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) revised standards to require social and cultural diversity competencies, including LGB counseling …
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The Relations Among Outness, Authenticity, and Well Being for Bisexual Adults
… have investigated the unique experiences of bisexual individuals. The present study examined the influence of outness (as a sexual minority and specifically as bisexual) and authenticity on bisexual adults’ well-being, and whether authenticity moderated or mediated the relationship between …
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License to Discriminate: Structural Stigma and Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Health
… of research suggests that a lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) persons’ stigmatized status impacts their health relative to heterosexuals. However, less research has examined how differences in stigma towards LGB people across geographic locales influences these health differentials. This …
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Challenges Faced by Bisexual and Gay Black Men on College Campuses
… discrimination encountered by Black male gay and bisexual college students (BMGBCS). Using intersectionality and queer theory as guiding philosophies, this study looks at how BMGBCS—being Black, male, and nonheterosexual—are subject to oppression at multiple levels of identity and in ways that are …
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Exploring community and enacted stigma among South African bisexual women of colour
Bisexual women of colour face unique and multi-layered forms of marginalisation owing to their intersectionality, both from queer and heterosexual spaces. This study explored the perceptions of Black South African bisexual women of community-held bisexual stigma and their experiences navigating …
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Examining the Factors Related to Bisexual Individuals' Preference for Future Parenting Partner
… decade, very little literature has focused on bisexual parents. Most of the research emphasis has been placed on parenting by lesbian women and gay men, with parenting by bisexual individuals often being subsumed by these categories. There is currently a lack of understanding of what factors …
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Minority Stress and TV Viewing Behaviors among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults
… has examined the ways in which lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals consume LGB-inclusive media. Despite growing focus on this topic, no studies have explored the role of minority stress in the media consumption process among LGB adults. The present study examined the relationships between …
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Digital Rhetoric of the Invisible: Bisexual Literacy Practices on TikTok, 2020–2021
… methods to analyze the literacy practices of bisexual TikTok users primarily during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States, during which time TikTok exploded in popularity among U.S. social media users, especially among young adults. It is also an exercise in neuroqueer …
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Services to Homeless Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Youth: What Works
… and behavior risks among homeless Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer youth, are now part of nation wide conversation however, evidenced based practices and strategies for working with the youth remain very limited. This explorative study examined housing services, environments, and …
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The Differences of Attraction Patterns Between Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual People and Heterosexual People
… the attraction patterns of gay/lesbian and bisexual individuals have not been thoroughly examined. The present study explores the differences of attraction patterns between gay/lesbian individuals and straight individuals. It asks the question whether a person’s attraction patterns are due …
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'Like a playground should be?' Experiencing and Producing Bi Subjectivities in Bisexual Space.
Much recent work on bisexual subjectivities has taken a discourse analytic approach to exploring how bisexual identity is discursively produced as paradoxical, and why it is so difficult to articulate a culturally intelligible bisexual subjectivity. This thesis responds to such work by suggesting …
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How Counselors Are Trained to Work with Bisexual Clients in CACREP-Accredited Programs
… with lesbian and gay-identified clients, bisexual-identified clients continue to be marginalized in the principles, theories, and methods of studying sexuality as well as in the training provided by counselor educators. A descriptive content analysis was conducted to determine what is …
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