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Showing 1 to 20 of 122 for “"come out"”.
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Come out, stay out, stand out: Eight stories of gay and lesbian high school students
1 PDF file (vi, 232 pages)
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When Parents Come Out as Parents of Gay and Lesbian Children: A Transformation of the Self.
… how and why parents of gay and lesbian children come to join a support and advocacy group when same-sex attraction and sexuality are still considered deviant and immoral by the majority of society. Based on participant observation of and interviews with parents in two separate support and …
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When States ‘Come Out’: The Politics Of Visibility And The Diffusion Of Sexual Minority Rights In Europe
… of societies. It is this process of "coming out" that leads to the socio-political recognition of rights that alters the situation for such groups. Ultimately, the politics of visibility is located at the intersection of international relations and social movement politics.
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"In this class automatic my words come out": Implementing process drama in two Malaysian English language-learning contexts
… two English language-learning contexts in the southern part of Malaysia. My aim of this study was to examine whether process drama was a possible method for producing learners who are more confident in speaking English. This study attempted to fill a gap in using process drama in ESL contexts …
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Working it "Out": A Relational Understanding of Disclosure Decisions in Same-Gender Couples
"Coming out" is a unique experience for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and other sexual minority individuals (LGB+), yet it remains ill-defined within scholarship and is individually focused. This study investigates how same-gender couples negotiate relationship visibility and what motivates them to come …
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The effect of potash in the base dressing on the incidence of simple fruit ripening disorders. A specific study of an autumn crop of tomatoes on an old glasshouse soil at a high phosphate level: A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture for the National Diploma in Horticulture
… were used. It is hoped that some value will come out of these trials to guide our husbandry.
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When a second sibling comes out as LGBT: Examining sibling relationships and family experiences
… who are the second sibling to self-identify and come out as a sexual minority in their families of origin is non-existent. In the context of evolving conceptualizations of the coming out process, the present study sought to explore the perceptions of the second sibling to come out as LGBT in the …
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"Making it Work": A Grounded Theory of How Mixed Orientation Married Couples Commit, Sexually Identify, and Gender Themselves
Married bisexuals who come out to their heterosexual partners do not invariably divorce. This qualitative study included 14 intact, mixed orientation married couples. The mean marriage duration was 14.5 years, and the mean time since the bisexual spouse had come out was 7.9 years. The research …
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The First Life Journey of Many: The Lived Experience of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning Individuals Who Were Raised Within the Catholic Church on Their Coming Out Process
… lawmakers which interfere with their ability to come out as their true selves. This qualitative, phenomenologically oriented study explored the LGBTQ identity and practicing Catholic religious beliefs in an attempt to develop a rich description and understanding of the experience of LGBTQ …
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Holes and Other Stories
… here deal with the character's perceptions about relationships/life as the reality of the relationships/life comes crashing in. The narrators of these stories range from first person to limited third to give readers different means to get into the narrator's mind as usually the key to the …
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Problems and challenges facing the government in addressing the problem of street children in Tanzania
… of the problem of street children, to find out problems and challenges facing the government in addressing it and to come out with alternative strategies to curb the problem. A descriptive cross-sectional research design (both quantitative and qualitative) methods was adopted to collect and …
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Environmental disclosure in the Libyan oil and gas sector
… (Islam et al., 2005). This attention has not come out of the blue; as environmental costs rise year on year, it has become increasingly important to disclose these costs, as they can significantly impact upon the decisions made by the users of financial statements. This is especially important …
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Spectral Mixture Analysis for Monitoring and Mapping Desertification Processes in Semi-arid Areas in North Kordofan State, Sudan
… and mapping the desertification processes and come out with valuable recommendations which could contribute positively in reducing desert encroachment in the area.
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Designing and building a peanut-shelling machine to help people in third world countries such as Ghana/Haiti
… a spinning wheel and a hard friction channel and come out on the other side fully shelled. The peanut sheller was powered using a crank. Second prototype was built after the concept of the spinning wheel worked after: testing the first prototype. Peanuts were shelled without breaking the kernels …
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The terror within
… up in these trials are looking for a chance to come out with a better understanding of who they are and how they fit into the enigma of life.
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Essays in applied microeconomics and networks
… rise in the number of Americans who have openly come out. We develop a model of stigma with Schelling-style tipping dynamics. Regions may be stuck in equilibria with low LGBT support and few openly gay individuals. These equilibria can be escaped via trigger events, that by causing even a small …
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Daughters of the Sun (Excerpted)
… You have never heard of me, but my name has come out of your mouth thousands of times.” So begins my novel, <em>Daughters of the Sun,</em> the story of Jesus’s twin sister, Alleluia. Using the narrative framework seen in Salman Rushdie’s <em>Midnight’s Children, </em>Alleluia tells her story …
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Impact of total quality management practices on innovation in service organizations
… Innovation in service organizations has become an important subject in both theoretical and practical research agenda. The important of service innovation is delineated from the importance of service in manufacturing organizations. It has been proven that implementing Total Quality …
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Transgender YouTubers and the Power of Coming Out: Existentialism, Gender Performance, and Self-Actualization
… people to seek community and visibility, with YouTube acting as an especially valuable visual repository of self-representation. The present research is concerned with examining how transgender YouTube creators use the platform for self-actualization through the lens of existentialist and gender …
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Rgg2/Rgg3 Quorum Sensing in Streptococcus pyogenes and Innate Immune Cell Responses
… pathogens interact with each other to try and come out on top.
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