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Riemer, Brenda A. "Lesbian Identity Formation and the Sport Environment." Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal 6, no. 2 (October 1997): 83–107. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/wspaj.6.2.83.
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This study is an examination of the identity formation of lesbians in sport and how lesbians interpreted the softball environment with regard to social support and the ability to be open about their lesbianism. Twenty four women on summer slow pitch softball teams, and 5 spectators, participated in qualitative interviews. Responses were consistent with a model of lesbian identity formation that included preconformist, conformist, post-conformist, lesbian conformist, and lesbian post-conformist levels. The support these women received from softball players helped them to come out to others and to enter the lesbian community.
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Wandrei, Karin E. "‘Sleeping with the enemy’: Non-monogamy and 1970s lesbian-feminists." Sexualities 22, no. 4 (February 26, 2018): 489–506. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1363460717750074.
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Many white American women who came out as lesbians in the 1970s in the context of the feminist movement saw their lesbianism as part of their core identity. A tenet of that movement was that sexual/romantic involvements with men were incompatible with being a ‘true’ lesbian. Women who did were often ostracized. Changes in the lesbian-feminist community and larger society, including the viability and visibility of bisexuality and non-monogamy, have allowed some of these women to explore sexual and romantic involvement with men while holding onto the feminist aspects of their lesbian identification because of non-monogamy’s feminist potential. This analysis supports the work of van Anders in critiquing the primacy of genital configuration as a means of defining sexual orientation.
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Megananda, Wiwid. "Menjadi Lesbian: Kajian Interaksionisme Simbolik Lesbian di Surabaya." Simulacra 2, no. 2 (December 17, 2019): 223–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.21107/sml.v2i2.6148.
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This article is entitled Becoming Lesbians: A Symbolic Interactionism Study of Lesbian Identity (Case Study in the City of Surabaya). Researchers focus on lesbian individuals not on the lesbian community. The problem raised by the researcher is how the whole process of choosing someone to be a lesbian and the symbols used for interaction with other lesbians. The purpose of this study is to know how a person chooses his life as a lesbian and to find out the symbols used to interact with lesbians. The method used is a qualitative method with a phenomenological approach. In this study informants numbered four people and all four occupy their respective roles in lesbians. From the results of this study there are several reasons why someone chooses to become a lesbian: social profiles, her-story, lesbian firts time, what changes, reactions and what next. From these concepts, the conclusion is that family background does not influence a person to become a lesbian, but rather from personal experiences in the past or experiences with social relations.
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Martell, Michael E. "Age and the new lesbian earnings penalty." International Journal of Manpower 41, no. 6 (July 16, 2019): 649–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijm-10-2018-0322.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to observe how the cohabiting lesbian earnings differential in the USA has changed since the early 2000s, a time period during which the lesbian, gay and bisexual rights movement has been very successful. Design/methodology/approach The author analyzes the 2012–2017 American Community Survey using Mincer-style income regressions. Findings The author finds that cohabiting lesbians earn approximately 11 percent less than married heterosexual women. The earnings penalty has emerged as a result of the disproportionately large penalty young lesbians’ experience. While older lesbians (over 45) do not experience an earnings penalty, younger lesbians appear doubly disadvantaged. They now face a lesbian wage gap of approximately 24 percent in addition to the previously documented gender wage gap. Research limitations/implications The paper shows that cohabiting lesbians earn approximately 11 percent less than married heterosexual women. The earnings penalty has emerged as a result of the disproportionately large penalty young cohabiting lesbians experience. While older cohabiting lesbians (over 45) do not experience an earnings penalty, younger cohabiting lesbians face a wage gap of approximately 24 percent. Originality/value The study finds, contrary to most previous research, a cohabiting lesbian earnings penalty instead of premium. The findings highlight that there is considerable heterogeneity in the economic experience of cohabiting lesbians, and that young cohabiting lesbians comprise a particularly vulnerable population.
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Martindale, Kathleen, and Martha Saunders. "Realizing Love and Justice: Lesbian Ethics in the Upper and Lower Case." Hypatia 7, no. 4 (1992): 148–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1527-2001.1992.tb00723.x.
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This essay examines two tendencies in lesbian ethics as differing visions of community, as well as contrasting views of the relationship between the erotic and the ethical. In addition to considering those authors who make explicit claims about lesbian ethics, this paper reflects on the works of some lesbians whose works are less frequently attended to in discussions about lesbian ethics, including lesbians writing from the perspectives of theology and of literature.
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Zheng, Yong, and Lijun Zheng. "Sexual Self-Labels and Personality Differences Among Chinese Lesbians." Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal 39, no. 7 (August 1, 2011): 955–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.2224/sbp.2011.39.7.955.
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Distinctions are commonly made regarding preferences for active or receptive sexual roles within the Chinese lesbian community. Three sexual self-labels are typically specified among Chinese lesbians: “T”, meaning a lesbian who prefers the active role, “P”, meaning a lesbian who prefers the receptive role, and “H”, meaning a lesbian without a strong preference for either role. The aim in this study was to examine personality differences within Chinese lesbian sexual self-labeled groups. Among the participants, comprising 217 Chinese lesbians, significant differences were found between sexual self-labeled groups in gender-related and Big Five traits. Ts scored higher than Ps in masculinity and self-ascribed masculinity/femininity; Ps scored higher than Ts in femininity; Hs gained intermediate scores in a gender-related traits compared to those of Ts and Ps. There were significant differences in the Big Five traits of extraversion, conscientiousness, and emotional stability among the self-labeled groups. Sexual self-labels appear not only to distinguish sexual behavior patterns but may also suggest personality differences among Chinese lesbians.
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Afritayeni, Afritayeni, and Sri Rizki Mulyani. "DUKUNGAN SOSIAL DAN KUALITAS HIDUP PADA LESBIAN DI ORGANISASI PERUBAHAN SOSIAL INDONESIA (OPSI) PROVINSI RIAU." Al-Insyirah Midwifery: Jurnal Ilmu Kebidanan (Journal of Midwifery Sciences) 10, no. 1 (April 30, 2021): 41–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.35328/kebidanan.v10i1.1563.
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Lesbian is a term for women who have a sexual orientation to the same sex. The existence of lesbians in Indonesian society is not so prominent compared to gays. Quality of life (being, belonging, becoming) is crucial in lesbians because of the position of lesbians as minorities. Homosexuality is a bridge connecting the HIV virus to a wider population. They tend to have many sex partners and often have sexual relations without status with their partners. The percentage of HIV and AIDS cases according to risk factors in Indonesia in 2017 is homosexual 20.4%. This research is a qualitative research with ethnographic design conducted from March 13 - 06 August 2019. Based on the survey research informants in this study were lesbians, amounting to 3 people and 4 participants. Data collection is done by in-depth interviews with the data validity test carried out by triangulation. The results found that lesbians are not supported and their lives are not quality because that lesbians do not get support from the community and family only support from friends or spouses. The public is expected to get to know more about sexuality especially with regard to lesbian sexual orientation. Studies according to religion, culture, and social norms consider lesbians to be deviant sexual orientations and provide more support for lesbians to be able to carry out positive activities, such as community activities and carrying out spiritual activities in daily life
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Jennings, Rebecca. "Lesbian Spaces: Sydney, 1945-1978." Sydney Journal 4, no. 1 (October 23, 2013): 168–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.5130/sj.v4i1.2818.
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Asking ‘What is lesbian Sydney?’ and ‘Where is it?’, this article traces the shifting spaces and places of lesbian Sydney in the first decades after the Second World War. In the 1940s and 1950s, when camp bars were overwhelmingly male, lesbians enjoyed a very limited public presence in the city. Many women created lesbian spaces in isolation from a wider community, discreetly setting up house with a female partner and gradually building up a small network of lesbian friends. Groups of women met in each other’s homes or visited the parks and beaches around Sydney and the Central Coast for social excursions. By the 1960s, lesbians were beginning to carve out a more visible public space for themselves at wine bars and cabaret clubs in inner suburbs such as Kings Cross, Oxford Street and the city, and the commercial bar scene grew steadily through the 1970s. However, the influence of feminist and lesbian and gay politics in the 1970s also prompted a rethinking of lesbian spaces in Sydney, with well-known lesbian collective houses challenging older notions of private space and political venues such as Women’s House and CAMP NSW headquarters constituting new bases for lesbian community.
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Silber, Linda. "Negotiating sexual identity: Non‐lesbians in a lesbian feminist community." Journal of Sex Research 27, no. 1 (February 1990): 131–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00224499009551547.
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Lugones, María. "Hispaneando y Lesbiando: On Sarah Hoagland's Lesbian Ethics." Hypatia 5, no. 3 (1990): 138–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1527-2001.1990.tb00612.x.
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This review looks at Sarah Hoagland's Lesbian Ethics from the position of a lesbian who is also a cultural participant in a colonized heterosexualist culture (la cultura Nuevomejicana) within the powerful context of its colonizing heterosexualist culture (Angloamerican culture). From this position separation from heterosexualism acquires great complexity since the position described is that of a plural self. In Lesbian Ethics lesbian community is the community of separation where demoralization is avoided by auto‐koenonous selves. Because heterosexualism is not a Cross‐cultural or international system but a series of systems some of which dominate over others and threaten their extinction, lesbian pluralism cannot be achieved through the inclusion of lesbians of different cultures, classes and situations in a separating group. Neither the need for nor the value of separation from heterosexualism are undermined by the increased complexity that this position adds to the analysis.
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Eleuteri, Stefano, Adele Fabrizi, and Chiara Simonelli. "Eteronormativitŕ e omosessualitŕ femminile: riformulazione di un antico legame." RIVISTA DI SESSUOLOGIA CLINICA, no. 2 (December 2009): 5–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.3280/rsc2009-002001.
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- The aim of this contribution is to analyse in which way gender stereotypes derived from heteronormativity have formed again in homosexual culture, with a strong influence on lesbian gender role. Lesbian "social invisibility" and the stigmatization of women sexual components will be studied as important variables in maintaining heteronormative categories in lesbian experience. Literature analysis shows how it is still common to find lesbians who label themselves in accordance with the "butch/femme" paradigm. Recent studies seem, however, to have found in lesbian community more flexible and personalised roles in performing gender stereotypes. The hypothesis of a higher "erotic plasticity" in women than in men could be a major interpretation to outline the importance that cultural phenomena have in homosexuals' gender role construction.
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Lewis, Daniel C., Andrew R. Flores, Donald P. Haider-Markel, Patrick R. Miller, Barry L. Tadlock, and Jami K. Taylor. "Degrees of Acceptance: Variation in Public Attitudes toward Segments of the LGBT Community." Political Research Quarterly 70, no. 4 (June 30, 2017): 861–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1065912917717352.
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The lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) community includes a diverse set of groups, including distinct groups based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity, but it is not clear whether the public makes distinctions in their attitudes toward these subgroups. If they do, what factors motivate individuals to evaluate gays and lesbians differently from transgender people? This study analyzes Americans’ attitudes toward these communities, and it evaluates their support for nondiscrimination protections. We find that public attitudes are significantly more negative toward transgender people and policies pertaining to them than they are toward gay men and lesbians and related policies. The analyses reveal that differences in these attitudes are associated with social contact effects, variation in cognitive consistency, elite cues, and the varying magnitudes of key political factors, such as religiosity and partisanship.
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Kowalska, Alicja. "Polish Queer Lesbianism: Sexual Identity Without a Lesbian Community." Journal of Lesbian Studies 15, no. 3 (July 2011): 324–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10894160.2010.530152.
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Martin, Angela, Dorothee Seifen, and Mary Maloney. "Lesbians, Bisexual Women, and Perceptions of Risk in the Bluegrass." Practicing Anthropology 15, no. 4 (September 1, 1993): 48–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.17730/praa.15.4.4q254035v3k67uu5.
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In September 1992, we embarked upon a research project designed to investigate lesbian attitudes towards HIV/AIDS risk and the impact on these attitudes of a safer sex workshop for lesbians and bisexual women. This project was part of a graduate seminar aimed at familiarizing students in the Anthropology Department at the University of Kentucky with techniques involved in community-based ethnographic research. As anthropologists, we were interested in collecting data on individual behaviors and perceptions of risk. We then wanted to contrast our findings with institutionally recognized risk categories and behaviors, such as those of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Over the course of three months, teenagers, minorities, and so on. A pamphlet aimed at teens will often employ the language teens use. Similarly, materials geared toward gay men will not present information on vaginal intercourse. If one examines a range of such materials, one finds that lesbians are nowhere represented or targeted. (See Rebecca Cole and Sally Cooper, "Lesbian Exclusion from HIV/AIDS Education," SEICUS Report, December 1990/January 1991.)
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Lajoie, Andrée, Éric Gélineau, and Richard Janda. "When Silence Is no Longer Acquiescence: Gays and Lesbians under Canadian Law." Canadian journal of law and society 14, no. 01 (1999): 101–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0829320100005950.
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AbstractThis paper shows the role of the courts in the advancement of gay and lesbian rights to be restricted to intervening when three conditions are present: after legislation has been felt by minority groups to be deficient; where stating principles rather than implementing them is involved, and when legislative modification is difficult to achieve because amendment of a rigid constitution is out of question, or in parts of the country where political conservatism has a similar effect. Decisions are grounded on equality, while other values put forward by gays and lesbians such as dignity, recognition, respect of identity and difference and social concerns will be endorsed only by dissenting judges, unless the majority is sure that their mention will have no practical consequence. However, this modest victory was not achieved at the cost of representing gays' and lesbians' interests or values as common with those of the dominant heterosexual majority. On the contrary it seems that the affirmation of the “right to difference,” centered on diversity, and the openness of this constructed identity might have led to a chain reaction starting with the evolution of public opinion as a consequence of lobbying and education by the gay/lesbian community, proceeding to create a new balance of power, more favourable to the gay/lesbian minority, and finally reaching more respect from courts and legislatures alike.
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Bailey, Aimee. "“Girl-on-girl culture”." Journal of Language and Sexuality 8, no. 2 (August 20, 2019): 195–220. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/jls.18013.bai.
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Abstract This article investigates the construction of sex advice for queer women as it features on the world’s most popular lesbian website, Autostraddle. Based in the United States, the website is a “progressively feminist” online community for lesbian, bisexual and other queer women. Using multimodal critical discourse analysis and corpus linguistics, this article explores how representations of sexual and gender identity facilitate the construction of homonormativity on the website. It argues that these representations involve a tension between exclusivity and inclusivity. On the one hand, Autostraddle wants to construct an exclusive markedly lesbian subjectivity and a subcultural model of lesbian sex, which is lacking in mainstream culture. On the other hand, it aims to be inclusive of transgender and bisexual women, and to deconstruct the idea of sexual homogeneity. Findings show that Autostraddle discursively negotiates these competing goals to construct a distinctly “queer female” normativity centred on young cisgender feminine lesbians.
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Wilkens, Jill. "The significance of affinity groups and safe spaces for older lesbians and bisexual women: creating support networks and resisting heteronormativity in older age." Quality in Ageing and Older Adults 17, no. 1 (March 14, 2016): 26–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/qaoa-08-2015-0040.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of belonging to a same-sexuality social group or network for older lesbians and bisexual women. Design/methodology/approach – In total, 35 women were interviewed about a range of topics including coming out (or not) in the 1950s and 1960s, their feelings about ageing and their experiences of attending groups for lesbians and bisexual women, now and in the past. Findings – The study found that, while the participants had different opinions of groups and their significance, the majority valued the opportunity to meet with other “like-minded” women and enjoyed a range of positive outcomes. Practical implications – The nature of the space where such groups are located was significant to many as was the employment of paid leaders, not only to take up the administrative burden but to moderate and prevent cliques from forming. Social implications – The research indicates that such groups have an important role to play in alleviating loneliness and promoting positive ageing. Originality/value – This research makes an important contribution to the literature about lesbian, gay and bisexual ageing which is frequently focused on gay men. Their feelings about loneliness, the role of social space and groups are often different to those of lesbian and bisexual women such as my participants, particularly those who were at the cutting edge of second-wave feminism.
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Rush, Josie. "Going online to be a lesbian: AfterEllen, Vice Versa, The Ladder and queer (?) theorizing in discursive spaces." Queer Studies in Media & Popular Culture 4, no. 2 (June 1, 2019): 139–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/qsmpc_00002_1.
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By constructing a lineage of mediated discourse in which queer women theorize their spaces and identities, this article argues for the significant place of communication technologies as venues for queer women’s theoretical discussions. Specifically, it analyses content from AfterEllen, a website devoted to popular culture and media for lesbian and bisexual women, connecting the site to two twentieth-century lesbian periodicals, Vice Versa and The Ladder, ultimately arguing for a conception of the discourse produced in these spaces as a type of proto-queer theory. In each space, queer women reject the fictive wholeness proffered by systems of heteronormativity through their critiques of mainstream society and cultivation of representation and community. However, this article also analyses the dangers of theory, as spaces like AfterEllen theorize a lesbian subjectivity that denigrates and dismisses trans lesbians. Utilizing convergence theory, this article additionally argues that heralding the web as the first liberating space of its kind for LGBT individuals obfuscates a rich history of investment in and dependence on communication networks for identity and community formation.
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Rush, Josie. "Going online to be a lesbian: AfterEllen, Vice Versa, The Ladder and queer (?) theorizing in discursive spaces." Queer Studies in Media & Popular Culture 4, no. 2 (June 1, 2019): 139–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/qsmpc_00018_1.
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By constructing a lineage of mediated discourse in which queer women theorize their spaces and identities, this article argues for the significant place of communication technologies as venues for queer women’s theoretical discussions. Specifically, it analyses content from AfterEllen, a website devoted to popular culture and media for lesbian and bisexual women, connecting the site to two twentieth-century lesbian periodicals, Vice Versa and The Ladder, ultimately arguing for a conception of the discourse produced in these spaces as a type of proto-queer theory. In each space, queer women reject the fictive wholeness proffered by systems of heteronormativity through their critiques of mainstream society and cultivation of representation and community. However, this article also analyses the dangers of theory, as spaces like AfterEllen theorize a lesbian subjectivity that denigrates and dismisses trans lesbians. Utilizing convergence theory, this article additionally argues that heralding the web as the first liberating space of its kind for LGBT individuals obfuscates a rich history of investment in and dependence on communication networks for identity and community formation.
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Lewis, Robin J., Tyler B. Mason, Barbara A. Winstead, Melissa Gaskins, and Lance B. Irons. "Pathways to Hazardous Drinking Among Racially and Socioeconomically Diverse Lesbian Women." Psychology of Women Quarterly 40, no. 4 (September 24, 2016): 564–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361684316662603.
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Lesbian women engage in more hazardous drinking than heterosexual women yet we know relatively little about what explains this disparity. In the present study, race, socioeconomic status (SES), minority stress, general psychological processes, and distress were examined as pathways to hazardous drinking among young (18–35 years) Black and non-Hispanic White lesbian women. We used the psychological mediation framework adaptation of minority stress theory and the reserve capacity model as theoretical underpinnings of the conceptual model in the current study. Self-identified lesbian participants ( N = 867) completed a onetime online survey that assessed race, SES, perceived sexual minority discrimination, proximal minority stress (concealment, internalized homophobia, lack of connection to lesbian community), rumination, social isolation, psychological distress, drinking to cope, and hazardous drinking. Cross-sectional results demonstrated that being Black was associated with hazardous drinking via sequential mediators of rumination, psychological distress, and drinking to cope. SES was associated with hazardous drinking via sequential mediators of sexual minority discrimination, proximal minority stress, rumination, social isolation, psychological distress, and drinking to cope. Understanding these pathways can aid researchers and clinicians studying and working with lesbians who are at risk for hazardous drinking.
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Roper, Emily A., and Katherine M. Polasek. "Negotiating the Space of a Predominately Gay Fitness Facility." Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal 15, no. 1 (April 2006): 14–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/wspaj.15.1.14.
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While researchers have explored the experiences of gay and lesbian sport participants competing and participating in alternative sport structures, no research has examined gay men, lesbians, bisexual (GLB) and heterosexual individuals’ experiences sharing an alternative space. The purpose of this study was to qualitatively explore the experiences and perceptions of being a member of, and participating in a “predominately gay” fitness facility Interviews with 13 members and one member of management suggested that while the predominately gay fitness facility was a site in which working out was a primary focus for all of the participants, the space was used as a way to connect with the gay community (among the GLB participants) and become invisible for the women (heterosexual, lesbian, and bisexual). The results also suggested that the heterosexual participants, while “comfortable” working out in a predominately gay fitness setting, described a temporary occupation of the space.
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Ulfah, Deswita Keumala, Mohd Din, and Ali Abubakar. "Criminal Sanction Approach to Liwath (Gay) and Musahaqah (Lesbian) Behavior in Qanun Jinayah Number 6 of 2014." Syiah Kuala Law Journal 5, no. 1 (April 30, 2021): 13–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.24815/sklj.v5i1.19871.
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Gay and lesbian behavior has entered and developed in Aceh in the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami. As an area that is implementing Islamic law, the issue has become the focus of the community, religious scholarships, and the Aceh Government. Since Qanun Jinayah No. 6 of 2014 applies, there are only 3 (three) liwath cases which were tried with caning by the Syar'iyah Court of Banda Aceh City. The results of law enforcement research on liwath (gay) and Musahaqah (lesbi) perpetrators have not been able to provide a deterrent effect, because the more widespread this behavior develops in society. Additional sanctions should be proposed in the form of actions, such as counseling assistance, religious assistance, and social and health assistance. It is hoped that sanctions will change the behavior of gays and lesbians in terms of their sexual orientation.
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Herold, Lauren. "Televisual Emotional Pedagogy: AIDS, Affect, and Activism on Vito Russo’s Our Time." Television & New Media 21, no. 1 (November 25, 2018): 25–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1527476418813440.
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Starting in New York City in the 1970s, gay men and lesbians created public access television programs to shine a spotlight on their experiences, communities, concerns, and businesses. This article asks, “How did public access programming provide an emerging televisual forum for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people to circulate community affects, experiences, and activism?” Looking to the “AIDS” episode of the 1983 cable access series Our Time, this article traces emerging affective responses to the AIDS epidemic, fear and anger in particular, present in the episode. This article argues that the content and aesthetics of the episode produce a televisual emotional pedagogy about AIDS, making sense of the rising panic to channel these feelings toward collective action. While little research has explored gay and lesbian public access programming, this article reveals that it provides a significant contribution to television history and to mediated archives of feelings in response to AIDS.
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Otis, Melanie D., and William F. Skinner. "An Exploratory Study of Differences in Views of Factors Affecting Sexual Orientation for a Sample of Lesbians and Gay Men." Psychological Reports 94, no. 3_suppl (June 2004): 1173–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.94.3c.1173-1179.
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An exploratory study of lesbians (70) and gay men (118) from a rural state in the mid-South was conducted using a self-administered, mail-out survey. The nonrandom sample was drawn from organizational mailing lists, snowball sampling, and a convenience sample at a community event. Respondents were asked to indicate the extent to which each of the following affected sexual orientation: genetics, relationship between parents, relationship with parents, birth order, peers, growing up in a dysfunctional family, growing up in a single-parent family, negative experiences with the opposite sex, and positive experiences with the same sex. Similar to studies of heterosexual men and women, these gay men were more likely to view sexual orientation as a result of genetics than the lesbian respondents. Further, the lesbian group were more likely to view positive relationships with the same sex to have a great influence on sexual orientation. These data indicate there are sex differences in views on factors that affect sexual orientation.
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Thomson, Sheona. "It's Moments Like These You Need ‘Mint’: A Mapping of Spatialised Sexuality in Brisbane." Queensland Review 14, no. 2 (July 2007): 93–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1321816600006668.
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This paper produces the first mapping of ostensibly ‘lesbian’ spaces in Brisbane, focusing on lesbian bars and/or clubs. While cultural geographers have long noted the increased presence of ‘queerness’ within urban built environments, including how articulations of queerness within the built environment impact on the usage of those spaces both by queers and non-queers, few have applied this work to Queensland's capital. This paper addresses the gap. To do so, I begin contextually by ‘overviewing’ how queer space has tended to be ‘mapped’ in existing scholarship. I then consider how lesbian space, in particular, is mediated through interpersonal networks, queer media and, increasingly, virtual spaces. The point of this is to consider how lesbians go about the process of finding each other, and of finding community, through and in the spaces of Brisbane's built environment. Finally, and with these contexts in place, I move on to a brief case study of the three incarnations of one lesbian bar in Brisbane: namely, Mint cocktail bar. This case study raises a series of questions, including what, if any, are the aesthetic characteristics of these spaces? How are they contextualised within, and how do they interact with, the broader built environment? And what, ultimately, might these spatial interactions reveal about ideologies of sexuality within the built environment of Brisbane?
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Ross, Charlotte. "Imagined communities: initiatives around LGBTQ ageing in Italy." Modern Italy 17, no. 4 (November 2012): 449–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13532944.2012.706997.
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LGBTQ ageing is an under-researched but vital issue, given the cultural invisibility of older LGBTQ individuals and Italy's ageing population. This article explores initiatives around LGBTQ ageing, considered in relation to the hypothesis that LGBTQ populations may develop effective strategies for ‘successful ageing’, by establishing queer cultural spaces and support networks. After a brief contextualisation of key issues the author focuses on a case study of a lesbian community in Bari which is planning a residential arrangement for ‘older lesbians’. Drawing on interviews conducted in January 2011, the coping strategies or forms of ‘resilience’ developed by this community are identified and analysed. It is argued that while plans for a residential facility remain unrealised, this community demonstrates a degree of ‘resilience across the life course’, through reciprocal support, and socio-cultural and political innovation. However, interviews also reveal the difficulties of progressing from an ‘imagined community’ to its concrete realisation.
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Colvin, Roddrick. "Shared workplace experiences of lesbian and gay police officers in the United Kingdom." Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management 38, no. 2 (May 18, 2015): 333–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/pijpsm-11-2014-0121.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explores the contemporary workplace experiences of lesbian and gay officers who serve across the UK. Design/methodology/approach – Using an online survey, the research asked lesbian and gay officers to share their experiences in law enforcement environments. Acknowledging the changing climate in many law enforcement environments, this respondents here were asked to focus on both positive and negative experiences in the workplace. Findings – The responses of 243 police officers revealed that lesbian and gay officers face barriers to equal employment opportunities similar to those faced by women and other minorities in law enforcement, but lesbian officers appear to experience and witness lower levels of discrimination than gay male police officers. Attitudinal bias against lesbian and gay officers remains a significant problem in the force. Lesbian officers report feelings of tokenism at higher levels than gay male police officers. Research limitations/implications – Future research endeavors should analyze any differences between the experiences of different lesbians and gay men at different levels of visibility within law enforcement, including “out” and “closeted” officers. Research about when officers come out as lesbian or gay – during training, on the force, after they retire – would be insightful in understanding officers’ perceptions. Practical implications – The research suggests that police departments in the UK have made good strides in opening the law enforcement workforce, but continue to face on-going challenges in creating fair, diverse, and representative work environments for lesbian and gay officers. Specifically, agencies should review policies where supervisor have discretion over the employment-related actions. By not meetings the challenges of a more diverse workplace, agencies risk lower job satisfaction, and decreased police effectiveness, especially on community policing environments. Originality/value – This research joins a small, but growing body of research that offers specific barriers and opportunities – as perceived by the officers. As other agencies engage in efforts to recruit and retain diversity police forces, the results of this research can enhance policies and practices, with regards to lesbian and gay officers.
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Heaphy, Brian, and Andrew K. T. Yip. "‘Uneven Possibilities: Understanding Non-Heterosexual Ageing and the Implications of Social Change’." Sociological Research Online 8, no. 4 (November 2003): 99–110. http://dx.doi.org/10.5153/sro.864.
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The article draws from focus group data generated for a UK study of the life circumstances of lesbians, gay men and bisexuals aged 50 and above, to consider some key elements of the conceptual framework we are developing for understanding the issue of non-heterosexual ageing. The article considers ways in which non-heterosexual ways of living have been positively evaluated as ‘prime’ experiments in late modern ways of living, and identifies three core areas (identity, relationships and community) where it has been argued that lesbian and gay lifestyles can be viewed as indicators of the implications of social change. Employing the data to discuss the notion of ‘do-it-yourself’ biographies, we identify a number of factors that work to enable and limit an empowered sense of self amongst older lesbians and gay. In doing so, we also highlight the uneven possibilities that exist for self-creation in detraditionalised settings. Non- heterosexual couples and friendships can offer distinct possibilities for ‘negotiated’ and ‘chosen’ relationships. These are not, however, uniformly adopted or created by older non- heterosexuals. Finally, our data indicates that while non- heterosexual communities can provide crucial supports and resources for their members, some older lesbians and gay men experience these communities as exclusionary. This raises a number of questions about the dynamics that facilitate inclusion or exclusion in reflexive or critical communities. While the article highlights that non- heterosexual ageing cannot be understood without reference the creative possibilities open to non-heterosexuals, and late modern individuals generally, we caution against celebratory accounts of both non-heterosexual and late modern ways of living, and of social and cultural constraints transformed, that is inherent within them.
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Apter, Andrew. "M.G. Smith on the Isle of Lesbos: Kinship and Sexuality in Carriacou." New West Indian Guide 87, no. 3-4 (2013): 273–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22134360-12340108.
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Abstract In Kinship and Community in Carriacou (1962), M.G. Smith documents what he calls “abnormal” sexual relations between women in female-headed households on the island. These lesbian madivines represent statistically significant “deviations” from normative patterns of kinship and residence in domestic groups, and are associated with the shapeshifting witchcraft of sukuyan and lougarou. Linking Smith’s ethnography of “mating patterns” to transactional pathways of reproductive value—blood, money, witchcraft and sexuality—I rework his ideological explanation of Carriacou lesbianism (as a “mechanism” for preserving female marital fidelity) into a feminist model of female empowerment with comparative potentialities throughout the Caribbean.
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Richters, Juliet, Garrett Prestage, Karen Schneider, and Stevie Clayton. "Do women use dental dams? Safer sex practices of lesbians and other women who have sex with women." Sexual Health 7, no. 2 (2010): 165. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/sh09072.
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Dental dams are distributed and promoted in some safer sex campaigns for use in oral sex. However, whether and how often dams are used for sex between Australian women remains unknown. We investigated the use of dental dams for sex by lesbians and other women who have sex with women, and the relationship between dam use and sexual risk for this group. In 2004, a self-completion questionnaire was distributed to women attending the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Fair Day and lesbian community venues and health services in Sydney (n = 543). Among the 330 women who had had oral sex with a woman in the previous 6 months, 9.7% had used a dental dam and 2.1% had used one ‘often’. There was little evidence of dam use for prevention of sexually transmissible infections. Although women who practised rimming (oral–anal contact) or had fetish sex involving blood were more likely to have used a dam, dam use was not significantly more common among women who had more partners, or had casual or group sex. Some women avoided oral sex during menstruation or had oral sex with a tampon in place. Latex gloves and condoms were used by more women and more often than dams.
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Scorsone, Kristyn. "Invisible Pathways." Public Historian 41, no. 2 (May 1, 2019): 190–217. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/tph.2019.41.2.190.
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Using oral history research under the direction of the Queer Newark Oral History Project, this essay explores how contemporary black lesbian entrepreneurs in the city of Newark, New Jersey, are engaged in entrepreneurial practices that resist patterns of gentrification. I argue for expanding our definition of public history to account for the business practices and social structures that queer black women in Newark are erecting as a part of their survival. These serve to pave the way for the preservation of their culture, enable them to collaborate with community in shared authority, and present queer black women’s knowledge and history to the wider public. By expanding the definition of what constitutes a public historian, we acknowledge the power of black lesbians as producers of historical knowledge and create new access points for shared inquiry with various marginalized communities that reach beyond academia and cultural institutions.
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HILDEBRANDT, TIMOTHY. "Same-sex marriage in China? The strategic promulgation of a progressive policy and its impact on LGBT activism." Review of International Studies 37, no. 3 (August 26, 2010): 1313–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s026021051000080x.
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AbstractUsing the case of same-sex marriage in China, this article explores two fundamental questions: What motivates a non-democratic state to promulgate a progressive human rights policy? More importantly, when a non-democratic state adopts such policies, what is the impact on activism? I argue that same-sex marriage legislation could be used strategically to improve China's human rights reputation. While this would extend a pinnacle right to gays and lesbians, the benefits might not outweigh the costs: I show that when imposed from above, a same-sex marriage law would incur opportunity costs on activism; the passage of this progressive policy would eliminate an important issue around which the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans-gender/-sexual (LGBT) community might develop. Moreover, even if such policy is promulgated, the right to marry will do little to challenge the larger social pressures that make life difficult for LGBT Chinese.
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Obermayr, Julia. "Transnational community building through Quebec’s first Lesbian Web Series: decoding lesbianism on the example of Féminin/Féminin." Contemporary French Civilization 44, no. 2_3 (July 2019): 257–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.3828/cfc.2019.15.
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Azevedo, P., J. Vitória, and A. Norton. "Mental health and suicidal risk in lesbian, gay and bisexual population." European Psychiatry 33, S1 (March 2016): S596—S597. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.2227.
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IntroductionNowadays, the lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) community still suffers from prejudice and social stigma, including from medical professionals.Thus, it is urgent to draw attention to this population since these individuals have an increased risk of mental disorders, substance abuse and dependence, suicidal ideation and suicide attempt or complete suicide.AimsTo underline the prevalence of mental disorders and increased suicide risk in the LGB population.ObjectivesTo summarize the latest literature about this field.MethodsA brief review of the latest literature was performed on PubMed using the keywords “mental health”, “suicidal risk”, “LGB population”.ResultsLGB individuals appear to be at increased risk of mental disorders and suicidal behavior than heterosexuals. According to Meyer, they are exposed to what is called the minority stress: proximal, depending on the subject and related to fear of rejection and internalized homophobia and distal, regardless of the individual including prejudice, social stress, social exclusion (including their own families) and violence.The odds of attempting suicide are approximately 2 to 7 times higher for lesbians, gay men and bisexuals (LGBs) than for heterosexuals.ConclusionsMinority stress related to prejudice and stigma against LGB people has a significant risk that can be related to suicide ideation and attempt.The higher rate of many psychiatric conditions noted in this community underscores the need for clinicians to provide nonjudgmental care and approachable environment.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.
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Díaz, Desiree A., Annette Maruca, Laura Gonzalez, Cherrill Stockmann, and Erica Hoyt. "Using simulation to address care of the transgender patient in nursing curricula." BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning 3, no. 2 (January 2, 2017): 65–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjstel-2016-000147.
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This descriptive study explored the use of simulation as a means to increase cognitive and reflective practice as well as determining if simulation can alter perceptions and attitudes related to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. This manuscript describes how student nurses perceive their role when providing care to and, more specifically, the care of transgender patients. The research question asks: How does a transgender simulation impact the attitudes and beliefs of nursing students related to the LGBT community? One-hundred and fifty-nine students, with a subset of 120 students attending a school in central Florida and 50 students attending a Connecticut programme, participated in the completion of the instruments. The Gender Affirmative Practice (GAP) scale was used to evaluate their attitudes and practice concerning LGBT issues. Findings suggest that the majority of the students rarely or never discuss pertinent sexual orientation issues. Students are not comfortable creating a climate that allows for self-identification by gay/ lesbians, despite admitting to being open and accepting the LGBT community with their faculty. Limitations were based on multisite location and the use of the GAP. It is important for nursing students, and healthcare providers, to acknowledge and recognise the unique vulnerabilities of transgender persons who are seeking healthcare. The exposure to transgender individuals in a clinical setting may be limited; therefore, the use of simulation will offer the opportunity to examine their beliefs and reflect on their attitudes towards this population. Simulation incorporating mental health issues is a newer training technique in which psychosocial aspects of healthcare are addressed.
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West, Carolyn M. "Partner Abuse in Ethnic Minority and Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Populations." Partner Abuse 3, no. 3 (2012): 336–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/1946-6560.3.3.336.
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This review seeks to synthesize the current state of knowledge regarding gender differences in rates of physical and psychological intimate partner violence (IPV) prevalence among the four largest racial/ethnic groups in the United States, compares rates of physical and psychological IPV between sexual minorities and heterosexuals and among subgroups of sexual minorities (gay men, lesbians, bisexuals), and summarizes correlates and risk factors that are associated with rates of IPV in both ethnic and sexual minorities.A systematic search of the published literature in the past 40 years using various search engines (e.g., PubMed, PsycINFO, and Web of Science) was conducted. The review identified 55 studies that met criteria. Few gender differences in rates of physical and psychological aggression were found among African American, Hispanic American, Asian American, and Native American men and women. Psychological aggression was most frequently reported. Bidirectional violence, which primarily took the form of minor aggression, was the most frequently reported form of physical violence. When unidirectional aggression was assessed, it was more likely to be female perpetrated, particularly among African Americans. These gender patterns were consistent across general population, student, and community studies. Respondents who reported a history of same-sex cohabitation and those who identified as sexual minorities reported higher rates of IPV than those who reported only a history of opposite-sex cohabitation and those who identified as heterosexual.Regarding sexual minority subgroup differences, bisexuals appeared to be at a greater risk of IPV, and victimization among transgendered individuals has largely been neglected in the literature. Substance abuse and use, marginalized socioeconomic status in the form of family and neighborhood poverty, and exposure to violence during childhood as a witness or victim of violence in the family of origin were consistently linked to elevated rates of IPV. Associations also were found between level of acculturation and minority stress in the form of internalized homophobia and frequency of discrimination based on sexual orientation. However, the complex association among these variables was less clear across racial groups and sexual orientation. Research limitations and future research directions are discussed.
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Wood, Naomi Pueo. "O arquivo corporal." Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture 1, no. 3 (July 2019): 25–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/lavc.2019.130004.
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This article analyzes the watercolor and graffiti art of the Afro-Brazilian, lesbian visual artist Annie Ganzala. It argues that Ganzala’s focus on the erotic (Audre Lorde) and the centrality of black women’s pleasure contributes to a collective healing centered on sensorial and corporeal knowledges. Ganzala’s paintings and graffiti art augment a contemporary archive that privileges sensorial and embodied knowledges as a method to decenter the white Eurocentric focus on written texts for documenting and recounting colonial and contemporary histories. Simultaneously, her pieces reflect black lesbian desire and sensuality in order to create spaces for social protest and collective healing for black lesbian women in Brazil and the African diaspora. This article discusses seven watercolor paintings and two murals to showcase the ways that Ganzala’s technique focuses on black female love in relation to community and spirituality through omitting a recognizable context or backdrop and instead centering the bodies and shared desires among the women. It argues that these works contribute to an imagined queer utopic space where such erotic and spiritual love is the center of collective healing and a site of archival knowledge still being unveiled through decolonial artistic practices. RESUMEN Este artículo analiza las pinturas en acuarela y el grafiti de la artista visual afro-brasileña y lesbiana Annie Ganzala. El presente artículo sostiene que el enfoque de Ganzala en lo erótico (Audre Lorde) y la centralidad del placer sexual de las mujeres negras contribuyen a una curación colectiva centrada en los conocimientos sensoriales y corporales. Las pinturas y el grafiti de Ganzala aumentan un archivo contemporáneo que privilegia los conocimientos sensoriales y corporales como un método para descentrar el enfoque blanco y eurocéntrico en los textos escritos para documentar y relatar historias coloniales y contemporáneas. Simultáneamente, sus obras reflejan el deseo y la sensualidad de las lesbianas negras para crear espacios para la protesta social y la curación colectiva de las mujeres lesbianas negras en Brasil y en la diáspora africana. Este artículo analiza siete pinturas en acuarela y dos murales para mostrar las formas en que la técnica de Ganzala se centra en el amor femenino negro en relación con la comunidad y la espiritualidad al omitir un contexto o un fondo reconocibles y, en cambio, concentrar en los cuerpos y los deseos compartidos entre las mujeres. Este trabajo sostiene que estas obras contribuyen a un espacio utópico queer imaginado, donde este tipo de amor erótico y espiritual es el centro de la curación colectiva y un lugar de conocimiento archivístico que aún se está revelando a través de las prácticas artísticas decoloniales RESUMO Este artigo analisa as aquarelas e os grafites da artista afro-brasileira e lésbica, Annie Ganzala. O texto argumenta que o foco das obras de Ganzala no erótico (Audre Lorde) e a centralidade do prazer das mulheres negras contribuem para uma cura coletiva que centraliza o conhecimento corporal e sensorial. As aquarelas e os grafites de Ganzala somam a um arquivo contemporâneo que privilegia os conhecimentos sensoriais e corporais como metodologia para decentralizar o foco branco eurocêntrico nos textos escritos como forma privilegiada para a documentação das histórias coloniais e contemporâneas. Simultaneamente, as obras de Ganzala refletem o desejo e a sensualidade das lésbicas negras para também criar espaços de protesto e de cura coletiva para as mulheres negras no Brasil e na diáspora Afro. Neste artigo, são discutidas sete aquarelas e dois grafitis para demonstrar as maneiras pelas quais a técnica de Ganzala centraliza o amor entre lésbicas negras em relação à comunidade e espiritualidade ao omitir as referências a um contexto ou pano de fundo específico e, em vez disso, centrar-se nos corpos e desejos compartilhados entre as mulheres. Postula-se que as obras de Ganzala reforçam um espaço utópico queer imaginado onde os desejos eróticos e espirituais formam o centro da cura coletiva e também um espaço para o crescimento de um arquivo corporal que ainda se revela através de práticas descoloniais.
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Brown, Adrienne, Julie Hassard, Madeline Fernbach, Edith Szabo, and Melanie Wakefield. "Lesbians' experiences of cervical screening." Health Promotion Journal of Australia 14, no. 2 (2003): 128–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/he03128.
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Bradford, Judith B., Jennifer M. Putney, Bonnie L. Shepard, Samantha E. Sass, Sally Rudicel, Holly Ladd, and Sean Cahill. "Healthy Aging in Community for Older Lesbians." LGBT Health 3, no. 2 (April 2016): 109–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/lgbt.2015.0019.
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Nystrom, Nancy M., and Teresa C. Jones. "Community Building with Aging and Old Lesbians." American Journal of Community Psychology 31, no. 3-4 (June 2003): 293–300. http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/a:1023914921903.
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Tremblay, Manon. "Cameron Duder, Awfully Devoted Women. Lesbian Lives in Canada, 1900-65, Vancouver, University of British Columbia Press, 2010, 313 p. Liz Millward, Making a Scene. Lesbians and Community across Canada, 1964-84, Vancouver, University of British Columbia Press, 2015, 316 p." Recherches féministes 29, no. 2 (2016): 300. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1038740ar.
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Cheng, Zhankun. "Issues and Standards in Counseling Lesbians and Gay Men with Substance Abuse Concerns." Journal of Mental Health Counseling 25, no. 4 (October 1, 2003): 323–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.17744/mehc.25.4.nb107j9cqdc5j7ld.
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In this article, the author analyzes the issues and standards facing mental health counselors (MHCs) when working with lesbians and gay men who have substance abuse problems. In order to provide professional and affirmative services to clients from this population, it is critical for MHCs to understand the social and historical context of the lives of lesbians and gay men. Therefore, some of the major factors that contribute to substance abuse problems in the gay community are explored. Finally, guidelines regarding legal protections for this population are provided.
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Jackson, Sue, and Tamsyn Gilbertson. "`Hot Lesbians': Young People's Talk About Representations of Lesbianism." Sexualities 12, no. 2 (March 24, 2009): 199–224. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1363460708100919.
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Media representation of heterosexual alternatives is particularly salient for young people negotiating sexuality, more so for those with limited access to other cultural resources to inform their homosexual understandings. With the centrality of media as resource in mind, we present in this article findings from our focus group research with 25 high school students aged 16—18 in which we invited them to discuss representations of homosexuality in the media. Our analyses, which focus here on lesbian sexuality, used a thematic discursive approach. We found constructions of lesbianism as `heteroflexible', `hot' and experimental to be common patterns in participants' talk, whereas notions of lesbian desire were largely silenced. While most of the talk drew on heteronormativity, we found small pockets of its deconstruction in mobilization of alternative discourses and rejection of sexual categories.
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Traies, Jane. "Old Lesbians in the UK: Community and Friendship." Journal of Lesbian Studies 19, no. 1 (January 2, 2015): 35–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10894160.2015.959872.
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Oktomalioputri, Biomechy, and Eryati Darwin. "EDUKASI KESEHATAN REPRODUKSI REMAJA GENERASI Z DENGAN METODE EDUGAME DI SMA 1 BATANG ANAI, PARIAMAN." LOGISTA - Jurnal Ilmiah Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat 3, no. 2(Jul-Des) (December 20, 2019): 46. http://dx.doi.org/10.25077/logista.3.2(jul-des).46-51.2019.
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Generasi Z atau yang dikenal generasi-net, generasi remaja yang akan meneruskan generasi milenial saat ini diharapkan dapat membuat era baru dalam perkembangan teknologi. Dengan pengaruh yang kuat dari teknologi internet ditakutkan tidak hanya mengubah pola pikir generasi z tetapi dapat pula menjadikan sesuatu yang tabu menjadi tradisi yang ilegal dikalangan masyarakat. Seperti berkembangnya kelompok lesbian, gay, biseksual, dan transgender atau yang dikenal dengan sebutan LGBT. Badan Perencana Pembangunan Daerah Sumatera Barat melakukan survey di akhir 2017, Provinsi Sumatera Barat (Sumbar) menjadi daerah terbanyak di Indonesia yang dihuni oleh kelompok LGBT. Diperkirakan angka sementara mencapai puluhan ribu LGBT di Sumbar. Daerah Padang Pariaman memiliki kasus LGBT terbanyak setelah kota Padang. Kegiatan edukasi terkait kesehatan reproduksi yang dikemas dengan baik dan menarik diharapkan mampu memberikan pengetahuan yang cukup untuk remaja agar tidak sampai melakukan hal-hal yang akan mengganggu kesehatan reproduksinya kelak. Kegiatan tersebut telah dilaksanakan oleh Tim Pengabdian Masyarakat Bagian Histologi dan Radiologi Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Andalas yang berjudul “Edukasi Kesehatan Reproduksi Remaja generasi z dengan metode edugame pada Siswa SMA 1 Batang Anai, Padang Pariaman. Pada pengabdian masyarakat ini didapatkan hasil bahwa siswa memiliki persamaan persepsi mengenai bahaya LGBT dan free sex. Metode edugame dan penyuluhan yang disertai dengan video animasi ini menjadi salah satu kegiatan persuasif dengan metode efektif yang dapat mengajak siswa agar menyadari bahaya LGBT dan free sex.
Kata kunci : Edukasi kesehatan reproduksi, Generasi Z, Metode edugame
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Generation Z, or which is well known as net-generation, the generation of adolescent that will continue the current millennial generation is expected to create a new era in technological development. Due to the strong influence of technology, the internet is feared not only can change the mindset of generations, but also can turn something taboo into an illegal tradition among citizen, such as the development of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender people, also known as LGBT. The West Sumatra Regional Development Planning Agency conducted a survey at the end of 2017. It is obtained that West Sumatra is the largest province in Indonesia inhabited by LGBT groups. It is estimated temporary numbers reach tens of thousands of LGBT in West Sumatra. Padang Pariaman district has the most LGBT cases after Padang city. Educational, well-packaged and interesting health activities are needed to provide enough knowledge for adolescents to avoid doing things that will interfere their reproductive health later. This activity has been implemented by community service team held by the Histology and Radiology Department of Faculty of Medicine Andalas University entitled "Education of Adolescent Reproductive Health for Generation Z with Edugame method for students of Senior High School 1 Batang Anai, Pariaman”. In this community service activity is obtained students have the same perception about the dangers of LGBT and free sex. Edugame method and counseling with animated videos is one of the effective methods to attract students sto aware the dangers of LGBT and free sex.
Keywords : Reproductive Health Education, Generation Z, Edugame Method
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Getz, Cheryl, and Evelyn A. Kirkley. "Rainbow Visibility: How one Catholic University Responded to Intolerance." About Campus: Enriching the Student Learning Experience 7, no. 3 (July 2002): 23–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/108648220200700305.
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When intolerance of gays and lesbians at the University of San Diego became … well … intolerable, a group of students, staff, and faculty decided to do something about it. The result was a project called Rainbow Visibility that works on many fronts to educate the campus community.
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Sinding, Christina, Pamela Grassau, and Lisa Barnoff. "Community Support, Community Values: The Experiences of Lesbians Diagnosed with Cancer." Women & Health 44, no. 2 (January 15, 2007): 59–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j013v44n02_04.
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Huneke, Samuel Clowes. "The Duplicity of Tolerance: Lesbian Experiences in Nazi Berlin." Journal of Contemporary History 54, no. 1 (April 3, 2017): 30–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022009417690596.
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In 2008, a monument to the gay victims of the Holocaust was erected that paid tribute only to its male victims, reigniting a long-running debate regarding the fate of lesbians in the Third Reich. Using four previously unanalyzed police investigation files at the Landesarchiv Berlin, this article opens a window into the lives of lesbians living in Nazi Berlin. The four case studies below highlight the capricious nature of Nazi rule and the surprising ways in which discourses of homosexuality appeared in the everyday lives of prostitutes and factory workers. At the same time, they demonstrate a surprisingly robust and open world in which lesbianism was not only not persecuted, but even tolerated in limited ways. While these materials suggest a chasm that separated the experiences of gay men and lesbians under the Nazi regime, they also highlight not only the limits of tolerance but the ways in which it can reinforce persecution itself.
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Gil-Gómez, Ellen M. "Lesbianas Unidas: Shaping nation through community activist rhetorics." Journal of Lesbian Studies 20, no. 2 (February 25, 2016): 197–212. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10894160.2015.1083818.
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Rose, Suzanna M. "Community Interventions Concerning Homophobic Violence and Partner Violence Against Lesbians." Journal of Lesbian Studies 7, no. 4 (November 19, 2003): 125–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j155v07n04_08.
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