Out of the Closet, Not Yet Out of the House: Gay Men’s Experiences of Homonegativity and Internalized Homonegativity

This paper explores how Australian gay men experience gender and sexuality in relation to heteronormative gender norms, specifically masculinity. A sample of 32 gay men 22–72 years of age participated in an online interview, using a videoconferencing software, on masculinity and homosexuality. Thema...

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Autores principales:	Jack Thepsourinthone, Tinashe Dune, Pranee Liamputtong, Amit Arora
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	homonegativity LGBT gender norms internalized homonegativity Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:01ca373abb4a468b9217798e852e44fd2021-11-25T17:44:32ZOut of the Closet, Not Yet Out of the House: Gay Men’s Experiences of Homonegativity and Internalized Homonegativity10.3390/healthcare91114792227-9032https://doaj.org/article/01ca373abb4a468b9217798e852e44fd2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/9/11/1479https://doaj.org/toc/2227-9032This paper explores how Australian gay men experience gender and sexuality in relation to heteronormative gender norms, specifically masculinity. A sample of 32 gay men 22–72 years of age participated in an online interview, using a videoconferencing software, on masculinity and homosexuality. Thematic analyses revealed that gay men experience gender and sexuality-related strain across all levels of their socioecological environment through social regulation, homophobic discrimination/harassment, and anti-effeminacy prejudice. The gay men expressed feelings of self-loathing, shame, internalized homonegativity, and isolation as a result. In examining interactions at each level of the socioecological environment, future research and practice may gain understanding in the social phenomena and how to ameliorate such strain.Jack ThepsourinthoneTinashe DunePranee LiamputtongAmit AroraMDPI AGarticlehomonegativityLGBTgender normsinternalized homonegativityMedicineRENHealthcare, Vol 9, Iss 1479, p 1479 (2021)
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description	This paper explores how Australian gay men experience gender and sexuality in relation to heteronormative gender norms, specifically masculinity. A sample of 32 gay men 22–72 years of age participated in an online interview, using a videoconferencing software, on masculinity and homosexuality. Thematic analyses revealed that gay men experience gender and sexuality-related strain across all levels of their socioecological environment through social regulation, homophobic discrimination/harassment, and anti-effeminacy prejudice. The gay men expressed feelings of self-loathing, shame, internalized homonegativity, and isolation as a result. In examining interactions at each level of the socioecological environment, future research and practice may gain understanding in the social phenomena and how to ameliorate such strain.
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title	Out of the Closet, Not Yet Out of the House: Gay Men’s Experiences of Homonegativity and Internalized Homonegativity
title_short	Out of the Closet, Not Yet Out of the House: Gay Men’s Experiences of Homonegativity and Internalized Homonegativity
title_full	Out of the Closet, Not Yet Out of the House: Gay Men’s Experiences of Homonegativity and Internalized Homonegativity
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Out of the Closet, Not Yet Out of the House: Gay Men’s Experiences of Homonegativity and Internalized Homonegativity

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