Adult Development and Aging: A Gay Perspective

Kimmel, Douglas C.

doi:10.1111/j.1540-4560.1978.tb02618.x

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“…One interviewee seemingly struggled to integrate dementia in a similar way to acceptance of her sexual orientation, suggesting that sustaining personhood may be challenging for PWD that have not integrated aspects of their identity. This may relate to Kimmel's (1978) theory of LG ageing; those whom have not reconciled their sexual orientation might find it more difficult to adjust to the challenges of ageing, such as dementia.…”

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How do lesbian and gay people experience dementia?

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Camic

2016

Dementia

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“…Brown and Roose (2011) and others. Kimmel (1978) and Friend (1991) described "crisis competence" as the transference of positive adaptation that sexual minorities may develop through successfully navigating stigmatizing social contexts, transferring that competence to other challenging domains of life. Transgender individuals who are able to develop competence within the inherently heterosexist context of the military are likely to carry that competence into later life and other domains.…”

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Prior Military Service, Identity Stigma, and Mental Health Among Transgender Older Adults

Hoy-Ellis

Shiu

Sullivan

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Purpose of the Study: Converging evidence from large community-based samples, Internet studies, and Veterans Health Administration data suggest that transgender adults have high rates of U.S. military service. However, little is known about the role of prior military service in their mental health later in life, particularly in relation to identity stigma. In this article, we examine relationships between prior military service, identity stigma, and mental health among transgender older adults. Design and Methods: We used a subsample of transgender older adults (n = 183) from the 2014 survey of Aging with Pride: National Health, Aging, and Sexuality/Gender Study (NHAS). We employed weighted multivariate linear models to evaluate the relationships between psychological health-related quality of life (HRQOL), depressive symptomatology (Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale [CES-D] scores), identity stigma, and prior military service, controlling for background characteristics. Results: Identity stigma was significantly related with higher depressive symptomatology and lower psychological HRQOL. Having a history of prior military service significantly predicted lower depressive symptomatology and higher psychological HRQOL. The relationships between psychological HRQOL, identity stigma, and prior military service were largely explained by depressive symptomatology. Prior military service significantly attenuated the relationship between identity stigma and depressive symptomatology. Implications: By identifying the role of military service in the mental health of transgender older adults, this study provides insights into how prior military service may contribute to resilience and positive mental health outcomes. Directions for future research are discussed.Keywords: Veterans, Gender identity, Resilience, Depression, Quality of life Estimating the prevalence of current and former U.S. service members who self-identify as transgender is challenging, yet important to understanding of the effects of military service in this population. The Veterans Health Administration indicates the prevalence of diagnosed gender dysphoria is five times that of prevalence estimates in the general population (Blosnich et al., 2013). Gates and Herman (2014) propose that there are more than 15,000 transgender adults currently serving in the U.S. military. The RAND Report commissioned by the U.S. Department of Defense suggests that of the more than 2.1 million active duty and reserve military personnel, between 2,150 (0.1%) and 10,790 (0.5%) are transgender (Schaefer et al., 2016). Due to the rapidly increasing aging population and the high The Gerontologist cite as : Gerontologist, 2017, Vol. 57, No. S1, S63-S71 doi:10.1093 proportion of veterans among older Americans (more than 50%; Hardy & Reyes, 2016), the number of transgender older adults with a history of military service is likely substantially increasing. In a national community-based survey, 41% of transgender older adults reported having previously serv...

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“…Jim Kelly (1977) y especialmente Douglas C. Kimmel (1978Kimmel ( , 1979) fueron los representantes de esta corriente: "La amplia diversidad de patrones de envejecimiento, la presencia de aspectos positivos del envejecimiento gay, y la alta satisfacción con la vida de muchos de los encuestados contradice el estereotipo del hombre gay aislado, solo, viejo." (1979: 239).…”

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¿Quién Teme al Espejo? Una Polémica Sociológica en Torno a Cómo los Gays Ven el Envejecimiento Gay

Meccia

2016

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<div><p>Our aim is to analyze different representational forms of gay ageing by old gays. We will draw on aspects related to various theoretical viewpoints and enhance them by presenting empirical evidence with a critical approach. Thus, we will delve into the theory of competence in crisis, some theories of adjustment and resilience, the theory of fast aging, and last, the theory of minority stress. Our reflection is focused on aging experienced by gays who have witnessed social changes as from the 70s, taking into account they represent a turning point in gay subjectivity formed by contrasting representational repertoires, some deriving from an old homosexuality pattern in which they socialized primarily and others from the gay model fostered, generically, after the Stonewall uprising. From the methodological point of view, the texts of the authors considered representative of the theories mentioned are crossed. Then, each was busy trying to point out their particular strengths and limitations providing primary data (interviews) and secondary (statistics on perceptions and interviews). In conclusion, it is noted that there have been contrasting situations in the aging process based on heterogeneous analysis variables, including: sexual identity, the scene of identity (areas of healthcare are clearly regressive to show the gay identity) and, among others, by the features that subjects allocated to institutional environments within which developed his biography.</p></div>

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Adult Development and Aging: A Gay Perspective

Cited by 196 publications

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How do lesbian and gay people experience dementia?

How do lesbian and gay people experience dementia?

Prior Military Service, Identity Stigma, and Mental Health Among Transgender Older Adults

¿Quién Teme al Espejo? Una Polémica Sociológica en Torno a Cómo los Gays Ven el Envejecimiento Gay

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