Challenges of Being Simultaneously Gay or Lesbian and Spiritual and/or Religious: A Narrative Perspective

Buchanan, Melinda; Dzelme, Kristina; Harris, Dale B.; Hecker, Lorna L.

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“…In the clinical literature, which contains articles, books, and chapters from both clinical psychology as well as pastoral counseling and social work, there is open debate on many topics including the morality of homosexuality, addressing the specific clinical needs of gay and lesbian clients, the efficacy of reparative therapy, and the role of pastoral counseling within not only the gay and lesbian community as a whole, but within the religious gay and lesbian community as well. As this article attempted to review the theoretical and research literature on the interactions between gay and religious identities, I leave a more detailed review of the clinical writings in this area for future work (for more information in this area, see Buchanan, 2001;Dallas, 1996;Davison, 1991;Donaldson, 1998;Haldeman, 1991;Hodge, 2005;Lease & Shulman, 2003;Throckmorton, 1998;Yarhouse, 1998).…”

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At the Intersection of Church and Gay: A Review of the Psychological Research on Gay and Lesbian Christians

Rodríguez

2009

Journal of Homosexuality

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At the Intersection of Church and Gay: A Review of the Psychological Research on Gay and Lesbian Christians

Rodríguez

2009

Journal of Homosexuality

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“…either sexuality or religion in particular spaces (D'Emilio 1992, Buchanan et al 2001). Whereas with regard to acceptance of queer sexuality, university provides an inclusive space for young people, it appears that religious and Christian identities can simultaneously become marginalised.…”

Section: Making Space For Queer Religious Youth: Project Methodsmentioning

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Negotiating queer and religious identities in higher education: queering ‘progression’ in the ‘university experience’

Falconer

Taylor

2016

British Journal of Sociology of Education

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This paper addresses the negotiation of 'queer religious' student identities in UK Higher Education. The 'university experience' has generally been characterised as a period of intense transformation and self-exploration, with complex and overlapping personal and social influences significantly shaping educational spaces, subjects and subjectivities. Engaging with ideas about progressive tolerance and becoming, often contrasted against 'backwards' religious-homophobia as a sentiment/space/subject sexual-religious subjects to negotiate identities more freely, albeit with ongoingconstraints. Yet perceptions of what, where and who, is deemed 'progressive' and 'backwards' with regard to sexuality and religion need to be met with caution, where the 'university experience' can shape and shake sexual-religious identity.

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“…However, Buchanan, Dzelme, and Hecker (2001) found that some gay and lesbian individuals may re-negotiate their religious identity, rather than abandoning it in favor of their sexual orientation. For example, they may identify as spiritual as an alternative to being affiliated with an organized religious organization.…”

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Influence of Intersecting Identities on Acceptance, Disclosure, and Internalized Homonegativity

Lytle¹

2013

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The mentor and any other committee members who wish to review revisions will sign and date this document only when revisions have been completed. Please return this form to the Office of Graduate Studies, where it will be placed in the candidate's file and submit a copy with your final dissertation to be bound as page number two. THE INFLUENCE OF INTERSECTING IDENTITIES ON ACCEPTANCE, DISCLOSURE, AND INTERNALIZED HOMONEGA TIVITY The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of intersecting identities on the levels of acceptance concern, disclosure, and internalized homonegativity experienced by gay and lesbian individuals. The majority of identity research has explored a range of identities, usually in pairs (i.e., sexual orientation and racial/ethnic identity); however, few studies have included religion when examining the intersection of multiple salient identities. Therefore, this study addressed how religious and racial/ethnic identities impact an individual's acceptance concern, level of outness, and her or his level of internalized homonegativity. ABSTRACTGay and lesbian Christians, Jews, Muslims, and individuals from other religions from diverse racial/ethnic backgrounds participated. The results of the study were mixed in that some of the hypotheses were supported whereas other findings were unanticipated.The findings of this study revealed that Jewish participants had lower levels of acceptance concern and internalized homonegativity than Muslims, and Jews had higher levels of outness than Christian and Muslim participants. Further, religious identity had a significant effect on the levels of acceptance concern after controlling for religiosity, whereas the level of internalized homonegativity and outness remained the same.Racial/ethnic identity had a significant effect on the level of internalized homonegativity (greater for the Black, Latino/a, Asian, and Native American Combined Group in comparison to White participants) after controlling for level of racial/ethnic identity. IThe level of religiosity did not impact the participant's level of acceptance concern and unexpectedly, racial/ethnic identity was inversely related to the level of acceptance concern. In addition, higher levels of religiosity impacted the participant's level of internalized homonegativity whereas unexpectedly the level of racial/ethnic identity was inversely related to the level of homo negativity. Lastly, the levels of religiosity unexpectedly had significant and direct relationships to the predicted higher level of outness whereas the level of racial/ethnic identity did not impact the participant's disclosure level.This was the first study to investigate the influence of intersecting identities on the levels of acceptance concern, disclosure, and internalized homonegativity experienced by gays and lesbians from diverse religious and ethnic backgrounds. The implications of this study for practice, research, training, and advocacy were addressed.

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Challenges of Being Simultaneously Gay or Lesbian and Spiritual and/or Religious: A Narrative Perspective

Cited by 102 publications

References 30 publications

At the Intersection of Church and Gay: A Review of the Psychological Research on Gay and Lesbian Christians

At the Intersection of Church and Gay: A Review of the Psychological Research on Gay and Lesbian Christians

Negotiating queer and religious identities in higher education: queering ‘progression’ in the ‘university experience’

Influence of Intersecting Identities on Acceptance, Disclosure, and Internalized Homonegativity

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