Global identification helps increase identity integration among Turkish gay men

Koç, Yasin; Vignoles, Vivian L.

doi:10.1080/19419899.2018.1496134

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“…As seen in this study, strengthening identification with one identity might require distancing from another one with negative consequences for well‐being. However, identity integration literature suggests identities can be blended and harmonised which is linked to positive outcomes (Benet‐Martínez, Leu, Lee, & Morris, 2002; Koc & Vignoles, 2016, 2018). For instance, gay‐Christian identity integration attenuated negative effects of religious identity on guilt and shame among gay‐Christians (Anderson & Koc, 2020).…”

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Challenges to identity integration amongst sexual minority British Muslim South Asian men

Mitha

Ali

Koç

2021

Community & Applied Soc Psy

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Since the Stonewall uprisings, there has been greater social acceptance of homosexuality within Western contexts. Nevertheless, those who are at the intersection of more than one minority identity continue to face prejudice and discrimination, including homophobia and racism. Though there has been increasing work regarding the experiences of sexual minority people of colour (POC), a lacuna remains regarding the experiences of sexual minority British Muslim South Asian men and the integration of sexual minority and religious identities, particularly within a context of increased societal acceptance towards sexual minorities and societal Islamophobia. In this study, 38 sexual minority British Muslim South Asian men were recruited via snowball sampling and interviewed. Data were examined via reflexive thematic analysis. Five themes were identified: degrees of “outness”, hegemonic Whiteness and the LGBTQ+ community, internalisation of White hegemony, distancing from the sexual minority religio‐cultural ingroup, and attempting to reconcile potential identity conflict between sexual orientation identity and religious and cultural identities. Respondents' experiences highlighted substantial social exclusion due to intersectional disadvantage as well as a lack of intra‐community social support, suggesting substantial isolation, psychological implications and a general eschewing of identity affiliation based on sexual attraction. This has implications on services predicated on identity affiliation which may potentially exclude the needs of hidden and intersectionally disadvantaged populations.

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Challenges to identity integration amongst sexual minority British Muslim South Asian men

Mitha

Ali

Koç

2021

Community & Applied Soc Psy

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“…Despite the small steady increase in acceptance of homosexuality, there is still a lot of stigma around gay identity. In other research, subgroups of society where LGBTQ+ people can feel accepted for their other conflicting identities (i.e., gay-male) were also found to be beneficial for wellbeing (Koc & Vignoles, 2018). Therefore, LGBTQ+ groups can try to provide affirmative contexts where Muslim gay men are accepted and their dual identity is affirmed.…”

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“…There are a few studies that have attempted to increase identity integration. For instance, Koc and Vignoles (2018) primed participants with global identification to increase their gay-male identity integration. This study found that increased identity integration was linked to higher wellbeing and access to other ingroups members who accepted the participants as both gay and male (e.g., conceptualized as gay-affirmative social spaces).…”

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“…However, only 187 participants identified as gay (74.8%), and 56 participants identified as bisexual (22.4%), 5 participants identified as heterosexual (2%) and 2 participants identified differently (0.8%). Since previous studies found that the experiences of gay men and bisexual men are different particularly in the context of Turkey (e.g., Koc & Vignoles, 2018), we only retained gay-identifying men. The ages of the final 187 participants ranged between 16 and 57 years (M = 28.70, SD = 8.66).…”

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“…We measured religious identification using two items tapping on importance and frequency of identification (Koc & Vignoles, 2018): "How important is it for you to identify as Muslim?" (1 = not at all, 5 = very important), and "How often do you think of yourself as Muslim?"…”

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Societal acceptance increases Muslim-Gay identity integration for highly religious individuals… but only when the ingroup status is stable

Koç

Sahin

Garner³

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Self and Identity

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Reconciling religious beliefs with a sexual minority identity can be challenging. After coming out, many gay men report to renounce their religious identity or experience increased identity conflict between their religious and sexual identities. Giving up one's own identity or identity conflict are known to predict negative wellbeing, and it is important to find ways to reduce this conflict and increase identity integration. In this experiment, we conceptualized identity integration as a social creativity strategy, and we examined whether societal acceptance (vs rejection) and ingroup experience (e.g., whether gay community feels stability or improvement about their status) would alter one's level of Muslim-gay identity integration. We found that Muslim-gay identity integration was highest among highly religious gay men when societal acceptance was present and ingroup experience was stable. Overall, we discuss our findings by drawing parallels between social identity theory and bicultural identity integration framework, and provide implications to increase identity integration for those with multiple conflicting identities.

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“The liberation of LGBTQ+ will also liberate heterosexuals”: Heterosexual feminist women's participation in solidarity‐based collective action for LGBTQ+ rights

Uysal

Uluğ

Kanık

et al. 2022

Euro J Social Psych

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The current studies aim to examine the underlying predictors of heterosexual feminist women's willingness to participate in solidarity‐based collective action for LGBTQ+ rights. We hypothesized that feminist identification, perceived discrimination against LGBTQ+, and strategic intra‐minority alliance between feminists and LGBTQ+ would predict their willingness to participate in solidarity‐based collective action. Study 1 (N = 141) showed that higher feminist identification and more endorsement of the strategic intra‐minority alliance predicted more willingness to participate in solidarity‐based collective action among heterosexual feminist women in Turkey. Study 2 (N = 644) replicated and extended the findings of Study 1 with a larger sample by showing that higher awareness of sexual orientation privilege predicts more willingness to participate in solidarity‐based collective action. By following an intersectional and multi‐identity approach in Study 3 (N = 280), we showed that higher feminist identification predicted more willingness to participate in solidarity‐based collective action, whereas higher heterosexual identification predicted less willingness.

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Global identification helps increase identity integration among Turkish gay men

Cited by 15 publications

References 48 publications

Challenges to identity integration amongst sexual minority British Muslim South Asian men

Challenges to identity integration amongst sexual minority British Muslim South Asian men

Societal acceptance increases Muslim-Gay identity integration for highly religious individuals… but only when the ingroup status is stable

“The liberation of LGBTQ+ will also liberate heterosexuals”: Heterosexual feminist women's participation in solidarity‐based collective action for LGBTQ+ rights

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