Rights, Responsibility, and Relationship: Motivations for Women's Social Activism

Faver, Catherine A.

doi:10.1177/088610990101600304

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“…The results are synergistic with Faver's (2001) study of activists and the social exchange theory. Ensuring rights of individuals and supporting people were consistent in the protective attitude theme.…”

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Working with youth on LGBT issues: why Gay–Straight Alliance advisors become involved

Valenti

Campbell

2009

Journal Community Psychology

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This phenomenological qualitative study explores motivation for citizen participation in a local context by exploring the experiences of Gay‐Straight Alliance (GSA) club advisors from public high schools. Fourteen advisors from one midwestern state were randomly recruited for participation. Inductive and deductive qualitative analyses elucidated themes and subthemes surrounding the motivation for becoming an advisor. Two major themes that emerged were a protective attitude toward lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth, a personal connection with sexual minority people/issues. It became clear that deciding to become a GSA advisor was not necessarily an easy decision. Therefore, the decision‐making process was analyzed, elucidating themes surrounding worries (possible lack of credibility, fear of job loss, and being accused of recruiting youth to the ‘gay lifestyle’) and security (tenure or protections against being fired, and being married). Limitations and implications for future research and practice are discussed. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Working with youth on LGBT issues: why Gay–Straight Alliance advisors become involved

Valenti

Campbell

2009

Journal Community Psychology

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“…This exemplar status allowed us to contribute to a larger developmental literature (Colby and Damon 1994;Eichstedt 2001;Faver 2001;Loeb 1994;Mezirow and Associates 2000) that seeks to understand moral commitment in general and ally work in particular. Examining everyday exemplars in a midsize Southern city in a religiously conservative state that recently had voted to deny marriage rights to same-sex couples and families provided a particularly salient frame of reference for understanding heterosexuals working for sexual-minority social justice.…”

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Development of Heterosexuals into Sexual-Minority Allies: A Qualitative Exploration

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Heterosexually identified individuals can serve a crucial role as allies in eliminating sexual prejudice and the resulting policies that discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. However, few studies have systematically examined the development of heterosexual allies. Consensual qualitative research methods (Hill et al., The Counseling Psychologist, 25, 517-572, 1997) were used to analyze individual interviews conducted with a community sample of 12 heterosexually identified participants who demonstrated ally commitment through some form of LGBT activism. Findings revealed six domains that best described the development of these heterosexual allies. Participants described early role models, an evolving recognition and understanding of privilege and oppression, and conflict between an awareness of sexual prejudice and deeply held values of justice and equality. Participants also described barriers to LGBT activism and the rewards of ally work. The authors discuss implications for heterosexual ally development and, ultimately, for social justice and equality.Heterosexual privilege (Rich 1980) and discrimination against sexual minorities characterize the dominant culture and the social policies of the United States. In many states and local jurisdictions, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals lack the basic protections of nondiscrimination policies.LGBT youth lack safe and supportive educational environments in which to develop. Many LGBT youth and adults are refused acknowledgment and inclusion in the majority of their religious institutions. Effective military service is thwarted by don't-ask-don't-tell policies. The majority of states have passed referenda that exclude same-sex relationships from access to civil marriage and the resulting protections that legal marriage would provide for their relationships and their children. Despite strong and consistent evidence that parental sexual orientation is unrelated to child well-being, law and policy continue to prohibit same-sex couples from legal adoption and providing foster care. 1 Efforts to end sexual stigma and the resulting discriminatory legal and social policies leveled at LGBT people and their relationships will require the development of strong and committed heterosexual allies. Washington and Evans (1991) have defined an ally as "a person who is a 1 For a detailed discussion of the current policy landscape affecting LGBT individuals, see

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“…For some other participants in this study, social activism was an important channel to express their religious beliefs, as it allowed them to fulfill their sense of spiritual responsibility (Faver, 2001). …”

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The Meaning of Social Activism to Older Adults in Ireland

Fox

Quinn

2012

Journal of Occupational Science

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Rights, Responsibility, and Relationship: Motivations for Women's Social Activism

Cited by 13 publications

References 10 publications

Working with youth on LGBT issues: why Gay–Straight Alliance advisors become involved

Working with youth on LGBT issues: why Gay–Straight Alliance advisors become involved

Development of Heterosexuals into Sexual-Minority Allies: A Qualitative Exploration

The Meaning of Social Activism to Older Adults in Ireland

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