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An Argument for Separate Analyses of Attitudes Toward Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Men, Bisexual Women, MtF and FtM Transgender Individuals
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In this article, the authors highlight the importance of examining U.S. attitudes toward LGBT individuals as separate constructs and suggest that efforts to combat prejudices are likely to be most successful if they are based in research that explores how attitudes are similar and different across specified targets of prejudice.Abstract:
While past research has certainly investigated a variety of correlates of U.S. attitudes toward lesbians, gays, bisexual men, bisexual women, male-to-female (MtF) and female-to-male (FtM) transgender (LGBT) individuals, there are no U.S. quantitative studies that could be located that examined attitudes toward each of these groups separately. This is especially important because efforts to combat prejudices are likely to be most successful if they are based in research that explores how attitudes are both similar and different across specified targets of prejudice. Toward that goal, this essay underscores the significance of examining U.S. attitudes toward LGBT individuals as separate constructs. Both the gender and sexual orientation of the target of prejudice and the gender and sexual orientation of the respondent are highlighted as important constructs that should be considered when investigating U.S. attitudes toward LGBT individuals. First, I review previous U.S. studies that have examined attitudes toward LGBT individuals. Second, I offer arguments for how the intersections of gender and sexual orientation may affect attitudes toward LGBT individuals. Third, I discuss future considerations in studies of attitudes toward LGBT individuals in the context of multiple intersectionalities. I suggest that U.S. initiatives to reduce sexual stigma, gender nonconformity stigma, and transgender stigma should be grounded in research that highlights prejudicial attitudes as they vary by the target of prejudice and the respondents’ characteristics.read more
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Approaches to Research on Intersectionality: Perspectives on Gender, LGBT, and Racial/Ethnic Identities
TL;DR: The intersectionality theories, or the recognition of multiple interlocking identities, defined by relative sociocultural power and privilege, constitute a vital step forward in research across multiple domains of inquiry.
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Attitudes toward Bisexual Men and Women among a Nationally Representative Probability Sample of Adults in the United States.
Brian Dodge,Debby Herbenick,M. Reuel Friedman,Vanessa Schick,Tsung-Chieh Jane Fu,Wendy B. Bostwick,Elizabeth Bartelt,Miguel Muñoz-Laboy,David R. Pletta,Michael Reece,Theo G. M. Sandfort +10 more
TL;DR: A wide range of demographic characteristics were related with attitudes toward bisexual individuals in this nationally-representative study of heterosexual, gay/lesbian, and other-identified adults in the U.S. - gender emerged as a significant characteristic; female participants’ attitudes were more positive than male participants' attitudes, and all participants‘ attitudes were generally more positive toward bisexual women than bisexual men.
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The Intersections of Sexuality, Gender, and Race: Identity Research at the Crossroads
TL;DR: For instance, this article pointed out that intersectional positions within the range of sexual minority identities articulate with multiple other dimensions of identity, including gender, racial ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and age.
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Experiences with Misgendering: Identity Misclassification of Transgender Spectrum Individuals
TL;DR: In this paper, affective and psychological correlates associated with gender misclassification of transgender spectrum individuals, referred to as misgendering, were explored from the perspective of low-status, stigmatized groups.
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The Influence of Declining Homophobia on Men’s Gender in the United States: An Argument for the Study of Homohysteria
Mark McCormack,Eric Anderson +1 more
TL;DR: For instance, this paper found that as homohysteria declines, heterosexual males are able to engage in homosocial relationships characterized by a number of positive traits, including: the social inclusion of gay male peers; the embrace of once-feminized artifacts; increased emotional intimacy; increased physical tactility; the erosion of the one-time rule of homosexuality; and a rejection of violence.
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The Nature of Prejudice
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the dynamics of prejudgment, including: Frustration, Aggression and Hatred, Anxiety, Sex, and Guilt, Demagogy, and Tolerant Personality.
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The Nature of Prejudice
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the dynamics of prejudgment, including: Frustration, Aggression and Hatred, Anxiety, Sex, and Guilt, Demagogy, and Tolerant Personality.
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HIV and AIDS-related stigma and discrimination: a conceptual framework and implications for action.
Richard Parker,Peter Aggleton +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose a new framework by which to understand HIV and AIDS-related stigma and its effects, highlighting the manner in which stigma feeds upon, strengthens and reproduces existing inequalities of class, race, gender and sexuality.
Masculinity as homophobia: Fear, shame and silence in the construction of gender identity.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the social and historical construction of both hegemonic masculinity and alternate masculinities, with an eye toward offering a new theoretical model of American manhood.
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Heterosexuals' attitudes toward lesbians and gay men: Correlates and gender differences
TL;DR: This article found that the same social psychological variables appear to underlie both males and females' attitudes toward both gay men and lesbians: religiosity, adherence to traditional ideologies of family and gender, perception of friends' agreement with one's own attitudes, and past interactions with lesbians and gay men.