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, us…
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This dissertation is a collection of poems based on my experiences interviewing African refugees from Kenya and Sudan. The critical chapters that accompany it examine the extent to which documentary poetry marks human suffering. My intent is not to supersede historical analysis …
Amore, More, Ore, Re is a collection of five short stories that focuses on a study of homosexual characters. "The Marvelous Life of a Rice Hut Showgirl" Follow an elderly drag queen in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, as she puts on her make-up for a performance and recounts her life, inc…
Recent studies have found that Internalized Heterosexism (IH) is a strong predictor of the psychological well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, questioning and same-sex attracted (LGBQ) individuals. To respond to the call for more effective interventions to address IH and its imp…
This dissertation concerns the experiences of Indonesian migrant domestic workers who are or have been in a same-sex relationship in Hong Kong. The timeframe of my research spans two years, from 2010 to 2012. By studying the construction of gender and sexuality in the context of…
Often hailed as the civil rights movement of the twenty-first century, the same-sex marriage debate has swept across America. The most outspoken opposition to same-sex marriage is the Religious Right, which employs Scripture to support its argument that homosexuals are inferior …
This study examined four predictors for negative attitudes by Iranian Americans toward gay and lesbian individuals: (a) level of acculturation to the mainstream American culture, (b) gender, (c) political affiliation, and (d) religiosity. Participants were recruited using a non-…
This dissertation is an analysis of theoretical innovations emerging from the queer and feminist movements in Lebanon. I argue that the queer feminist thought that is being produced in Lebanon today is rooted in histories of women's participation in local immigrant, labor, and a…
This dissertation brings a visual culture and queer studies approach to the study of cinema’s role in discourses of belonging in Israel and Occupied Palestine. I argue that cinema and racialized discourses of gender, sexuality and ethno-nationalism play a key role in the denial …
This phenomenological qualitative study examines 28 Mormon women's experiences with same-sex sexuality through the use of in-depth interviews. Twenty-three women who have experienced same-sex sexuality comprised the primary group of participants from whom findings were analyzed.…
This study investigated the experience of gay Arab Muslim men living in the United States. It addressed the processes that the gay Arab Muslim man goes through as he becomes aware of his sexuality. It also explicated the negotiation that the gay Arab Muslim man experiences as he…
This exploratory study investigated the experiences of sexual minority Arabs residing in the United States. This study utilized a mixed method design to investigate the experiences of Arabs with same-sex attractions, their milestone events, and the impact of the familial, cultur…
This thesis examines how people who have multiple identifications develop a sense of belonging. It focuses on those with politicized, romanticized, and stigmatized identifications which are assumed to be in conflict with one another. My particular case is that of "queer" women o…
This study explores sexual and ethnic identity development among Arab American lesbians. This population has been ignored in the psychological literature. Seven interviews were conducted and an interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA) was used to capture the perspectives of …
Transgender populations face substantial barriers to healthcare access, exacerbated by a lack of inclusive research. The health needs of those who are gender nonbinary or genderqueer, identifying outside the binary of man and woman, are especially poorly understood. Using a prim…
Focusing on the transnational relations produced through globalization and militarism among the United States, South Asia, and the Middle East, this dissertation explores how literal, potential, and symbolic acts of masculine suicide challenge dominant categories of race, class,…
My dissertation, entitled Imagining Independence Park, uses literary texts, photographs, and art installations to explore the strategies and practices that gay Israelis adopt in order to assimilate into mainstream society and to distinguish themselves from it. I analyze diverse …
In my dissertation, through looking at contemporary urban queer formations and politics, I theorize about the complex ways in which power and abjection operates in the context of Turkey's post-Empire, Westernizing nation-state formation. I argue that queer formations, subjects a…
This study examines the relationship between public sexual activity and the transformation of Paris during the Second Empire (1852-1870) and early Third Republic (1870-1940). It argues that prostitutes and male homosexuals were central to the city's everyday life. Urban administ…