This thesis is about the holidaymaking experiences of gay men. Whilst using the parlance of 'gay holidaymaking' and 'gay holidaymakers' as a starting point, it is the complex relationship of gay sexual cultures and spatial practices arising from the experiences of places away fr…
Background: For many researchers, the focus of their work exploring the negative consequences of identifying as a gay man living with HIV has centred around stigma. Yet, over the past few years many have questioned whether the broad definition of stigma alone is able to explain …
I,metaboy is a stage play about a young homosexual couple, one a soldier and the other a writer, during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in the 2000s and the struggles they encounter in their relationship when the soldier marries a woman to pass in the military. The story follow…
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…
Religion benefits both mental and behavioral health in the general population, but not among gay, bisexual, and queer-identified (GBQ) men. Non-affirming monotheistic religion, by causing internalized homophobia (IH), is a risk factor for most GBQ men’s mental health. High IH an…
Married gay Asian American men do not have the same traditional constructs from which to pattern their marriages as heterosexual couples do. Heterosexual couples have history, tradition, family, and role models to inform the constructs of marriage (Bush, 2010; Coontz, 2006), and…