This dissertation investigates the epistemological, familial and spiritual invisibility of spiritual Black lesbian and bisexual women in the Belgian LGBT rights framework. By studying the intersection of black female homosexuality and spirituality in the Belgian context, the dis…
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This dissertation draws on ethnographic research conducted in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire to explore how the subjectivities of les branchés - a local term encompassing several categories of same-sex desire and practice including travestis, woubis, yossis, and increasingly, "MSM" - ar…
Research in the field of bisexuality has identified that bisexuals experience a unique kind of phobia, in that phobic responses to their sexual preferences appear from both mainstream and LGBT communities. However, little research in the UK has been conducted within the arena of…
Historically, South African society has had conflicting views on the nature and nurture of Deaf people and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Queer (LGBTIQ) people. In the context of the diverse nature of South African cultures and societies, the reality and exist…
The world has a major influence on how people should live their life and what rules the people on the world should abide by. The Church has that same influence on their congregation. The specific problem is that black gay and bisexual adult males have endured abuse, violence, di…
LGBTQ workplace discrimination has been a problem for decades. Past studies state that 25 percent of LGBTQ individuals have experienced LGBTQ workplace discrimination (Ozeren, 2014). Discrimination affects LGBTQ employees, other workers, workplace atmosphere, and overall company…
As the population of older adults in the United States continues to increase rapidly, it has become critical to address the challenges faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) older adults. Their life-long history of enduring discrimination and persecutio…
This thesis looks at how black church communities address ongoing violence against transgender and queer people in the United States. It posits criticism of religious intolerance from transgender and queer perspectives do not always mean skepticism of Christianity itself. Critic…
Religion has been a dominant social control mechanism for sexual behavior across cultures, for thousands of years. Previous research has found that Christianity has been highly influential within Western culture, and its most fundamental principles are linked with sexual behavio…
This thesis explores how homosexuality has been reframed as a political and moral “other” by far-right movements and religious institutions in Poland and Russia. I leverage theories about democratic backsliding, otherization, and religious nationalism to argue that the purpose o…
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, non-binary, queer, two-spirit, intersex, asexual and other sexual and gender diverse (LGBTQ+) individuals are at increased vulnerability to experience negative mental health outcomes compared to their heterosexual and cisgender counterparts. …
This dissertation connects the aesthetic commitment to the ordinary world in twentieth-century women’s literature to the invention and consolidation of modern sexuality. Owing largely to a political antipathy between “the ordinary” and “the queer,” scholars have not addressed th…
Cruising Homophobias: Race, Gender, Sexuality and the Triangulations of Empire explores how maritime and sexual cruising structure modern racial, gender and sexual subjectivity. I examine the politics attending the production and circulation of contemporary representations of se…
This dissertation examines the interrelated treatment of gender, sexuality, and Christianity in Considering Matthew Shepard. This work comes out of a context in which there are long-held opposing views over sociopolitical issues in twentieth-century American society, particularl…
Dimensions of religiosity and explicit and implicit attitudes toward homosexual individuals and heterosexual individuals were investigated in two studies with religious and nonreligious individuals. Explicit attitudes were measured using the Centrality of Relgiousity Scale (CRS)…
Using a three-article format, this study investigates the potential of integrating social studies instruction with critical literacy practices to challenge and/or expand elementary students’ perception of gender. Given that stereotypical gender norms and roles uphold systemic in…
Discrimination and negative attitudes towards homosexual individuals have been widespread among different societies across the years. Religion plays a fundamental role in the development of an individual’s attitude towards homosexuality. One’s religious identity informs the valu…
Historically, African culture has retained contrasting opinions about the presence of Homosexual, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Queer (LGBTIQ) individuals. In the context of the complex nature of African cultures and communities, the reality and life of LGBTIQ people …
The purpose of this study was to ascertain the attainment of social justice through the teaching of sexual diversity education in Life Skills in Namibia. In many cases inclusivity is claimed to be applied but social justice is not served. Therefore, access and equity as provided…