Homophobia - Science topic

critically discuss homophobia in South African schools through the lens of the functionalist theory and the conflict theory?

Im currently working on my BA thesis but I cant find any literature about the expectations of the LGBTQ+ community for straight people to stand up against homophobia. If anyone has any idea or any research about this topic, please do let me know.

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I am doing a research on Homophobia among youth and parents for which I am thinking to use a standardized questionnaire- Homosexuality Attitude Scale (HAS), but the scoring information of the questionnaire does not provide the range to level the attitude. Is it possible to set my own range by using proper statistical method?

Thanks,

Eli Nasrin Farhana

I want to explore how prejudices against LGBTQ people might influence quality of care by health care providers. Thank you.

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With the term 'homophobia' so present in the public's consciousness, it makes sense that the term 'biphobia' arose as a definition of hostility towards bisexuals but I have noticed academics use the term 'bi-negativity' in their research, or use the two terms interchangeably. Which one do you prefer to use, and what is your reasoning for doing so? (a link to a discussion on these terms would also be helpful!) Thanks!

The need to teach young people about the topic is dormant today, since this question is in the sight of all. Educating young people on this issue can be crucial for integration into the society of this group and eliminate issues such as homophobia. The question is, how can we do it? and above all, would you be willing schools to take this kind of initiative?

In Brazil, I found three related studies: one with professors of Psychology and two with Psychology students. 

Camino and Pereira (2000) investigated professors of Psychology, relating their beliefs about homosexuality and their support to a Brazilian official resolution that prohibits pathologization of homosexuality. Lacerda, Pereira, and Camino (2002) investigated Psychology students relating their beliefs about the nature of homosexuality and levels of homophobia. Also, Psychology students are compared to Law students in a study by Araújo, Oliveira, Sousa, and Castanha (2007).

References

Araújo, L. F. de, Oliveira, J. da S. C. de, Sousa, V. C. de, & Castanha, A. R. (2007). Adoção de crianças por casais homoafetivos: Um estudo comparativo entre universitários de Direito e de Psicologia. Psicologia & Sociedade, 19(2). doi:10.1590/s0102-71822007000200013

Camino, L., & Pereira, C. (2000). O papel da psicologia na construção dos direitos humanos: Análise das teorias e práticas psicológicas na discriminação ao homossexualismo. Perfil, 13(13), 49-69.

Lacerda, M., Pereira, C., & Camino, L. (2002). Um estudo sobre as formas de preconceito contra homossexuais na perspectiva das representações sociais. Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica, 15(1), 165–178. doi:10.1590/s0102-79722002000100018

Is there a scale that looks at gay people's (the minority) own views on how homophobia affects them personally. Past research has called it internalised homophobia.

Do you know any articles/theories that discuss homophobia or anxiety of being gay? I would like to find reasons behind the anti-homosexual cognition (not behaviors but the psychological dynamics behind the negative thinking).

Is there any validated instrument about internalized homophobia?

I've done research on homophobia among adolescents and now I'm searching for sources that may support some of my evidence where those coming from poor economic environs, having expressed poor QoL, self-satisfaction and general frustration with their home and school facilities or environments show statistically significant higher level of homophobic prejudice, etc. Thank you in advance!

While the authors are diligent to point out the racial imbalances between MSM participating in longitudinal cohort studies and the possible misclassification of HIV-infected men according to their presumed actual route of HIV infection, the lack of valid means of confirming self-reported sexual orientation in most of the cohorts contributing non-MSM HIV infected men, the vast majority of whom were African American, undermines the sub-group comparisons of HIV-infected men based on self-reported sexual risk factors. For at least the MACS, at the time of the initial cohort recruitment (1984), few if any African-American men self-identified as homosexual or bisexual, largely because of the extremely high levels of homophobia in their communities of origin. Even today, when the racial disparity in the risk of newly reported HIV infections among Black MSM compared to White or Latin MSM is increasing, studies trying to determine the social drivers of this phenomenum consistently demonstrate that fear of disclosure of their sexuality among Black MSM in major segregated cities is associated with underestimated risk of being HIV+ and seeking testing and counseling. Otherwise, this is a very compelling secondary analysis that should reinforce public health policies that ensure that young men are universally vaccinated against HPV. By the time many African American men realize that they are at high risk of contracting both HPV and HIV infection, many of them will have already been dually infected and have already entered the subgroup of men at highest risk of anal cancer from sexual exposure.

i am constructing a survey to determine attitudes of young adults toward homosexuality. I will be using a demographic of religiosity as a variable. 

Prior research finds that insecure or anxious/avoidant attachment styles in gay men are related to engagement in extradyadic behaviors despite agreed upon monogamy. My current research study (n=38, modal age= 36, SD=9.2 years) indicates that an anxious attachment style in gay-identified men is significantly correlated with infidelity.

When asked about past monogamous relationships, just under half of the sample reported having had sex with "someone other than their permanent partner." When asked about their current relationship, 33% indicated engaging in extradyadic behaviors without their partner's knowledge.

Using the Adult Attachment Inventory to assess attachment style, 35% reported that they generally experienced, in all of their romantic relationships, a fear that they would lose their partner. 16% reported feeling nervous when their partners became emotionally close to them. My study also looks at how internalized homophobia and attachment style related to the frequency of extradyadic events. I'm still analyzing the data. Thoughts? Will legalization of marriage between same-sex couples impact this trend at all?

I would like to investigate further knowledge of intersectionality.