Belonging, Citizenship and Ambivalence among Young Gay, Bisexual and Queer Indian Singaporean Men

Prankumar, Sujith Kumar; Aggleton, Peter; Bryant, Joanne

doi:10.1080/10357823.2020.1773762

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“…The relationship between components of the sense of country and considering emigration provided the basis for testing the model's validity. Perceived lack of opportunities predicts planning migration from a community (Pretty et al, 2003 ; Arcidiacono et al, 2007 ; Kley and Mulder, 2010 ; Kley, 2017 ; Wenham, 2020 ) and is among the reasons for emigration from a country (Prankumar et al, 2021 ). A lower level of spatiotemporal commitment facilitates the consideration of emigration (Kolesovs, 2021 ), but the sense of personal influence on a country can strengthen prospective belonging to it (Kolesovs, 2019 ).…”

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Sense of country: General and specific factors covary with social identification and predict emigration plans

Kolesovs

2022

Front. Psychol.

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Theoretical analyses of person–environment interaction describe complex models, addressing different levels of social systems, while models of the sense of community provide a base for transferring views of this interaction to the national level. This paper presents two studies that explored the structure of the sense of country and its relation to emigration plans and social identification. Study 1 involved 1,005 adults from Latvia. The Sense of Country Inventory (SOCI) included influence, perceived opportunities, belonging, and spatiotemporal commitment as the components of this sense. The bifactor model demonstrated the best fit and confirmed the general factor, integrating components of the sense of country, and specific factors, emphasizing its complexity. The validation demonstrated that the general sense of country is the main negative predictor of emigration plans. Study 2 included 247 participants who completed the SOCI and Identification With All Humanity Scale (IWAH). Correlating with national identification, the sense of country negatively predicted emigration plans that reflected the social identity continuity pathway. In turn, a negative relationship between the sense of country and global identification, which positively predicted emigration plans, revealed a social identity gain pathway. Together, the studies present the integrative nature of the sense of country and its links to emigration plans and national and global social identification.

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Sense of country: General and specific factors covary with social identification and predict emigration plans

Kolesovs

2022

Front. Psychol.

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“…To become a first-world cosmopolitan nation, Singapore embraced the principles and values of communitarianism, materialism, meritocracy and pragmatism (Ortmann, 2009;Oswin, 2012;Tan, 2012). These, in turn, led to the promotion of a national identity, the need for racial and religious harmony, the prerogative of the heterosexual family as the basic unit of the Singapore society as well as the importance of putting the needs of the nation and society above individual needs (Prankumar et al, 2021). Therefore, economic and social policies were implemented to privilege these goals and prevented LGBTQ individuals and samesex couples from receiving social and legal recognition and forming their own families through adoption or surrogacy (Chang, 2003;Tan & Lee, 2007).…”

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“Making do with things we cannot change”: An interpretive phenomenological analysis of relationship resilience among gay men in Singapore

Ibrahim¹,

Barlas

2021

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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Despite evolving social and political attitudes, many countries, including Singapore, still do not recognize couples in same-sex relationships. Much remains to be understood about the processes and strategies that help these couples maintain their relationships, especially in Asian societies. This study explored the ways in which gay men in intimate relationships safeguarded their relationships and remained resilient in Singapore. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine gay men in long-term relationships. The data were analyzed using interpretive phenomenological analysis. The analysis generated three superordinate themes, a) Making do with things we cannot change, b) Remaining resilient through social and financial capital, and c) Our love is stronger than the challenges we face. The emergent themes pointed to the ways in which participants coped with or shielded themselves against socio-political stressors that negatively impacted their relationships in the Singapore context. While some participants sought solace in families of choice, many learned to accept socio-political situations beyond their control. Most participants made do with implicit recognition as they were unwilling to disrupt social harmony. Others used their financial security to overcome structural barriers such as obtaining legal elements of heterosexual marriage. Findings may further current understanding of the ways in which gay couples remain resilient despite the relational challenges in different cultural contexts.

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“…Beginning in the latter part of the twentieth century, scholars from diverse fields started making connections between such markers as sexual identity, gender, and race and national belonging (Heng & Devan 1995;Offord 1999), critiquing government policies as well as linking them to issues of human rights. More recent work has been more specific and finely focused on divorced and lesbian mothers (Tang & Quah 2018), transnational lesbian identities (Tang 2012), and queer Indian-Singaporean men (Phillips 2012;Prankumar, Aggleton & Bryant 2020). Still others have provided insights into postcolonial LGBT identities (Tang 2016;Oswin 2010).…”

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Belonging, Citizenship and Ambivalence among Young Gay, Bisexual and Queer Indian Singaporean Men

Cited by 11 publications

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Sense of country: General and specific factors covary with social identification and predict emigration plans

Sense of country: General and specific factors covary with social identification and predict emigration plans

“Making do with things we cannot change”: An interpretive phenomenological analysis of relationship resilience among gay men in Singapore

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