LSBTQI* Paarbeziehungen und Familien

The issue of loneliness for democracies – alienation, demobilisation, polarisation?

“…For instance, although the number of studies is small, research indicates that gender minorities as well as homosexual individuals are more likely to feel excluded and discriminated against as compared with mainstream society (Eres et al, 2021;Gorczynski, & Fasoli, 2021). This is likely due to repeated experiences of social exclusion 15 , a corresponding sense of social alienation from society, and weak social support networks (Fischer, 2022) 16 . Repeated experiences of social ostracism are logically linked to an increased sense of alienation and a sense of exclusion and, consequentially, sexual and gender minorities are at high risk of experiencing loneliness.…”