Queering the family home: narratives from gay, lesbian and bisexual youth coming out in supportive family homes in Australia

Gorman‐Murray, Andrew

doi:10.1080/09663690701817501

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“…While many participants still spoke of coming out as an important milestone, the experiences of coming out were improved, concerning both family and friends (Gorman-Murray, 2008). For example, Angelo, aged 18 and Hispanic, came out to his parents at 17, and he said that his parents responded well, after initial hesitancy: 'they went to their room and talked about it, and they came back and said "look son, if this is what turns you on then go ahead"'.…”

Section: Coming Out As Bisexual: Men Aged 18-23mentioning

confidence: 99%

Cohort Effect on the Coming Out Experiences of Bisexual Men

2014

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This article examines bisexual men's experiences of coming out across three age cohorts, and documents generational differences in the reception from friends and family regarding this disclosure. Drawing on in-depth interviews with an ethnically diverse sample of 60 openly bisexual men from the United States, we find that the oldest cohort of bisexual men encountered the most stereotypical views and prejudiced behaviour, while those of the youngest cohort expressed predominantly positive coming out stories. We attribute the cohort differences in these experiences to a decrease in cultural homophobia, alongside changes in the social organisation of masculinities.

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Section: Coming Out As Bisexual: Men Aged 18-23mentioning

confidence: 99%

Cohort Effect on the Coming Out Experiences of Bisexual Men

2014

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“…The emergence of participatory modes of government and multi-agency partnerships that take a 'community safety' approach (McGhee, 2003) means that criminal justice is losing its 'monopoly over safety' (Moran, 2002: 9). In this context, dealing with questions of safety also involves the use of resources that are available to LGBT communities and individuals (see also Corteen, 2002;Mason, 2001) such as homes and community spaces that offer the opportunity to create safe spaces that are not bound by heterosexual norms (Browne, 2006;Gorman-Murray, 2008;Kentlyn, 2008;Nash and Bain, 2007). Indeed, forging common spaces to deal with shared experiences of abuse can help to foster a sense of collectivity, common cause and solidarity among LGBT people.…”

Section: Creating Safety Through Tackling 'Hate Crime'?mentioning

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‘It's Something You Just Have to Ignore’: Understanding and Addressing Contemporary Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Safety Beyond Hate Crime Paradigms

Browne

Bakshi²,

Lim

2011

J. Soc. Pol.

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In common with the experiences of many other groups -and despite changing legal landscapes and increasing recognition within social policy of different groups' needs -LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans) people continue to face discrimination and abuse, and improving safety continues to be a key touchstone for policy makers and practitioners engaging with LGBT lives. Based on evidence from Count Me In Too, an LGBT participatory research project in Brighton & Hove, UK, the paper challenges approaches to dealing with LGBT safety that narrowly focus on reporting within a hate crime paradigm, and recognises the shift towards multi-agency approaches to LGBT safety. Our evidence shows that many LGBT people differentially recognise or do not recognise abuse, instead 'normalising' much of the abuse they experience in order to carry on with day-to-day life. By focusing on the effects of abuse and how it is dealt with by individuals and communities, rather than focusing on what constitutes abuse, we show the importance of addressing LGBT safety in ways that move beyond questions of criminal justice and the reporting of hate crime. We argue for a broader social policy framework that uses multi-agency approaches to community safety for those who experience abuse on the basis of their sexual and/or gender identities, which should attend to how safety services may provide more appropriate contexts of care and support, and which should build upon relevant knowledges within LGBT communities. Fostering solidarities among LGBT people may also empower them to work towards broader social transformation.

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“…Herein lie some of the methodological limitations of the existing literature for the study of adolescents. Gorman-Murray (2008) examines the coming-out process through published autobiographical narratives written by adults that recall the experiences of their youth across many decades. Other research has involved direct interviews with the youth, but the range in their ages was more clearly young adulthood, starting with the age of consent at 16 and ranging into the twenties.…”

Section: Where Are Queer and Trans* Youth? A Gap In Geographic Knowlementioning

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Space for Queer and Trans Youth? Reflections on Community-Based Research in Montreal

Montigny

Podmore

2014

Global Studies of Childhood

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This article focuses on the process of conducting community-based geographic research with queer and trans* youth. It is based on a research project that investigated the spatial experiences of adolescents between 14 and 18 years of age who attended Project 10, an out-of-school LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer) community support organization for youth in Montreal, Canada. The authors examine the ways in which working within this community space shaped the research process and how it functioned as a site of critical geographic inquiry. The article highlights the process of gaining access to this population, the methodological particularities of working with queer and trans* youth support groups and, finally, how conducting research in an LGBTQ community space facilitated the research process. The objective is to reflect on the possibilities and limitations of this site in terms of conducting geographic research that considers the lives of queer and trans* adolescents.

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Queering the family home: narratives from gay, lesbian and bisexual youth coming out in supportive family homes in Australia

Cited by 118 publications

References 24 publications

Cohort Effect on the Coming Out Experiences of Bisexual Men

Cohort Effect on the Coming Out Experiences of Bisexual Men

‘It's Something You Just Have to Ignore’: Understanding and Addressing Contemporary Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Safety Beyond Hate Crime Paradigms

Space for Queer and Trans Youth? Reflections on Community-Based Research in Montreal

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