Community Cleavages: Gay and Bisexual Men’s Perceptions of Gay and Mainstream Community Acceptance in the Post-AIDS, Post-Rights Era

Changes in gay and bisexual men’s connectedness to the gay community are related to the declining public visibility of HIV/AIDS and greater acceptance for homosexuality and bisexuality in mainstream society. Little work, however, has focused on perceived acceptance for subgroups within the gay commu...

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Autores principales: Lewis, Nathaniel M., Bauer, Greta R., Coleman, Todd A., Blot, Soraya, Pugh, Daniel, Fraser, Meredith, Powell, Leanne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Routledge 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4536948/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26011048
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2015.1037120
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description Changes in gay and bisexual men’s connectedness to the gay community are related to the declining public visibility of HIV/AIDS and greater acceptance for homosexuality and bisexuality in mainstream society. Little work, however, has focused on perceived acceptance for subgroups within the gay community or broader society. Using interviews (n = 20) and a survey (n = 202) of gay and bisexual men in a mid-sized Canadian city, we find perceived hierarchies of acceptance for the various subgroups as well as an age effect wherein middle-aged men perceive the least acceptance for all groups. These differences are linked with the uneven impact of social, political, and institutional changes relevant to gay and bisexual men in Canada.
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spelling pubmed-45369482015-09-01 Community Cleavages: Gay and Bisexual Men’s Perceptions of Gay and Mainstream Community Acceptance in the Post-AIDS, Post-Rights Era Lewis, Nathaniel M. Bauer, Greta R. Coleman, Todd A. Blot, Soraya Pugh, Daniel Fraser, Meredith Powell, Leanne J Homosex Articles Changes in gay and bisexual men’s connectedness to the gay community are related to the declining public visibility of HIV/AIDS and greater acceptance for homosexuality and bisexuality in mainstream society. Little work, however, has focused on perceived acceptance for subgroups within the gay community or broader society. Using interviews (n = 20) and a survey (n = 202) of gay and bisexual men in a mid-sized Canadian city, we find perceived hierarchies of acceptance for the various subgroups as well as an age effect wherein middle-aged men perceive the least acceptance for all groups. These differences are linked with the uneven impact of social, political, and institutional changes relevant to gay and bisexual men in Canada. Routledge 2015-09-02 2015-05-26 /pmc/articles/PMC4536948/ /pubmed/26011048 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2015.1037120 Text en Published with license by Taylor & Francis This is an Open Access article. Non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly attributed, cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way, is permitted. The moral rights of the named author(s) have been asserted.
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