The Impact of Marriage Equality on Sexual Minority Women’s Relationships With Their Families of Origin

This article develops a theoretical framework to understand how sexuality can be institutionalised through debates about marriage equality. We first examine 13 Australian sporting organisations concerning their support for marriage equality and sexual minority inclusion before showing they drew cultural capital from supporting episodes of equality exogenous to their organisation, while failing to promote internal inclusion. We use online content analysis alongside the identification of institutional speech acts within policy to analyse results through three conceptual lenses: Ahmed’s institutional diversity work, Ogburn’s cultural lag, and Evan’s organisational lag, from which we propose a hybrid – organisational cultural lag – as a theoretical tool within social movement theory.

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Supplemental Material for The Impact of Deployment-Related Stressors on the Development of PTSD and Depression Among Sexual Minority and Heterosexual Female Veterans

Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy ◽

10.1037/tra0001102.supp ◽

2021 ◽

Keyword(s):

Sexual Minority ◽

Female Veterans ◽

The Impact

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Refining POSSIBLE: A Multicomponent Intervention to Increase HIV Risk Perceptions and PrEP Initiation Among Black Sexual Minority Men (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.34181 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Derek Dangerfield ◽

Janeane N. Anderson ◽

Charleen Wylie ◽

Renata Arrington-Sanders ◽

Ricky N. Bluthenthal ◽

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Keyword(s):

Hiv Risk ◽

Sexual Behaviors ◽

Sexual Minority ◽

Risk Perceptions ◽

Future Research ◽

Self Monitoring ◽

Hiv Prevention Intervention ◽

Sexual Minority Men ◽

Minority Men ◽

The Impact

BACKGROUND Increased HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) initiation is urgently needed to substantially decrease the incidence among Black sexual minority men (BSMM). However, BSMM are less likely than other groups to accept a clinician’s recommendation to initiate PrEP and uptake remains suboptimal. Peers and smartphone apps are popular HIV prevention-intervention mechanisms that are typically used independently. Few studies have combined these strategies into a multi-component intervention to increase PrEP initiation for BSMM. OBJECTIVE This study refined an intervention using a smartphone app and a peer change agent (PCA) to increase HIV risk perceptions (HRP) and PrEP initiation among BSMM. METHODS Data were obtained from 12 focus groups and one in-depth interview among BSMM from Baltimore, MD, between October 2019 and May 2020 (N=39). Groups were stratified by age group: 18-24, 25-34, and 35 and older. Facilitators probed on attitudes towards the app, working with a PCA, and preferences for PCA characteristics. RESULTS Most self-identified as homosexual, gay, or same gender-loving (68%), were employed (69%), single (66%), and interested in self-monitoring sexual behaviors (68.4%). Overall, participants had low HRP and suggested that self-monitoring sexual behaviors could trigger internalized stigma. An acceptable PCA should be a “possible self” for BSMM to aspire. CONCLUSIONS Future research should explore the impact of implementing this strategy on HRP and PrEP initiation among BSMM.

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Adoption with contact: a study of adoptive parents and the impact of continuing contact with families of origin

Journal of Family Therapy ◽

10.1111/1467-6427.00185 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 23 (3) ◽

pp. 296-316 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Margaret R. Sykes

Keyword(s):

Adoptive Parents ◽

Families Of Origin ◽

The Impact

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Mining for Posttraumatic Growth (PTG) in Sexual Minority Women Who Survive Intimate Partner Violence: A Conceptual Perspective

Behavioral Sciences ◽

10.3390/bs8090077 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (9) ◽

pp. 77 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Elisabeth Counselman-Carpenter ◽

Alex Redcay

Keyword(s):

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

Posttraumatic Growth ◽

Sexual Minority ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Intimate Partner ◽

Minority Women ◽

Traumatic Experiences ◽

Sexual Minority Women ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

This theoretical paper explores the need to use posttraumatic growth (PTG) as a framework when studying sexual minority women (SMW) who are survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) to examine the relationship between risk factors such as stress, anxiety and alcohol use and to understand the role of protective factors through mining for the presence of posttraumatic growth (PTG). Despite a call for continued research in this highly vulnerable population, representative studies of SMW and PTG remain extremely limited. Research that examines the relationship between IPV, behavioral health issues, and posttraumatic growth would provide the opportunity to develop tailored intervention models and opportunities for program development to decrease isolation and increase factors of posttraumatic growth. In particular, the impact of how interpersonal relationships as potential mediators and/or outcomes of posttraumatic growth (PTG) needs to be explored more thoroughly. PTG is a valuable framework for vulnerable populations such as sexual minority women because it focuses on how transformative change may result from traumatic experiences such as surviving IPV.

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Evaluating the impact of COVID-19: A cohort comparison study of drug use and risky sexual behavior among sexual minority men in the U.S.A.

Drug and Alcohol Dependence ◽

10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108260 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 216 ◽

pp. 108260 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Tyrel J. Starks ◽

S. Scott Jones ◽

Daniel Sauermilch ◽

Matthew Benedict ◽

Trinae Adebayo ◽

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Keyword(s):

Sexual Behavior ◽

Drug Use ◽

Sexual Minority ◽

Risky Sexual Behavior ◽

Comparison Study ◽

Sexual Minority Men ◽

Cohort Comparison ◽

Minority Men ◽

The Impact

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Different Paths Lead to the Shelter: Homeless Women's Struggles and Goals

Practicing Anthropology ◽

10.17730/praa.21.1.r131k33u4h5635p0 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

pp. 28-31

Author(s):

Jayne Howell

Keyword(s):

Homeless Women ◽

Demographic Diversity ◽

Dependent Children ◽

Families Of Origin ◽

Familial Support ◽

Behavioral Scientist ◽

Women's Relationships ◽

Women And Children

In a survey of ethnicity, gender, and homelessness, S. G. Baker (1994) observes, "at no time in U.S. history has homelessness proved so far-reaching in its demographic scope" (Gender Ethnicity and Homelessness: Accounting for Demographic Diversity on the Streets. The American Behavioral Scientist, 37:476-504, 1994:476). She suggests that the term "homeless" currently refers to men, women, and children of all ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds who live on the streets or use the services of shelters. Baker notes that although many homeless individuals lack familial support, there is a difference in men's and women's relationships with their families. In particular, homeless women often have less desire than men for contact with their families of origin, yet are more likely than men to be accompanied by dependent children.

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