TY - JOUR
T1 - Out of the closet, not yet out of the house : gay men’s experiences of homonegativity and internalized homonegativity
AU - Thepsourinthone, Jack
AU - Dune, Tinashe
AU - Liamputtong, Pranee
AU - Arora, Amit
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This paper explores how Australian gay men experience gender and sexuality in relation to heteronormative gender norms, specifically masculinity. A sample of 32 gay men 22–72 years of age participated in an online interview, using a videoconferencing software, on masculinity and homosexuality. Thematic analyses revealed that gay men experience gender and sexuality-related strain across all levels of their socioecological environment through social regulation, homophobic discrimination/harassment, and anti-effeminacy prejudice. The gay men expressed feelings of self-loathing, shame, internalized homonegativity, and isolation as a result. In examining interactions at each level of the socioecological environment, future research and practice may gain understanding in the social phenomena and how to ameliorate such strain.
AB - This paper explores how Australian gay men experience gender and sexuality in relation to heteronormative gender norms, specifically masculinity. A sample of 32 gay men 22–72 years of age participated in an online interview, using a videoconferencing software, on masculinity and homosexuality. Thematic analyses revealed that gay men experience gender and sexuality-related strain across all levels of their socioecological environment through social regulation, homophobic discrimination/harassment, and anti-effeminacy prejudice. The gay men expressed feelings of self-loathing, shame, internalized homonegativity, and isolation as a result. In examining interactions at each level of the socioecological environment, future research and practice may gain understanding in the social phenomena and how to ameliorate such strain.
UR - https://hdl.handle.net/1959.7/uws:62898
U2 - 10.3390/healthcare9111479
DO - 10.3390/healthcare9111479
M3 - Article
SN - 2227-9032
VL - 9
JO - Healthcare
JF - Healthcare
IS - 11
M1 - 1479
ER -