This dissertation traces lesbian portrayals on network television from the 1960s through the 1990s. A focus on episodic dramas and situation comedies reveals a concise representation of the mediated lesbian image. Building on existing research on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender images on television, this work focuses exclusively on the lesbian image broadcast free of charge over the air during prime-time on commercial networks in the United States. Using a postmodern feminist framework, this textual analysis examines the images and texts portraying lesbian characters in episodic dramas and situation comedies. Furthermore, applying a semiotic lens to the analysis dissects the voice and actions of lesbian characters illustrating the ways production techniques and narrative scripting work together to represent a lesbian image on television.

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This qualitative dissertation in Counseling Psychology considers the open secret, an under-researched phrase describing an interesting phenomenon that is experienced by some, but not all, LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) people when their sexual orientation is known or suspected by family members, friends, and/or coworkers, but not discussed. A review of the literature notes how the essence of the open secret appears to be about knowledge that is not acknowledged, while it may also create a space of grace, allowing people to coexist, where they might not otherwise be able to do so easily. Participants (N = 11) were either current or past members of the U.S. military who served before or during the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy. Interviews were analyzed using James Paul Gee’s linguistic approach to narrative, from which three major findings emerged: (a) sexual and homophobic harassment, whereby historically homophobic attitudes within the military drive the need for secrecy surrounding LGBT sexuality; (b) acceptance and support, whereby the open secret seems to create a space of grace; and (c) empowerment and honesty, whereby LGBT people seem to have a new sense of honesty that empowers them toward a new sense of agency. Discussion includes examination of how the three findings may relate to the open versus secret parts of the open secret, as well as how the open secret and the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy may represent a gestalt attempt at balance that may now be moving toward a gestalt dynamic of completion, suggesting the possibility of a new Discourse of openness and honesty for LGBT people that appears to be on a proleptic edge of possibility.

With the aim of increasing practitioner competence, this dissertation provides marriage and family therapists and mental health service providers with insight into the experiences of legally married same-sex couples. Specifically, the inquiry's objective was to elicit narratives of strength and agency from these couples who navigated the oppressive circumstances of an anti-gay amendment campaign situated within the debate over the extension of marriage rights to same-sex couples. Fourteen couples were interviewed in order to respond to the dissertation's overriding question: How do the lesbian and gay couples and families who are among those who were legally married in California before the passage of Proposition 8 narrate their experiences of their marriages? Through portraiture (Lawrence-Lightfoot & Davis, 1997), a method of inquiry situated within a postmodern, social constructionist framework, a narrative was produced which evolved through five emergent themes: 1) Our Commitments Have Rich Histories -- the symbolic and legal ways in which these couples commemorated and brought definition to their commitments, in the absence of a nationally-sanctioned and collectively-recognized state of legal marriage; 2) Not a Simple Matter: The Complexities of Language Choice -- their contextual language choices, which reflected the absence of representative and collectively-recognized language options for their relationships after their legal marriages; 3) The Battle Metaphor -- the couples' experiences of California's political debate over the extension of marriage rights to same-sex couples; 4) Support Shaped Lived Experiences -- the impact of support from friends, family, and community; and lastly, 5) Legal Marriage Shaped Individual, Relational, and Social Identities -- individual, relational and social shifts that occurred for the couples through the experience of being legally married. A follow-up focus group further validated the theme Support Shaped Lived Experiences, and examined more deeply the tensions that occurred when important persons were silent about and/or did not recognize the legitimacy of the couples' legal marriages, and/or the discriminatory context in which their legal marriages were situated. In addition to its contribution of the experiences of legally married same-sex couples to the family therapy literature, the dissertation concludes with important implications for affirmative therapeutic practice, research, education, training, advocacy, and social policy.

I studien undersöks hur bildlärare kan arbeta med frågor som rör sexualitet, relationer, samt sex- och samlevnad i bildundervisning. Undersökningen rör även hur elever kan stödjas i sin identitet genom normkritisk bildundervisning som tar upp frågor kring sexualitet och relationer. Metoden är kvalitativa och tar avstamp ur djupintervjuer med personer som arbetar med bildundervisning och ämnesintegrerad sex- och samlevnadsundervisning. Resultatet visar att sex- och samlevnadsundervisning är mest effektiv när den är ämnesintegrerad. I bildämnet finns det många olika ingångar och verktyg inom arbetsområdet som bl.a. skapar tillfällen att diskuterar relationer och värderingar, medvetgörandet av normer och stereotyper, samt uttryck och undersökande av den identiteter. Genom att använda sig av olika kreativa läroprocesser och horisontell mediering så kan elever förstå sin egen person och kropp, samt sig själv i relation till andra och till samhället. Detta är en god förutsättning för identitetsskapande och för ett kreativt och välfungerande liv.

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Submitted by Fabiana Santos (fabianacamargo@bce.unb.br) on 2018-10-01T19:03:48Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2018_RoseanaMariaBarbosaMeira.pdf: 2777604 bytes, checksum: 9b85317afea5f7aaa476bc4a0c6d8f82 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Fabiana Santos (fabianacamargo@bce.unb.br) on 2018-10-08T21:55:19Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2018_RoseanaMariaBarbosaMeira.pdf: 2777604 bytes, checksum: 9b85317afea5f7aaa476bc4a0c6d8f82 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-10-08T21:55:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2018_RoseanaMariaBarbosaMeira.pdf: 2777604 bytes, checksum: 9b85317afea5f7aaa476bc4a0c6d8f82 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-10-08 / O presente estudo objetivou analisar a política nacional de atenção integral à saúde da população de lésbicas, gays, bissexuais, travestis e transexuais-LGBT, no âmbito da atenção básica, como garantia do direito à saúde e expressão de justiça social. Trata-se de um estudo investigativo, descritivo e analítico. A abordagem qualitativa foi utilizada para o tratamento dos resultados da pesquisa. Com esse objetivo, tomou-se como base a teoria da sociologia compreensiva e a técnica do discurso do sujeito coletivo dos profissionais das equipes básicas de saúde e da população LGBT. Para tanto, foram realizadas entrevistas com profissionais da saúde e oficinas com a população LGBT, nas cidades de Campo Grande-MT, João Pessoa-PB e Vitória-ES. A análise dos relatos permitiu identificar as temáticas indicativas da invisibilidade e do preconceito à população LGBT. Permitiu também inferir a fragilidade dos profissionais da atenção básica à saúde, no ato de cuidar das pessoas. Além disso, evidenciaram-se o desconhecimento e a não implementação da política nacional LGBT. Constatou-se que o cuidado à saúde não é equânime nem integral, carecendo de ser inclusivo e sensível às diferenças nas Unidades de Saúde da Família. Este trabalho defende a integralidade como valor a ser adotado nas práticas profissionais. Essa integralidade deve estar expressa na maneira como os sujeitos individuais e institucionais devem responder às necessidades e expectativas dos usuários que buscam os serviços básicos de saúde. A garantia de direitos só se efetiva nas lutas cotidianas dos sujeitos implicados. A educação permanente deve ser adotada como estratégia de qualificação das práticas de gestão, atenção, formação e participação social, no âmbito do Sistema Único de Saúde. / The present study aimed to analyze the national policy of integral attention to the health of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transvestite and transsexual-LGBT population, in the scope of basic attention, as a guarantee of the right to health and expression of social justice. This is an investigative, descriptive and analytical study. The qualitative approach was used for the treatment of the results, from the speeches of the research subjects. With this aim the theory of the comprehensive and technical sociology of the speech of the collective subject of the professionals of the health teams and of the LGBT population was taken as base. To do so, interviews were conducted with health professionals and workshops with the LGBT population, in the cities of Campo Grande-MT, João Pessoa-PB and Vitória-ES. The analysis of the reports allowed to identify the indicative themes of invisibility and prejudice to the LGBT population. It also made it possible to infer the fragility of basic care professionals in the act of caring for people. In addition, the lack of knowledge and lack of implementation of the national LGBT policy was evidenced. It was verified that the health care is neither equitable nor integral, lacking to be inclusive and sensitive to the differences in the Family Health Units. This work defends integrality as a value to be adopted in professional practices. This completeness must be expressed in the way individual and institutional subjects should respond to the needs and expectations of users seeking health services. The guarantee of rights is only effective in the daily struggles of the individuals involved. Permanent education should be adopted as a strategy for qualifying management, care, training and social participation practices within the Unified Health System.

The objective of this thesis is to examine how respondents who self identify as transgender or genderqueer experience avatar creation systems in digital games. In the wake of GamerGate, gender has become a more prevalent topic of discussion, as such, this thesis seeks to survey transgender and genderqueer people in order to gain a better insight into their their experiences with avatar creation in games, and do they perceive the status quo of current avatar creation systems to be in need of change? If so, how? The results of the survey shows that the respondents use avatar creation systems as a means to experiment in a safe environment with aspects of their identity expression, and to improve avatar creation systems, more options need to be added for diverse body types and non-binary identities. / Syftet med denna studie är att examinera erfarenheterna bland respondenter som identifierar sig som trans eller icke-binära personer av avatar skapande system i digitala spel. I kölvattnet av GamerGate har genus blivit ett mer förekommande ämne för diskussion. På grund av detta kommer denna studie att utföra en undersökning bland trans och icke-binära personer om deras erfarenheter med avatar skapande system i spel, och om de anser att förändringar bör genomföras för mer inkluderande avatar skapande system? Och i så fall, vad? Resultaten från undersökningen visar att respondenterna använder avatar skapande system som ett verktyg för att experimentera i en säker miljö med aspekter av deras identitets uttryck, och för att förbättra avatar skapande system bättre krävs mer alternativ för olika kroppstyper och icke-binära identiteter.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / Homophobic violence is a complex and quite common phenomenon in contemporary society. Such reality is constantly fueled by the processes of revictimization, underreporting and impunity in dealing with homophobia. All this context is frequently present during the professional care of the LGBT population in the various organs of protection and promotion of their human and sexual rights. The present situation becomes a challenge for the Social Service because it is a profession that seeks the viability of Rights for all its users, being the demands of sexual diversity and gender problematic that permeate all social spaces needing a humanized service capable of enabling and not revitalizing these subjects. In order to better understand this context, the present study aims to analyze the perceptions of Social Service professionals regarding the care of the professional category in cases of homophobic violence against the LGBT population in Sergipe. The research was carried out with 10 (ten) social workers who attended LGBT victims of cases of homophobic violence in the various public policies in Sergipe. The data were collected through a semi-structured interview script, and analyzed through the content analysis technique. Among the main results, it has been shown that Social Service professionals are not prepared and able to meet the demands of sexual and gender diversity, due to several factors such as: 1) the absence and / or lack of debates about this issue in their process Of academic and professional formation 2) presence of prejudice and discrimination strongly presented in the discourses of these subjects 3) disengagement or lack of accountability of the Brazilian State in dealing with homophobia among others. To the detriment of this context, the attention of social service professionals to the demands of the LGBT population has been more focused on the field of revictimization than on the viability of their human and sexual rights, a scenario that reinforces a conservative and fundamentalist tendency of the professional category, Contradictory to its Ethical-Political Project. Therefore, this research made it clear an urgent need to discuss themes on sexual and gender diversity within Social Work, as well as to carry out new studies on the subject matter in this area, as well as to promote prevention and awareness-raising activities for social workers in Relation to the confrontation of homophobic violence as one of the expressions of the social issue to which everyone is entitled to fight. / A Violência Homofóbica é um fenômeno complexo e bastante comum na sociedade contemporânea. Tal realidade é constantemente alimentada pelos processos da revitimização, subnotificação e impunidade no trato com a homofobia. Todo esse contexto encontra-se frequentemente presente durante o atendimento profissional da população LGBT nos diversos órgãos de proteção e promoção aos seus direitos humanos e sexuais. A presente situação torna-se um desafio para o Serviço Social por ser uma profissão que busca a viabilização de direitos para todos os seus usuários, sendo as demandas da diversidade sexual e gênero problemáticas que perpassam por todos espaços sócio-ocupacionais necessitando de um atendimento humanizado capaz de viabilizar direitos e não revitimizar esses sujeitos. Buscando compreender melhor esse contexto o presente estudo tem por objetivo analisar as percepções dos profissionais de Serviço Social em relação ao atendimento da categoria profissional nos casos de violência homofóbica contra a população LGBT no estado de Sergipe. A pesquisa foi realizada com 10 (dez) assistentes sociais que atenderam LGBT vítimas de casos de violência homofóbica nas diversas políticas públicas do estado de Sergipe. Os dados foram coletados por meio de um roteiro de entrevista semiestruturado, e analisados através da técnica de análise de conteúdo. Entre os principais resultados revelou-se que os profissionais de Serviço Social não se encontram preparados e capacitados para atender as demandas da diversidade sexual e de gênero, por diversos fatores como: 1) a ausência e ou carência de debates sobre esse assunto no seu processo de formação acadêmica e profissional 2) presença do preconceito e discriminação fortemente apresentados nos discursos da categoria profissional 3) descompromisso ou desresponsabilização do Estado brasileiro no trato com a homofobia entre outras. Em detrimento desse contexto, o atendimento dos profissionais de Serviço Social para com as demandas da população LGBT tem caminhado mais para o campo da revitimização do que da viabilização de seus direitos humanos e sexuais, cenário que reforça uma tendência conservadora e fundamentalista da categoria profissional, contraditória ao seu Projeto Ético-Político. Desta feita, observou-se a urgente necessidade de se debater temáticas sobre a diversidade sexual e de gênero dentro do Serviço Social, além de se realizar novos estudos sobre o assunto aqui em pauta, bem como promover ações de prevenção e sensibilização dos assistentes sociais em relação ao enfrentamento da violência homofóbica como uma das expressões da questão social a qual a todos compete combater.