This paper intends to create discussions on the ways personal styles are presented and perceived within the lesbian subcultural community by individual lesbians through consumption, basing on in-depth semi-structured interviews with lesbians from Sweden and Taiwan. Style in this paper is contextualized mainly as dress modes, bodily appearance and adornments. From the interviews I found different degrees of femininity and masculinity expressed by each respondent, and their ways of interpreting and make sense of their own bodies and comments on other styles. There is an apparent lack within the current gender discourses to support cross-dressing and other acts which contradict the conventional way of doing gender. Differences in one’s self-taste of style representation and her conception of gender also lead to different degrees of acceptance to certain styles and behaviors.

This qualitative study sought to examine gay men and lesbians experiences of dividing household labor when going from a cohabitating heterosexual relationship to their first cohabitating same-sex relationship. Criterion sampling and snowball sampling were used to recruit participants across the United Sates. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six participants: two men and four women. The data was analyzed using Moustakas' transcendental phenomenology and codes were organized into themes. The data suggested four categories that described participants experiences of division of household labor when going from a heterosexual relationship to a same-sex relationship: Heterosexual Relationship, Adjustment, Same-Sex Relationship and Benefits and Challenges. Participants described how division of household labor was decided in both relationships, any adjustment regarding division of household labor when going from a heterosexual cohabitating relationship to their first same-sex relationship, how division of household labor was decided in their same-sex relationship, and any benefits and challenges faced from this experience. Overall, participants reported certain expectations regarding who should do the majority of tasks in their heterosexual relationship that were not present in their same-sex relationship. Any adjustment was attributed to getting used to having more help with household tasks in their same-sex relationship. Even though most participants reported no challenges faced from their experience, some participants felt the biggest benefit was having more help with household tasks in their same-sex relationship. Limitations, clinical implications, and future directions for research are discussed. / Master of Science

In this research, face-to-face in-depth interviews and extensive participant observations were conducted. There are twenty-five major informants, aged from early 20s to mid 40s, and a small number of supplementary ones. They were either Shanghai residents or were active in the city's lala communities. / In this thesis, I will look into the conflict between public inauguration and the private dilemma of lalas in contemporary urban China and the strategies they employed to cope with this conflict. Also, I will theorize lalas' existences in both ideological public and private domains, and the implication of the dominant community politics of "public correctness" to their symbolic existence and survival. / Since the economic reform period (1978 onwards), Shanghai has become one of the most vibrant sites of lala (the local identity for women with same-sex desires) communities in China. During my field visits from 2005 to 2007, I interviewed twenty-five self-identified lalas in Shanghai. One recurring theme that always came up in the interviews is the conflicts between the informants' desire to have same-sex relationship and the familial expectation of them to get married, or for those who have married, the pressure to maintain the heterosexual family. / The newly acquired economic freedom and geographical mobility in the reform era do not automatically translate into a breakaway from family control. The existence of rapidly developing and widely accessible tongzhi communities in both online and offline spaces, together with a paradigmatic change of the official treatment of homosexual subjects in the legal and medical domains, and the increasingly visible and organized involvements of state experts in the new normalization project of the homosexual population in the country, the exposure and discussion of homosexuality and its subjects have never been so public (in spatial and ideological senses) and diverse as compared to the past decades. Homosexual desire is going more and more public, yet the majority of homosexual population remains to be closeted subjects who are forced to keep their desires and presence as invisible as possible in non-public contexts such as family and more specifically, the heterosexual home space. / Kam, Yip Lo Lucetta. / Advisers: Kit Wai Eric Ma; Hon Ming Yip. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-09, Section: A, page: . / Thesis submitted in: December 2008. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 200-214). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / School code: 1307.

彭家維. / "2009年7月". / "2009 nian 7 yue". / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 127-138). / Abstracts in Chinese and English. / Peng Jiawei. / Chapter 第一章 --- 前言 / Chapter > --- 研究動機´ؤ´ؤ從「女『同志』」說起 --- p.1 / Chapter > --- 研究目的 --- p.3 / Chapter > --- 研究方法 --- p.5 / Chapter > --- 論文架構 --- p.6 / Chapter 第二章 --- 香港´Ø同志´Ø影展的文化場域 / Chapter > --- 引言 --- p.8 / Chapter > --- 香港´Ø影展 --- p.9 / Chapter > --- 同志´Ø影展 --- p.10 / Chapter > --- 香港´Ø同志 --- p.12 / Chapter > --- 不是同志運動的同志運動 --- p.14 / Chapter > --- 後殖民香港的獨特情境 --- p.21 / Chapter > --- 不是同志電影的同志電影 --- p.23 / Chapter > --- 香港同志影展的獨特性 --- p.25 / Chapter > --- 小結 --- p.34 / Chapter 第三章 --- 香港同志影展的歷史脈絡 / Chapter > --- 引言 --- p.36 / Chapter > --- 香港同志影展二十年 --- p.36 / Chapter ´ةŒ --- 實驗期：一九八九年至一九九八年 --- p.37 / Chapter ´ةŒ --- 轉型期：二零零零年至二零零三年 --- p.52 / Chapter ´ةŒ --- 多元性別轉向：二零零四年至今 --- p.63 / Chapter > --- 粉紅消費迷思下愈趨商業化的同志影展 --- p.72 / Chapter ´ةŒ --- 邊緣的邊緣：階層、種族、語言和性別 --- p.75 / Chapter > --- 小結 --- p.79 / Chapter 第四章 --- 性別戰場：她們的影展故事 / Chapter > --- 引言 --- p.82 / Chapter > --- 女同性戀女性主義 --- p.83 / Chapter > --- 她們與香港同志影展的故事 --- p.85 / Chapter > --- 商業為先，男同志次之，社群為輕? --- p.87 / Chapter > --- 女仔戲不賣座？ --- p.90 / Chapter > --- 還是錢的問題 --- p.95 / Chapter > --- 知其不可而為之：女策展人的定位與策略 --- p.99 / Chapter ´ةŒ --- 選片方面 --- p.99 / Chapter ´ةŒ --- 政治結盟 --- p.107 / Chapter ´ةŒ --- 不同層面的介入 --- p.110 / Chapter > --- 小結 --- p.114 / Chapter 第五章 --- 結論 --- p.117 / 參考書目 --- p.127 / 附錄 / Chapter > --- 【附錄1】年度影展資料 --- p.139 / Chapter > --- 【附錄2】年度電影列表 --- p.146 / Chapter > --- 【附錄3】研究倫理 --- p.179 / Chapter > --- 【附錄4】訪談錄 / Chapter ´ةŒ --- 【附錄4.1】游靜 --- p.186 / Chapter ´ةŒ --- 【附錄4.2】麥海珊 --- p.207 / Chapter ´ةŒ --- 【附錄4.3】鄧芝珊 --- p.231 / Chapter ´ةŒ --- 【附錄4.4】 Vicci Ho --- p.258 / Chapter > --- 【附錄5】影展場刊 284 (附件）

Thesis ( M.A. (Media Studies)) --University of Limpopo, 2015 / The visibility of gays and lesbians has predominantly improved in recent years, and the media have been a fundamental tool when measuring the homosexual communities’ social status. This study investigates whether current mainstream television accurately depicts and represents gays and lesbians, and whether gay and lesbian individuals are impacted by these television portrayals. Through in- depth interviews, focus groups and observations, the research findings reveal that gay and lesbian television depictions are not completely accurate and have varying effects on audiences. However, this evidence is significant to the entertainment industry when creating fair gay and lesbian character portrayals that could be positively receptive by the homosexual community.

This study was designed to examine the effects of identifying as a butch, androgynous, or femme lesbian on self-esteem, internalized homophobia, and passing behaviors. It was hypothesized that butch lesbians would have higher self-esteem, lower internalized homophobia, and fewer passing behaviors than femme lesbians, with androgynous lesbians falling between the butch and femme groups. Self-esteem was measuring using the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. Internalized homophobia was assessed by the Lesbian Internalized Homophobia Scale. Passing behaviors were addressed through questions in the demographic questionnaire. Data were analyzed by conducting an ANOVA analysis. Results indicated that butch lesbians have the lowest internalized homophobia and the lowest amount of passing behaviors; androgynous lesbians have a highest self esteem. Implications of this study for research and practice are discussed.Ball State UniversityMuncie, IN 47306 / Department of Counseling Psychology and Guidance Services

Thesis (M.S.W.)--Smith College School for Social Work, 2008. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 72-86).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1997. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 336-337). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1997. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 336-337). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (M.A.)--West Virginia University, 2004. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains viii, 115 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 53-60).