Thesis (D. Min.)--Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 2007. / Abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 270-274).

Thesis (M.S.W.) -- Ohio State University, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 109-114). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center

This video is a visual representation of the frustrations that I suffered from when I, a queer, gender non-conforming, person of color, went to “pasty normals” (a term defined by Jose Esteban Munoz to describe normative, non-exotic individuals) to get a definition of what Punk meant and where I fit into it. In this video, I personify the Punk music movement. Through my actions, I depart from the grainy, low-quality, amateur aesthetics of the Punk film and music genres and create a new world where the Queer Person of Color defines Punk. In the piece, Punk definitively says, “Don’t try to define me. Shut up and leave me to rest.”

abstract: Information concerning sexual minorities is conspicuously absent from secondary education curriculums. Student attitudes toward sexual diversity are impacted, and those entering higher educational environments are at a disadvantage when faced with diverse university populations. This study attempted to close the information gap among first year college students and to improve attitudes by teaching about sexual minorities, especially gays and lesbians. In addition to their standard coursework, 41 student participants (31 in the intervention group, and 10 in the control group) who were enrolled in required introductory college courses received six short lessons on sexual diversity. Mixed methods data collection and analysis included a pre and post intervention survey, the Riddle Homophobia Scale (1985), and qualitative electronic discussion boards throughout the intervention. Surveys revealed a significant decrease in negative attitudes but no increase in more affirming attitudes. Qualitative data showed somewhat inconsistent results with quantitative surveys, but allowed deeper analysis of the familial, social, religious and societal influences on student attitudes toward lesbian, gay, bisexual and questioning (LGBQ) people. Discussion includes possible explanations for the findings, suggestions for future research, and suggests refinements of the Riddle Homophobia Scale. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Leadership and Innovation 2016

Submitted by Viviane Lima da Cunha (viviane@biblioteca.ufpb.br) on 2016-05-06T14:45:58Z No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 1684430 bytes, checksum: f3e04a7ef2e88b3a595dd56ea0694457 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-05-06T14:45:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 1684430 bytes, checksum: f3e04a7ef2e88b3a595dd56ea0694457 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-03-02 / Introduction: The present study had as general objective to analyze the vulnerability and preventive practices against sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) affective-sexual relations. Methods: this was an exploratory study and descriptive, transversal and qualitative character. The sample was composed of 18 participants defined lesbian women, with ages ranging from 19 to 42 years (M = 26; DP = 6.1). For the collection of data was used a demographic questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. The collection came from a participant matrix and followed the selection of new participants by the method of "snowball". The data from the demographic questionnaire were analyzed through descriptive statistics in PASW Statistics Software (SPSS) for Mac-23 version, the data obtained in the interviews were analyzed by analyzing thematic category MAXQDA software 11-Data Analysis Qualitative Software (qualitative data analysis Software). Results: Were applicants in the accounts the idea of greater vulnerability associated with the male presence in the relationship, getting behind in speeches that the only relationship between women could be a protective factor. Reports emerged about the absence of further clarification about the existence, use and effectiveness of preventive inputs to STD's that can be used in relations between women. Were highlighted in the speeches that the alleged methods available would not own, or designed to prevent the STDs among women, considering that most of these means of prevention would be adaptations of existing methods, as the male condom or unlubricated adaptations of items which originally would be used for other purposes (plastic film, PVC gloves, latex barrier use in dentistry). Confidence in the partnership and in the existence of a presumed fidelity were cited as elements of prevention strategies. The bias was related to lack of campaigns that drive the lesbians on the need to prevent sexual relations, and stigma to the myth that lesbians would be marginalized women. The presence of the element constraint was highlighted as a factor preventing the search for Gynecological medical care. The lack of preparation of health professionals emerged as an element that can influence on increasing the vulnerability of this population health. More than half of the participants stated that often reveal their sexual orientation to doctors gynecologists, which may indicate a breakthrough for Lesbian visibility. It is concluded that the factors of programmatic can influence more evident to the worsening in the situations of vulnerability to health of lesbians, although elements of individual and social dimension also are associated and these misdeeds. These findings may serve as a framework that highlights elements of individual, social order, as well as deficiencies in programmatic, that relate and can influence for the most vulnerable situation in health of lesbians. / Introdução: O presente estudo teve como objetivo geral analisar a vulnerabilidade e as práticas preventivas frente às Doenças Sexualmente Transmissíveis (DST`s) nas relações afetivo-sexuais de lésbicas. Método: Tratou-se de um estudo exploratório e descritivo, de caráter transversal e qualitativo. A amostra foi composta por 18 participantes mulheres que se autodefinem lésbicas, com idades variando de 19 a 42 anos (M=26; DP=6,1). Para a coleta dos dados foram utilizados um questionário sociodemográfico e entrevistas semiestruturadas. A coleta partiu de uma participante matriz e seguiu a seleção de novas participantes pelo método de “bola de neve”. Os dados oriundos do questionário sociodemográfico foram analisados por meio de estatísticas descritivas no Software PASW Statistics (SPSS) for Mac - versão 23, os dados obtidos nas entrevistas foram analisados por meio da análise categorial temática através do software MAXQDA 11 - Qualitative Data Analysis Software (Software de Análise de Dados Qualitativos). Resultados: Foram recorrentes nos relatos a ideia de maior vulnerabilidade associada a presença masculina na relação, ficando subjacente nos discursos que o relacionamento apenas entre mulheres poderia ser um fator de proteção. Emergiram relatos sobre a ausência de maiores esclarecimentos acerca da existência, formas de uso e eficácia de insumos preventivos às DST’s que possam ser utilizados nas relações entre mulheres. Foram evidenciados nos discursos que os supostos métodos existentes não seriam próprios, específicos ou pensados para na prevenção às DST’s entre mulheres, tendo em vista que a maioria destes meios de prevenção seriam adaptações de métodos já existentes, como o preservativo masculino sem lubrificação ou adaptações de itens que originalmente seriam utilizados com outras finalidades (plástico filme de PVC, luvas, barreira de látex de uso odontológico). A confiança na parceria e na existência de uma fidelidade presumida foram elementos citados como estratégias de prevenção. O preconceito foi relacionado à ausência de campanhas que orientem às lésbicas sobre a necessidade de prevenção nas relações sexuais, e o estigma ao mito de que lésbicas seriam mulheres marginalizadas. A presença do elemento constrangimento foi destacado como um fator impeditivo para a busca por atendimento médico ginecológico. A falta de preparo dos profissionais de saúde emergiu como um elemento que pode influenciar no aumento da vulnerabilidade em saúde desta população. Mais da metade das participantes afirmaram que costumam revelar sua orientação sexual aos médicos ginecologistas, o que pode indicar um avanço para à visibilidade lésbica. Conclui-se que fatores de ordem programática podem influenciar de maneira mais evidente para o agravo nas situações de vulnerabilidade a saúde de lésbicas, embora elementos de dimensão individual e social também estejam associados e estes agravos. Estes achados podem servir como um quadro que evidencia elementos de ordem individual, social, bem como deficiências programáticas, que se relacionam e podem influenciar para a situação de maior vulnerabilidade em saúde das lésbicas.

Homosexuality may be encountered in all cultural and historical formations. Different cultures have different views of sexuality, its expression and forms in general. The difference of the homosexual orientation and the way this phenomenon is reflected in the society influences the life of persons with homosexual orientation. Individuals are often confronted with an inner conflict with the heterosexual majority, which may result in his existential stress. Mastering problematic situations in life depends on the personality of an individual with homosexual orientation, the expectations of his/her social environment ambience and the support that his/her surroundings that the individual perceives in this environment. At present, there is increasing interest in homosexuality as a social phenomenon. In the theoretical part, I summed up the Euro-American views of homosexuality and outlined the religious roots of the present-day view of homosexuality. Subsequently, I dealt with living conditions connected with the homosexual orientation. The view of problematic life situations and crises of persons with homosexual orientation was, resulting from the substance of the subject, the most important basis for the practical part of my diploma thesis. The basic objective that I endeavoured to fulfil was to describe the life situations and problems that are connected with homosexuality, seen from the subjective point of view of persons with homosexual orientation. I limited the research area to the actual viewing of one?s own minority sexuality by a homosexual man/lesbian woman, and viewing their social background reacting to their different orientation. The study was intended as qualitative research from the very beginning. To conduct the specific research I chose the attitude by means of the phenomenologic research. The experience that an individual had gone through was recorded by means of an interview and subsequently analysed. This interview created a basis for the description and interpretation of the experience conveyed. Drawing on the facts obtained it is possible to recommend various forms of education activity, the purpose of which is a higher information level in both the homosexually and heterosexually oriented public. Further, I recommend drawing up quality methodology focusing on decreasing the homophobic attitudes in the majority society in the Czech Republic. It is necessary to observe a professional attitude lessons on the topic of homosexuality within sexual education at primary schools, which will be based on a unified methodology. To create a legislative basis concerning adoption and assisted reproduction in the Czech Republic, it will be necessary to adopt measures have to be adopted that will eventually result in an absolute elimination of discrimination of the minority with homosexual orientation.

abstract: ABSTRACT Mexican Golden Age Cinema materialized the narratives of identity, unity and morality that became the obligated point of reference to understand social stability and mexicaness during the post-revolutionary period. Hence, film stars evolved into cultural icons that embodied the representation of patriarchal order as a synonym for nationalism. However, dissident depictions that challenged carefully tailored heteronormative roles were as much a part of the post-revolutionary reality as was the attempt to manufacture a utopic heterosexual family on screen, that functioned as a metaphor for national reunification under the law of the father/president of the Mexican Republic. Nonetheless, even when an distinguished member of the Mexican star system, Sara García´s queer performativity of her quintessential sainted mother and even more revered grandmother characters highlights fissures in the effort to naturalize sexual passivity and heterosexual motherhood as the core of Mexican women identity. Furthermore, García took advantage of her romanticized butch characters in order to revert lesbian invisibility in movies where she portrait roles that exemplified sapphic households. In most of García's films masculine presence became redundant, hence challenging male privilege. Not very far from her own reality, García's queer women of a certain age, involved in female marriages, contested the post-revolutionary discourse of stability and mexicaness even in the heteronormative realm of Golden Age Filmmaking. Regardless of her queerness, unlike any other transgressive figure, Sara García became a national icon in her time and her image continues to hold relevance in current Mexican popular culture. More than five decades after her death young generations are still familiar with her legacy and her image has evolved into the representation of the nostalgia for tradition and alleged "more simple" times. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ph.D. Spanish 2014

A presente pesquisa analisa o processo de emergência de grupos organizados de jovens LGBT e de seu engajamento. Foram realizadas entrevistas semi-estruturadas com fundadores/as e coordenadores/as de grupos jovens LGBT, bem como observação de campo junto às atividades desenvolvidas pelas entidades, o que permitiu problematizar e descrever: o contexto de emergência desses grupos, seus modos de organização e funcionamento, suas bandeiras de luta e formas de ação, tal como o perfil e o processo de engajamento desses/as jovens. Assim foi possível traçar um panorama histórico envolvendo as seguintes organizações atuantes na cidade de São Paulo: Projeto de Apoio a Gays e Lésbicas Adolescentes (PAGLA), E-jovem, XTeens, Jovens e Adolescentes Homossexuais (JA) e Projeto Purpurina. Assim como traçar o cenário atual em Paris com foco nas seguintes entidades: MAG Jeunes LGBT, Pôle Jeunesse, CONTACT e Le Refuge. Essas organizações promovem encontros, online e offline (presenciais e virtuais) de apoio mútuo voltados a jovens, que varia de 13 a 29 anos e abordam sobretudo: autoaceitação, conflitos na família, com amigos, na escola, universidade e trabalho. Os grupos e os/as jovens apresentam ressalvas em relação à política institucional (governos, partidos, eleições, espaços de participação e controle social), para eles/as fazer política significa promover transformações sociais a partir de suas vidas cotidianas, que eventualmente podem passar por reivindicações pontuais em relação a legislações, políticas ou serviços públicos. / This research analyzes the process of emergence of organized groups of LGBT youth and their engagement. Semi-structured interviews were held with founders and coordinators of LGBT youth groups and field observation with the activities developed by the entities, which allowed discuss and describe: the emergence of such groups, their modes of organization and operation, their struggles themes and forms of action, such as their profile and engagement process. Thus it was possible to trace a historical overview involving the following organizations actives in São Paulo: Projeto de Apoio a Gays e Lésbicas Adolescentes (Pagla), E-Jovem, XTeens, Jovens e Adolescentes Homossexuais (JA) and Projeto Purpurina; As well as outline the current situation in Paris focusing on the following groups: MAG - Jeunes LGBT, Pôle Jeunesse, CONTACT e Le Refuge. These organizations hold meetings, online and off-line, of mutual support aimed at young people, which ranges from 13 to 29 years and cover mainly: self-acceptance, conflicts in the family, with friends, at school, university and work. Groups and young have reservations about the institutional policy (governments, parties, elections, opportunities for participation and social control), for them politics means promoting social change from their everyday lives, which can eventually move by specific claims regarding legislation, policies or public services.

This study consists of an analysis of the novel Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters, in terms of cross-dressing as self-representation. The study aims to emphasise how cross-dressing can be significant when expressing one’s gender identity, by examining the gender identity and sexual orientation of the male impersonator Nancy Astley/Nan King and how she reacts to her own queerness. With the use of queer literary theory, Judith Butler’s theories on gender performativity, and ideas of gender as social constructs, this study argues that the novel is a powerful representation of the fluidity and inconsistency of gender and the non-existence of the gender binary. Throughout the novel, the main character disrupts the expected gender roles of the British Victorian era, and through the use of cross-dressing, uses masculinity and masculine femininity to discover and express her gender identity.

This thesis examines a queer fan community for the television show Once Upon a Time (OUAT) that utilizes the social networking site Tumblr as their primary base of fan activity. The Swan Queen fan community is comprised of individuals that collectively support and celebrate a non-canon romantic relationship between two of the female lead characters of the show rather than the canonic, heterocentric relationships that occur between the two women and their respective male love interests. I answer two research questions in this study: First, how are members of the Swan Queen fan community developing counter narratives of love by engaging in meaning-making processes and interpretations of OUAT? And secondly, how do they talk about the purpose and importance of their narratives for themselves or the Swan Queen fan community? In order to answer my research questions, I consider how the Swan Queen fandom developed and how they convey their meaning-making strategies online. To do this, I have analyzed the Tumblr blog of one Swan Queen fan and have used their blog as a nexus between other Swan Queen fans that use the website for their fan activities. Swan Queen fans argue that the show runners of OUAT use subtextual codes within canonical storylines in an effort to queerbait the show’s queer audience members. Moreover, the show runners refute the notion that they are queerbating queer fans at all by arguing that the fans’ perceptions are baseless and that any perceived queering of the characters Emma Swan and Regina Mills is purely “unintentional.” This response has only served to alienate the show’s queer fan base further as it led to increased complaints that the show runners were gaslighting the entire queer fandom. Additionally, Swan Queen fans maintain that the show’s introduction of canonical storylines featuring romantic relationships between Regina and Robin Hood and Emma and Captain Hook are heterosexist and dangerous. The storylines between Emma and Captain Hook, queer fans argue, often promote rape culture, thus perpetuating violence against both queer and non-queer audiences through storylines grounded in fairytale concepts of “True Love” and “Happily Ever After”. As such, Swan Queen fans push back against and reject this violence through their own interpretations and counter narratives of “True Love”. In accordance with previous research, I have found that historically marginalized groups such as the queer community continue to experience widespread and often aggressive attacks by queerphobic individuals and hate groups that are intent on preserving traditionally heterocentric institutions in our society, including (but not limited to) mainstream media broadcasting. Furthermore, fandom has become institutionalized in the same manner and typically operates within hegemonic, heterocentric standards. Conversely, queer fandoms such as the Swan Queen fandom operate outside of these standards, and fans respond to antagonistic efforts to silence them or cast them in an inaccurate manner by creating close-knit social communities to combat these actions and provide a space wherein individuals are able to counter dominant narratives that serve to further marginalize them. This study elucidates how this effort may occur and questions the effect this membership has on those who participate within a queer fandom. It is imperative that such research takes place, as there are very few accounts of how queer fans navigate the complex intersection between fandom and queerness.