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Introduction. This thesis seeks to investigate the construction and application of subject headings within Queerlit; a database designed to collocate Swedish works of fiction containing LGBTQI motifs. The aim of the study is to identify which principles guide the use of subject headings within Queerlit. The findings of this study can in turn provide insights as to the practical and epistemological challenges that can arise in the subject indexing of LGBTQI materials in general.  Theory & Method. The theoretical underpinnings of the study are social constructionism and queer theory. A Foucauldian understanding of the concept of discourse has been applied during analysis. The study also makes use of theories concerning categorization of sexuality and gender as described by Sedgwick and Halberstam, along with the LIS concepts of aboutness and meaning. The method used is discourse analysis, which has been applied to Queerlit’s subject heading list, as well as the indexing of two novels included in Queerlit.  Results & Analysis. The analysis has shown that the subject heading list contains several discourses pertaining to LGBTQI. In identifying these discourses, it is shown that Queerlit emphasizes sex and sexuality, while expressing ambivalence concerning temporality and intersectionalism. As for the analysis of the indexing of the two novels, the study has demonstrated that subjective interpretation is a vital part of identifying LGBTQI motifs, and that the indexing of older literature is influenced by presentism.  Conclusion. The findings prove that LGBTQI materials provide a particular set of challenges for the practice of subject heading indexing. This is largely due to the fact that LGBTQI concepts tend to be fluid, unstable, and heavily dependent on context, both within literature and intellectual thought, whereas thesauri by necessity treat documents and the language within them as stable and definitive.  This is a two years master’s thesis in Library and Information Science.

Bakgrund: Begreppet HBTQIA+ är ett paraplybegrepp för könsidentiteter och sexualiteter som avviker från heteronormen. Forskning visar att personer som avviker från heteronormen marginaliseras samt upplever sämre hälsa än majoriteten av den svenska befolkningen. Sjuksköterskan har ett ansvar i att besitta kunskap om HBTQIA+ personer för att kunna bemöta och vårda de patienter som avviker från heteronormen.  Syfte: Syftet var att beskriva HBTQIA+ personers upplevelser av hälso och sjukvård.  Metod: Metoden baserades på en litteraturöversikt med tio kvalitativa vetenskapliga artiklar.  Resultat: Resultatet redovisas genom fyra teman: “Heteronormen inom hälso- och sjukvården”, “Vårdpersonalens varierande kunskapsnivå om HBTQIA+ personer”, “Upplevelser av diskriminering och utanförskap” samt “Positiva upplevelser ". I resultatet ingår studier om HBTQIA+ personer som grupp samt studier inriktade på en eller flera specifika sexuella läggningar/könsidentiteter. Sammanfattning: Resultatet visade att en stor andel deltagare erfarit negativa upplevelser till skillnad mot positiva upplevelser av hälso- och sjukvården. De negativa upplevelserna handlade exempelvis om vårdpersonals felaktiga antaganden samt benämnande av personers sexuella läggning. De positiva upplevelserna gestaltade sig exempelvis i ett neutralt förhållningssätt ifrån vårdpersonalens sida vid frågor om partners eller sexuellt umgänge. / Background: The term LGBTQIA+ is an umbrella term that describes gender identities and sexualities that deviate from the heteronorm. Research shows that people who deviate from the heteronorm are marginalized and experience worse health than the majority of the Swedish population. The nurse has a responsibility to possess knowledge of LGBTQIA + people in order to be able to meet and care for the patients who deviate from the heteronorm. Aim: The purpose was to describe LGBTQIA+ people's experiences of healthcare Method: The method was based on a literature review with ten qualitative scientific articles Results: The result is presented through four themes: "The heteronorm in healthcare", "The care staff's varying level of knowledge about LGBTQIA+ people", "Experiences of discrimination and exclusion" and "Positive experiences". The results include studies on LGBTQIA+ people as a group as well as studies focused on one or more specific sexualorientations / gender identities. Summary: The results showed that a significant proportion of the participants experienced negative health care experiences, as opposed to positive ones. The negative experiences were, for example, about health care staff's incorrect assumptions of people's sexual orientation. The positive experiences were, for example, a neutral attitude when it came to questions about partners or intercourse.

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Though South Asians are one of the largest and fastest growing immigrant groups in the United States (Rico, 2023; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 2020), their experiences are understudied and often only included within the larger umbrella of Asian and Asian American research (Sandil et al., 2015). Furthermore, there is a dearth of research on the experiences of Queer South Asians as well on the experiences of South Asian immigrants and those on non-immigrant visas in the United States. The present study attempts to address this gap by exploring the experiences of South Asian bisexual+ women living in the United States with regard to the impact of their experiences of discrimination and exclusion within LGBTQ+ and South Asian communities. Using Consensual Qualitative Research (CQR), the study analyzed data from 12 bisexual+ cisgender South Asian women living in the United States. The interview investigated their experiences of discrimination within South Asia as well as the LGBTQ+ community and the general public in the United States, examined their relationship with their identity and experiences of connectedness and exclusion within these communities, and explored their use of mental health services as well as their emotional responses and coping strategies to discriminatory experiences. The results revealed that experiences of discrimination, invalidation, and invisibilization affected participants’ wellbeing by contributing to increased distress, feelings of exclusion, and a lack of belonging within these communities. The implications of the results for policy, theory, and practice are presented, and include the promotion of multicultural competence and responsiveness in mental health practitioners and increased awareness to the experiences of an understudied population.

In recent years, we have witnessed a strong global resistance to the acceptance of gender and sexuality rights. This resistance is theorized to be driven by a clash between pro-liberal international forces and traditionalist local political powers, suggesting a reverse trend from the previously anticipated liberal progression. However, existing literature often overlooks the divergent dynamics between various issues by relying on single-issue analyses. This dissertation aims to bridge this gap by examining the multifaceted nature of this resistance, using the case study of Russia, which has become a key sponsor of anti-gender policies on the global stage. By providing a comprehensive understanding of the broader socio-political landscape of this process, I suggest a nuance to the existing explanation for global political dynamics.The central concept of this dissertation, which I have named strategic traditionalism, explains how political state actors can opportunistically promote traditionalist views on certain issues while avoiding others that do not advance their political interests. I argue that a nation’s stance on gender and sexuality does not necessarily align with purely liberal or illiberal trends but is rather relational and dependent on political alliances and opportunity structures. I develop this argument through three interrelated studies. In the first chapter, I investigate why the Russian state promotes strategic traditionalism and explain how it relates to anti-Western ideology. Using the logic of a natural experiment in media analysis, I zoom in on the state's role in shaping media discourse on homosexuality and abortion. I analyze the changes in narratives before and after a prominent Russian news agency underwent an unexpected state takeover. I find that pre-takeover, both issues were framed as traditional values versus human rights conflicts. After the takeover, the narrative shifted to a competition between Russia and the West, with Russia portrayed as defending against Western elites using "LGBT ideology" for global dominance, while the abortion discourse remained unchanged. This study highlights the strategic reinforcement of illiberal position on one topic but maintaining neutrality on others to preserve its hegemony, rather than embracing universally traditional or religious views on both topics. This enhances our understanding of how opposing homosexuality aligns with a state's global and domestic interests. The second study examines the extent to which the public adopts state-sponsored strategic traditionalism by exploring public opinion. Globally, public opinion on homosexuality and abortion tends to correlate, but this is not the case in Russia. Quantitative analysis of a nationally representative public opinion survey reveals that negative attitudes towards homosexuality in Russia are associated with traditional values, religiosity, and anti-Western sentiments. However, negative attitudes towards abortion are linked to religiosity but not to traditional values or anti-Western sentiments, suggesting that the public opinion aligns with the state sponsored ideology. Qualitative findings provide an important nuance, indicating that support for the state’s stance might be influenced by the non-democratic nature of public-state relationships in Russia. Respondents understand and can reiterate the state’s logic, assuming that this conformity is non-negotiable in an authoritarian context. However, when discussing their views on sexuality and gender, they distinguish between public and private spheres. While some respondents support the actions framed in terms of combating foreign influence and defending Russian interests in the global sphere, they reject state intervention in the private sphere, which includes same-sex relations and abortion. Thus, this chapter demonstrates that the state’s propaganda had a significant effect on public opinion, showing that framing in terms of strategic traditionalism was effective but deeper probing reveals limits to this adaptation, highlighting the boundaries within which the state operates. This explains the specific form that state action took, distinguishing strategic traditionalism in Russia from what traditionalist pushback, suggested by the literature so far. Finally, I delve into the connection between two core elements of the Russian state’s anti-Western politics: political homophobia, as a part of strategic traditionalism, and anti-Ukrainian campaign. Although the link between two might not be immediately obvious for the outside viewers, the Russian state framed both anti-LGBT measures and the Ukrainian conflict as strategies to counter perceived Western influence while upholding "traditional values" and national sovereignty. Here, I establish the correlation between anti-LGBT and anti-Ukrainian sentiments in Russian public opinion, analyzing the period before and after the introduction of anti-LGBT+ legislation and the onset of the Russian aggression against Ukraine. The results show no statistically significant correlation between attitudes toward Ukraine and homosexuality in 2010. However, in 2016, following the anti-gay law and Crimea’s annexation, anti-gay views and anti-Ukrainian sentiments became positively correlated. This suggests that the Russian public has embraced a multifaceted anti-Western ideology promoted by the political leadership.

<p>The protection of the rights of sexual minorities in Africa is a controversial issue. It is not unusual to find newspaper reports on gross violations suffered by this minority group. Gays and lesbians are victims of violence, sometimes resulting in death. Sexual minorities in Africa are often confronted with government actions such as those of the Nigerian government that recently submitted to the parliament a Bill to make provisions for the prohibition of relationships between persons of the same sex, celebration of marriage, registration of gay clubs and societies and publicity of same sex relationships. The objective of this study was to suggest possible legal protection and recognition of sexual minority rights under the African human rights system.</p>

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2018-06-15T12:33:07Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Léa Gomes da Cruz Soares.pdf: 1752433 bytes, checksum: 1ca512806f38bd32a9ae0d089d9e650c (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-06-15T12:33:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Léa Gomes da Cruz Soares.pdf: 1752433 bytes, checksum: 1ca512806f38bd32a9ae0d089d9e650c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-03-13 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The present dissertation has as an object of study the women, trans women and transvestites in the situation of violence in the city of Santo André: coping strategy. It consists of the foundations of dialectical historical materialism and the feminist foundations, will be held an interlocution with the poststructuralist theory of gender, sexual diversity, itself. Being that studying the issue of women and the LGBT population, especially transgender women and transvestites in the situation of violence, implies directly the denial of rights since it does not have their needs met. The general objective of this research will be to verify the reasons that distance women from domestic violence, Trans Women, and Transvestites from the world of work. Its specific objective is to characterize Gender, Work, Violence and social movement; identify and characterize Women in Situation of Domestic Violence, Trans Women, and transvestites and map out existing services. The methodological procedures in the research will have as a proposal to work the descriptive and qualitative method will use semi-structured interviews. In order to present the relations between everyday life and gender relations, this reflection will be developed from referenced concepts, in relation to the issues raised in our daily practice, since we directly serve women and Trans women and transvestites in a situation of violence, in a context of struggles and confrontations / A presente dissertação tem como objeto de estudo as mulheres, mulheres trans e travestis em situação de violência na cidade de Santo André: estratégia de enfrentamento. Consiste nos fundamentos do materialismo histórico dialético e nos fundamentos feministas, será realizada uma interlocução com a teoria “pósestruturalista”, discussão de gênero, de diversidade sexual, para atender as necessidades do próprio objeto. Sendo que estudar a questão da mulher e a população LGBT, em especial as mulheres trans e as travestis em situação de violência, implica diretamente na negação dos seus direitos, uma vez que não têm suas necessidades atendidas. O objetivo geral dessa pesquisa será verificar os motivos que distanciam as mulheres em situação de violência doméstica, as Mulheres Trans e as Travestis do mundo do trabalho. Tem como objetivo específico: caracterizar Gênero, Trabalho, Violência e Movimento Social; identificar e caracterizar as Mulheres em Situação de Violência Doméstica, as Mulheres Trans e as travestis e mapear os serviços existentes. Os procedimentos metodológicos na pesquisa terão como proposta trabalhar o método descritivo e qualitativo, utilizando entrevistas semiestruturadas. Com o objetivo de apresentar as relações entre a cotidianidade e as relações de gênero, essa reflexão será desenvolvida a partir de conceitos referenciados, no tocante às questões rebatidas em nosso cotidiano da prática, uma vez que atendemos diretamente as mulheres e as mulheres trans e as travestis em situação de violência, num contexto de lutas e enfrentamentos

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:23:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Rogerio Volpatti Polezze.pdf: 1979992 bytes, checksum: c33d649940e7293ba5dda19ea91e6d76 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-08-07 / The dissertation proposes to analyze the configuration of so-called sexual minorities, discussing concepts and reasons to understand them as vulnerable groups. It provides an overview about human rights, emphasizing the fundamental rights. Also their evolution through history, especially after the Second World War. It highlights the position taken by the principles, so striking in the post-positivist stage right. It notes that, although there is controversy, both the broad inclusion of principles in the latest Constitutions as the movement of said neoconstitutionalism or postpositivism indicate the valuation of axiological load on the right, completing and enriching the old positivist view. It seeks to trace the characteristics of public policy, promoted on behalf of sexual minorities, performing brief analysis of the profile that presents difficulties (limitations) and draw prospects for the near future, as well as alternatives to answer more satisfactorily the target population of the study. It makes a comparison with examples that succeeded in European States with regard to the apparent greater range of the Brazilian Judiciary's role in defining and provocation (the initiative) public policy under study. Thus, making highlighting the characteristics of Brazil, in particular due to its overly analytical and rich constitution in axiological charge (and principles), it focused to explain the reasons why Brazil shows its judicial function as markedly Postpositivist, enforcing fundamental rights and own content of principles adopted in the Constitution; even on behalf the component groups of so-called sexual minorities and against established majority in the National Parliament / A dissertação propõe-se a analisar a configuração das minorias sexuais, discutindo conceitos e as razões de entendê-las como grupos vulneráveis. A pesquisa traça uma análise geral acerca dos direitos humanos, destacando os fundamentais, sua evolução ao longo da história, em especial, após a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Põe em relevo a posição assumida pelos princípios, tão marcantes no estágio pós-positivista do direito. Observa que, embora haja controvérsia, tanto a inclusão ampla de princípios nas Constituições mais recentes quanto o movimento do neoconstitucionalismo ou do pós-positivismo indicam a valorização da carga axiológica no direito, completando e enriquecendo a antiga visão positivista. O estudo procura traçar as características das políticas públicas, promovidas em benefício das minorias sexuais, realizando uma breve análise do perfil que se apresenta, suas dificuldades (limitações), além de traçar perspectivas para futuro próximo e alternativas para atender mais satisfatoriamente a população-alvo deste estudo. A pesquisa faz um comparativo com exemplos que sucederam em Estados europeus no que se refere à aparente maior amplitude do papel do Poder Judiciário brasileiro na definição e provocação (da iniciativa) das políticas públicas em estudo. Assim, realçando características próprias do Brasil, em especial, em função de sua Constituição demasiadamente analítica e rica em carga axiológica (e princípios), tentou-se explicar os motivos pelos quais o Brasil mostra sua função jurisdicional tão marcantemente pós-positivista, fazendo valer direitos fundamentais e conteúdo próprio de princípios adotados na Constituição; inclusive, próprios dos grupos componentes das minorias sexuais e na contramão da maioria estabelecida no Parlamento nacional

In the past decade, the rising incidence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in men who have sex with men (MSM) calls for targeted epidemiological investigations. However, the approach of most current epidemiological studies might be inadequate for characterising transmission risks of MSM, as they focus largely on the practice of risk behaviours in population context and have assumed a homogeneous distribution of such behaviours and their resultant risks in HIV transmission. A study investigating the networking pattern of MSM, in addition to their sexual behaviour, was therefore proposed to re-examine HIV epidemiology in Hong Kong and model HIV transmission dynamics. / Following literature review on network analyses conducted in MSM, it was found that the use of two-mode network data for constructing sexual affiliation network had not been widely applied. Such two-mode network approach could be more feasible in describing sexual structure of MSM, who are connected by their preferred social venues. To adopt this approach, a two-part study, composing a field survey and a modelling study, was performed. A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted between January and April 2013 to obtain data about sex-networking venues and associated behavioural profiles of MSM in Hong Kong. Comparisons of networking patterns, risk behaviour and demographics between MSM in different networks, delineated by two-mode network analysis, were made. Based on the survey data and assumptions derived from other network-based and behavioural studies, HIV transmission dynamics was simulated by building a stochastic agent-based model. / In the field survey, a total of 932 respondents were recruited from physical venues (n=625), including nine bars and six saunas, and the Internet (n=307). The proportion of MSM using condom for every anal sex with casual partners met in physical venues was 66.6% (225/338), while that for partners met in the Internet was 62.6% (139/222). Only 51.5% (204/396) MSM always used condom while having anal sex with regular partners. Community detection by networks of social venues identified nine clusters of MSM from three network bases. The simulation model gave a median number of new HIV infections over a 5-year period at 83 per 1000 MSM. The median numbers of annual infections ranged between 14 and 20. In over 30% of MSM networked through the Internet, having regular sex partners or practising receptive anal sex, more than 50 infections out of 500 iterations could occur in the model simulation, suggesting their higher risk of HIV infection. / In conclusion, the modelling results suggested that HIV transmission in Hong Kong might have occurred largely between regular partners. The potential impact of local sex-networking pattern through social venues with casual partners on HIV transmission is relatively little and indirect. To prevent HIV from spreading into new networks, intervention shall be targeted at MSM having unprotected anal sex with regular partners and seeking casual partners in social venues, especially through the Internet. Network approach in HIV epidemiology, such as collection of network-based data from HIV-infected MSM as part of surveillance, and assessing the network configuration from time to time, shall also be considered. / 過去十年間，透過同性性行為感染愛滋病病毒的個案持續上升，令針對男男性接觸者的流行病學研究顯得重要。現時大部分相關研究都假設所涉行為和相應的傳染風險是平均分佈於研究人群中，採用這研究方法去了解男男性接觸者間的病毒傳播風險明顯有所不足。有鑑於此，本研究透過了解男男性接觸者的社交網絡模式及其風險行為，重新審視本地愛滋病病毒感染的流行病學狀況及設計相關模型，用以了解病毒的傳播及流行規律。 / 探討過往文獻發現，雖然二模網絡能勾劃出男男性接觸者與其結識性伴侶的社交場所間的關係，卻未被廣泛應用於流行病學研究。本研究採納二模網絡的分析方法，並分兩部分進行。實地調查部分於二零一三年一月至四月期間進行，透過問卷收集本港男男性接觸者結交性伴侶的場所及相關性行為等資料，並比較其網絡模式、風險行為及人口特徵。建模研究部分則是利用調查所得之數據及參考其他研究去建立模型，用以模擬愛滋病病毒的傳播規律。 / 問卷調查從九間酒吧、六間桑拿及互聯網中，招募了九百三十二位受訪者參與研究。受訪者中，每次肛交均使用安全套的比率因性伴侶的種類而異，比率介乎百分之五十二至六十七。透過分析三種社交場所的網絡結構，本港男男性接觸者社群共可分為九個群組。由模擬模型得知，五年間新增的愛滋病病毒感染個案為八十三宗（每千人計），而相應的年度感染數字則介乎十四至二十宗。從五百次模擬運算中，發現超過三成透過互聯網結識性伴侶或擁有固定性伴侶的男男性接觸者與及受體肛交者的感染次數多於五十次，顯示其較高的愛滋病病毒感染風險。 / 總括而言，研究發現本港愛滋病病毒的傳播多於固定性伴侶間發生。相反，透過本地社交場所結識非固定性伴侶的網絡模式只間接影響本港愛滋病病毒的散播。為有效預防愛滋病病毒散播，干預措施應針對有與固定伴侶進行不安全性行為及透過互聯網結識性伴侶的男男性接觸者，同時衛生部門亦可考慮將感染愛滋病病毒的男男性接觸者的網絡數據納入恆常監測及不時評估同志社群間的網絡結構。 / Poon, Chin Man. / Thesis Ph.D. Chinese University of Hong Kong 2015. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 112-121). / Abstracts and appendix B also in Chinese. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on 07, October, 2016). / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only.