Constctg Gay Male Inty a Multicultural Society: A Qualative Ground Theory Study Malaysia | Sexualy & Culture

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• CONSTCTG GAY MALE INTY A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY: A QUALATIVE GROUND THEORY STUDY MALAYSIA
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CONSTCTG GAY MALE INTY A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY: A QUALATIVE GROUND THEORY STUDY MALAYSIA

The 1975 bassist Ross MacDonald then walked over to Healy and the two engaged a prolonged kiss on the mouth, prott to Malaysia’s anti-gay legislatn. IntroductnAlthough several sexual inty velopment mols of gay ethnic mori have been proposed by scholars, they have been based on gay men livg Wtern societi. (2021) systematic review, tone mols typilly vtigate the sequence a gay man achiev certa ton, as follows: (1) noticg same-sex attractns; (2) qutng their sexual orientatn; (3) intifyg as gay; (4) engagg sexual activi; (5) g out to others and (6) beg a romantic relatnship.

However, such impersonal and monolhic ameworks are ls helpful for mental health clicians where -pth pictns of the gay man’s trapersonal, terpersonal procs and their dynamic teractns wh their specific environments may better rm clil cisns. Kenneady and Oswalt (2014) suggt that Cass’s mol may be generalized to other heteronormative societi bee the theory was veloped when Atralians had a more prevailg homonegative attu. This cultural factor is a prelu to more factors argued the followg paragraphs which serve to unrsre the need for velopg an digeno gay male inty velopmental mol Asia.

In a natnally reprentative study, most Malaysians endorsed a homonegative attu and regard heterosexualy as the only healthy exprsn of sexualy (Manalastas et al., 2017). In this closekn, relatnal-based, tight and heterosexist society, some fai would disown their gay children for vlatg social norms and shamg the fay (Cheah & Sgaravelu, 2017; Chua, 2019; Gelfand et al., 2021). Beg disowned uld stroy a gay man this society and spell social ath bee his self-ncept and important rourc are closely lked wh his close relatnships (Yang & Kleman, 2008).

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Rearch AimThe elogil differenc fay stcture, polil atmosphere and cultural valu may shape a different trajectory for Asian gay men’s sexual inty velopment Malaysia om Alrson’s (2003), Cass’s (1979, 1984) or other sexual inty velopmental mols that have been based on dual-mory people (ethnic and sexual) adjtg to culturally Wtern societi. We followed the COREQ protol reportg qualative analysis (Tong et al., 2007) -pth terviews were employed as the primary data llectn strategy and anonymo feedback om the gay muny on the proposed theory was rporated for data triangulatn.

Subsequently, the rearchers actively nducted member checks wh 10 lol gay muny members who anonymoly exprsed their ronance and feedback via Google Forms of the theory which was prented a 20-m briefg vio (Birt et al., 2016; Charmaz, 2014).

RultsFrom the rults of the theoretil dg, we propose a ground theory—the Systemic Interactn Mol (SIM), that theoriz MGM’s sexual inty velopment as a ntuo procs of gay men disverg and cyclg between refg and refg their self-ncept relatn to their elogy. A gay man may disntue the inty velopment procs when the supprsn of any exprsn of same-sex attractn is perceived as the bt gay is more than mere same-sex attractn for the participants. For example, gay inty may expand om “I am gay” to “I am gay and a top/bottom/versatile” to “I am gay, a top/bottom/versatile and to open/polygamo/monogamo relatnships.