Lbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) dividuals e om diverse cultural groups wh differg ethnic and racial inti. However, most rearch on LGB people whe wtern sampl and studi of Ao-Caribbean diaspora often e Jamain sampl. Th, the plexy of Ao-Caribbean LGB peopl' experienc of homophobia is largely unknown. The thors' analys explore experienc of homophobia among LGB people St. Lucia. Fdgs dite issu of sk-sha orientated tolerance, regnalized dispari levels of tolerance toward LGB people and regnalized passg (regnalized sexual inty shiftg). Fally, the thors' fdgs dite that sk sha inti and regnal lotn fluence the psychologil health out of homophobia experienced by LGB people St. Lucia.
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“IT'S JT MORE ACCEPTABLE TO BE WHE OR MIXED RACE AND GAY THAN BLACK AND GAY”: THE PERCEPTNS AND EXPERIENC OF HOMOPHOBIA ST. LUCIA
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Two gay stunts at the Universy of Mnota wanted to marry, but were told no by the unty clerk bee they were men. Former Brish Caribbean loni cludg Jamai, Barbados and the Bahamas (Gasks, 2013) have been the foc of psychologil rearch on sexual orientatn and homophobia the Caribbean regn (e.
This qualative study foc on this gap the lerature by explorg the perceptns and experienc of homophobia among lbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) dividuals livg St Lucia, an Eastern Caribbean Island wh a Brish and French creolized, or Kwéyòl, lonial history, culture and language. Homophobia is fear or tolerance toward people who are attracted to others of the same-sex (Remafedi, 2002; Consolacn et al., 2004).
This study foc on the tolerance aspect of homophobia, and nsirs the meang of sk plexn and lotn for the tolerance experienced by St. However, across the Caribbean regn many Islands crimalize homosexual behavr (Human Rights Watch, 2004; Hicklg et al., 2009). All homosexual acts are illegal Tridad and Tobago and Barbados; and male homosexualy cludg sodomy and public displays of affectn are illegal Guyana and Jamai but female homosexualy is not (Human Rights Watch, 2004; Sheller, 2012).