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.