Relatnal aggrsn and victimizatn gay male relatnships: the role of ternalized homophobia - PubMed

Contents:

• MOTHER REC ‘AWFUL’ THGS CLASSMAT HAVE SAID TO GAY DGHTER POIGNANT SPEECH TO SCHOOL BOARD
• WHO ARE GAYS - 10 MYTHS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY
• RELATNAL AGGRSN AND VICTIMIZATN GAY MALE RELATNSHIPS: THE ROLE OF TERNALIZED HOMOPHOBIA

MOTHER REC ‘AWFUL’ THGS CLASSMAT HAVE SAID TO GAY DGHTER POIGNANT SPEECH TO SCHOOL BOARD

Stay ahead of the trend fashn and beyond wh our ee weekly Liftyle Ed newsletterStay ahead of the trend fashn and beyond wh our ee weekly Liftyle Ed newsletter A Tennsee mother has reced some of the “awful” thgs that stunts have said to her gay dghter a poignant speech at a Wilson County School board the board meetg on Monday 10 July, Ldsey Patrick-Wright shared a list of sults that have been shouted at her sixth-grar, Pippy, while the child was attendg Wt Wilson Middle School Mount Juliet, Tennsee.

Some of the slurs she reced were: “My parents say I n’t talk to you bee you’re gay, ” “You don’t serve to live, ” “You’re gog to hell, ” and “My parents say you’re a pervert and if I beat you up, they wouldn’t re. And I’m really sorry if I’m havg movie spoilers my answers would happen if “Buffy the Vampire Slayer, ” two of the vampir met high school and had a gay romance? In the Uned Stat, public support of the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) muny has creased recent years.

WHO ARE GAYS - 10 MYTHS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY

The chang are associated wh creased visibily of openly gay characters on televisn, the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell” and the Supreme Court cisn that legalized same-sex marriage.

For every highly publicized act of vlence toward sexual mori, such as the recent mass shootg at a gay nightclub Orlando, there are many more physil and verbal asslts, attempted asslts, acts of property damage or timidatns which are never reported to thori, let alone publicized by the media. For example, relig views that homosexual behavr is immoral support heteronormative norms, which ultimately stigmatize sexual mori. This legislatn, which fed marriage as a unn between one man and one woman, nied homosexuals the rights held by heterosexuals.

But when we back up and thk about this aggrsn wh the amework of sexual stigma, we n see that the of antigay vlence n eper and are more plex than a simple “prejudice” explanatn. Given that sexual stigma valu homosexualy, sanctns the perpetrators’ strategic choice of a socially valued target. So when a young boy teas a gay person, verbally timidat that person or hs him, he gets posive rercement om his peers.

RELATNAL AGGRSN AND VICTIMIZATN GAY MALE RELATNSHIPS: THE ROLE OF TERNALIZED HOMOPHOBIA

For example, heterosexuals may fear that pro-gay polici such as the legalizatn of same-sex marriage will make harr to advance their own alternative polil agendas. Cred: Getty ImagHomophob should nsir a ltle self-reflectn, suggts a new study fdg those dividuals who are most hostile toward gays and hold strong anti-gay views may themselv have same-sex sir, albe unrver on.

The prejudice of homophobia may also stem om thorarian parents, particularly those wh homophobic views as well, the rearchers add. The rearch, published the April 2012 issue of the Journal of Personaly and Social Psychology, reveals the nuanc of prejudic like homophobia, which n ultimately have dire nsequenc.

"Sometim people are threatened by gays and lbians bee they are fearg their own impuls, a sense they 'doth prott too much, '" Ryan told LiveScience. For the implic measure, stunts had to tegorize words and pictur flashed onto a puter screen to "gay" or "straight" groups.