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Journal of Homosexuality Aug 2023This article discusses the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Botswana. It discusses the various cases that addressed issues relating to LGBTIQ+ in Botswana to...
This article discusses the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Botswana. It discusses the various cases that addressed issues relating to LGBTIQ+ in Botswana to highlight the incremental approach toward decriminalisation of homosexuality laws. The article also highlights the role and the contribution of civil society to the decriminalization of homosexuality in Botswana. It does so by providing an overview of queer activism in Botswana and highlights the various queer actors in the country. The article notes that the Botswana Court of Appeal has emphatically settled the debate concerning the constitutional protection of members of the LGBTIQ+. This article points out that the successes recorded in Botswana by civil society as regards the decriminalisation of homosexuality are attributable to several factors. These factors include the consolidated efforts of civil society in the country, the advocacy that accompanied the decriminalisation of homosexuality litigation and the use of various public interest litigation strategies. Combined, these factors paint a clear picture of the nature of queer lawfare in Botswana. Overall, the article highlights that while some sections of the society in Botswana are still reluctant to recognize members of the LGBTIQ+ community as right bearers, there is sufficient evidence to suggest that there has been a great shift toward inclusivity.
Topics: Humans; Sexual and Gender Minorities; Botswana; Homosexuality; Emotions; Social Perception
PubMed: 35302434
DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2022.2051118 -
Lancet (London, England) Sep 2023
Topics: Humans; Uganda; Homosexuality; Sexual and Gender Minorities
PubMed: 37742693
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)02028-7 -
Journal of Homosexuality Aug 2021The term homophobia is widely used to describe negative attitudes toward homosexuality. As with some concepts in the social sciences, different researchers apply the... (Review)
Review
The term homophobia is widely used to describe negative attitudes toward homosexuality. As with some concepts in the social sciences, different researchers apply the term to widely different forms of discrimination against gay men and lesbians. Existing research provides some general classifications of different spheres in which homophobia operate, but these typologies are too broad to serve as frameworks for in-depth analyses of discourses and manifestations of homophobia. This article reviews different conceptualizations associated with the term homophobia in academic literature and synthesizes these diverse positions into a comprehensive framework-a taxonomy of homophobia-that can facilitate analysis of homophobia in a given context and enhance comparisons between contexts. The proposed homophobia framework postulates that negative attitudes toward gay men and lesbians can manifest in seven distinct, yet interrelated shades, namely radical, prohibitionist, denialist, avoidance, morbidity, tepid, and veiled.
Topics: Attitude; Homophobia; Homosexuality; Humans; Sexual and Gender Minorities
PubMed: 31860393
DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2019.1702352 -
Nature Sep 2019
Topics: Female; Homosexuality, Male; Humans; Male; Sexual and Gender Minorities; Sexuality
PubMed: 31481774
DOI: 10.1038/d41586-019-02585-6 -
International Journal of Environmental... Nov 2021Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people present poorer mental and physical health results compared to the heterosexual and cisgender population. There are...
BACKGROUND
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people present poorer mental and physical health results compared to the heterosexual and cisgender population. There are barriers in the healthcare system that increase these health inequities.
OBJECTIVE
To synthesise the available evidence on how nurses can intervene in reducing health inequities in LGBT people, identifying their specific health needs and describing their experiences and perceptions of the barriers they face in the healthcare system.
METHODS
Systematic review. Between March and April 2021, a bibliographic search was carried out in the Cuiden, LILACS, PubMed, Dialnet, SciELO, Trip Database, and Web of Science databases and metasearch engines.
INCLUSION CRITERIA
Articles published in the last 5 years that address the specific health needs of LGBT people, their experiences and perceptions, or interventions in this group in which nurses may engage.
RESULTS
A total of 16 articles were selected. Health disparities were detected in the LGBT community, which exhibited higher rates of mental health problems, substance abuse, risky sexual behaviours, self-harm, and suicide. These inequalities were related to minority stress, and each of them differently impacted individual populations within the broader LGBT community depending on their sexual orientations and gender identities. The impact of these factors was, in turn, modified by the intersections of race/ethnicity, geographic region, and socioeconomic factors. LGBT people described discriminatory experiences by health professionals, as well as their distrust and fear in this setting. Nurses can carry out interventions such as inclusive education about sex and sexual and gender diversity and bullying and suicide prevention programmes, and can provide gender-affirming and family-centred care.
CONCLUSIONS
LGBT people experience health inequities and discrimination in the healthcare system. Nurses can implement diverse interventions to reduce these problems and, moreover, these health professionals are obliged to acquire cultural competence regarding LGBT health.
Topics: Bisexuality; Female; Health Inequities; Homosexuality, Female; Humans; Sexual and Gender Minorities; Transgender Persons
PubMed: 34831556
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182211801 -
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association... Feb 2023
Topics: Male; Humans; Homosexuality, Male; Sexual and Gender Minorities
PubMed: 36781192
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.220757-f -
Sante Publique (Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy,... 2023Most of the data addressing LGBT populations are adressing gay men's health and focuses on the heterosexual/homosexual alterity without considering their practices nor...
INTRODUCTION
Most of the data addressing LGBT populations are adressing gay men's health and focuses on the heterosexual/homosexual alterity without considering their practices nor their trajectories.
PURPOSE OF RESEARCH
In this article, we are looking into psychoactive substances use among lesbian and bisexual women. Based on an analysis of the Lesbian and Gay Press Survey (INVS, 2011), this paper aims to analyze the substance use of these populations, while discussing the categories used to describe them.
RESULTS
Our results show that sexuality with male partners is associated with increased levels of consumption of illegal psychoactive products. However, this is not true for prescripted drugs. With regard to alcohol, consumption levels follow a gradient corresponding to the number of partners, regardless of their sex. However, sexual identification is not a relevant indicator for interpreting substance use, whatever the product consumed which suggest bisexuality is not associated, per se, with increased levels of substance abuse.
CONCLUSIONS
These results suggest that the links commonly made between sexual orientation and increased consumption of psychoactive products should be discussed. Not only are consumption levels different for different products, but they also depend on gender and sexuality indicators. Because of the weight of heterosexist structures, sexuality with men is an important determinant of psychoactive product use among sexual minorities. Particularly with regard to bisexual women, this leads to discuss the link between a double discrimination, from their male and female partners, and their level of consumption of psychoactive products.
Topics: Female; Male; Humans; Heterosexuality; Homosexuality, Female; Sexual and Gender Minorities; Sexual Behavior; Substance-Related Disorders
PubMed: 37336749
DOI: 10.3917/spub.hs2.0069 -
Journal of Homosexuality Feb 2024The British Government appointed a departmental committee to review anti-homosexuality laws in 1954 following a marked increase in the number of arrests for...
The British Government appointed a departmental committee to review anti-homosexuality laws in 1954 following a marked increase in the number of arrests for homosexuality after World War II. The committee invited the British Medical Association (BMA) and other institutions to provide scientific and medical evidence relating to homosexuality. In 1954, the BMA established the Committee on Homosexuality and Prostitution to present its view on how the law impacted upon homosexuals and society. This paper analyses the BMA's attitudes to homosexuality by examining its submission to the Departmental Committee. Whilst the BMA supported implicitly the decriminalization of certain homosexual acts, it remained strongly opposed to homosexuality from a moral perspective and insisted that it was an illness. It is concluded that the BMA's submission was driven primarily by a desire to control the "unnatural deviant" behavior of homosexuals and to protect society from that behavior rather than to protect homosexuals.
Topics: Humans; Male; Homosexuality, Male; Sexual and Gender Minorities; Attitude; Homosexuality; Morals; World War II
PubMed: 37144918
DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2022.2131131 -
Journal of Homosexuality Jul 2016In his 2006 article in the Journal of the Islamic Medical Association of North America (JIMA), Dr. Ahmed qualified the predominant psychiatric view on homosexuality by...
In his 2006 article in the Journal of the Islamic Medical Association of North America (JIMA), Dr. Ahmed qualified the predominant psychiatric view on homosexuality by recourse to opinions prevalent within reparative therapy circles. Conservative Muslim thinkers, online counselors, and other professionals continue to hold opinions similar to those delineated by Dr. Ahmed in his journal article. We use his article as a focal point to critique the general opinions upheld by conservative Muslim thinkers by alluding to the harms associated with reparative therapy and by rejecting the unreasonable prescription of permanent celibacy. We critique Dr. Ahmed's association of homosexuality with mental health issues, fatal diseases, alcoholism, and illicit sexual intercourse. Investigating the Muslim tradition, we encourage conservative Muslim leaders to facilitate Muslim gays and lesbians in their legitimate human need for intimacy, affection, and companionship.
Topics: Attitude; Female; Homosexuality; Humans; Islam; Male; Mental Disorders; Sexual Abstinence; Sexual Behavior; Sexual Partners; Sexual and Gender Minorities
PubMed: 26549277
DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2015.1116344 -
Journal of Homosexuality Nov 2023Literature on Muslims and Islam has not empirically assessed the impact of American Muslims' gender, religiosity, income inequality, and the interaction between the...
Literature on Muslims and Islam has not empirically assessed the impact of American Muslims' gender, religiosity, income inequality, and the interaction between the latter two factors, on their attitudes toward homosexuality. Using logistic regression models fitted to data from the 2017 Pew Survey of US Muslims (n = 712), this article assesses these factors' effects on their view that society should either accept or discourage homosexuality. Findings reveal that men, compared with women, and more religious individuals tend to express homonegativity; while those from higher-income households are likely to agree that society should accept same-sex relationships. Also, the religiosity-prejudice association is moderated by income inequality. These findings have important religious and social implications. Firstly, the prevailing approach of essentializing Islamic perspectives on homosexuality as being favorable or prejudicial overlooks that they are socially contingent. Secondly, policies contributing to Muslim minorities' economic well-being can encourage them to embrace liberal religious and social values.
Topics: Male; Humans; Female; United States; Islam; Sexual and Gender Minorities; Homosexuality; Attitude; Prejudice
PubMed: 35703936
DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2022.2086748