How do LGBT individuals manage cognitive dissonance between devotion to faith and societal condemnation of their sexuality?
There are many challenges that members of the LGBT community face when...
The term "lesbian" refers to a woman who is sexually attracted to other women. Lesbians often share close emotional bonds that can be expressed through physical intimacy, which may include kissing,...
The term "internalized homophobia" refers to negative beliefs about one's own sexual orientation that lead to shame, guilt, self-loathing, and low self-esteem. These feelings can cause significant...
LGBT adolescents face an unprecedented challenge in their personal and social development due to societal and familial expectations that may conflict with their sense of identity and self-expression....
Mass media has always played an important role in shaping societal attitudes towards various issues, including LGBTQ+ rights and representation. It has been responsible for the creation and...
The aim of this article is to explore how aesthetic strategies such as imagery, sound, and narrative can be used to create an emotional connection between audiences and LGBTQ+ characters in media...
What is Queerness?
Queerness refers to non-normative sexualities and genders that fall outside of heteronormativity. It encompasses all sexual orientations and gender identities that are not...
What are the psychological effects that emerge when LGBTQ+ individuals try to fit into religiously prescribed gender roles?
When someone is born and grows up in an environment where their gender...
I will explore how queer memory resists the philosophical erasure that is often present in dominant historiographies. The concept of "queer" has been used to describe people who do not identify as...
Bisexuality is an orientation that involves romantic, sexual, and/or emotional attraction to people of more than one gender. Bisexuals may be attracted to both men and women, but they are also known...