Marriage equality policies have been an important milestone for the LGBTQ+ community, particularly for those who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, or another nonbinary gender...
What are intergenerational dialogues and why are they important for LGBTQ acceptance in diasporic religious communities? Intergenerational dialogue is a process that involves discussing difficult...
Love is a powerful force that can drive people to great heights of devotion and passion, but it can also be a powerful form of resistance against oppression and domination. In some cases, individuals...
Community Support for Buffering Discrimination
A study conducted in 2018 explored how community support can help alleviate the mental health problems associated with discrimination among LGBTQ+...
Austere morality is a philosophical position that emphasizes strict adherence to principles such as self-discipline, abstinence, detachment from pleasure, and the denial of desires and emotions. This...
Historically, there has been little understanding or acceptance of queer marriage from societies across cultures. For most of human history, heterosexual partnerships have been seen as the norm and...
How do LGBTQ+ individuals develop and maintain trust in relationships despite experiences of social rejection or discrimination?
The LGBTQ+ community is often subject to rejection from society due...
Lesbian desire can be understood as a mode of existence that prioritizes relationships above all else. This does not mean that lesbians are simply attracted to one another based on physical...
Parental Rejection and Acceptance
The development of an individual's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, asexual, pansexual, nonbinary, agender, or genderfluid...
Internalized homophobia is the subconscious belief that society's negative attitudes towards same-sex relationships are legitimate and accurate. Transphobia is the irrational fear or hatred of...