* Sexual orientation and gender identity are terms that describe an individual's sense of self in relation to their sexual desires, attractions, and behaviors. * Queer refers to individuals who...
Public Coming Out Experiences
The decision to come out as part of the LGBTQ+ community can have significant implications for an individual's mental health, social relationships, and sense of self....
Healthcare policies and institutional practices
Healthcare policies are guidelines that provide direction to health professionals about how they can treat patients appropriately. These policies...
Social stigmatization is a negative attitude toward a particular group of people that results from their cultural, religious, political, ethnic, or racial differences. In this article, I will focus...
In existentialist philosophy, freedom is considered essential for human beings to reach their potential, also known as self-actualization. This can occur when people choose to take responsibility for...
The purpose of this paper is to explore how visibility strategies for LGBTQ individuals interact with social, cultural, and political risks such as stigma, exclusion, or violence. In order to do so,...
How might Artificial Intelligence Technologies Reinforce or Disrupt Societal Understandings of Gender Identity?
Gender is a construct that refers to the social characteristics associated with...
There has been growing recognition that queerness is more than just an identity, it is also a way of being in the world. Queer theory has challenged traditional ideas about sexuality and gender and...
Identity Formation and Stigma
Identity formation is a process through which individuals construct their sense of self, based on their personal characteristics such as gender, race, ethnicity,...
LGBT individuals face unique challenges in their daily lives due to societal stigma and discrimination based on their gender identity and sexual orientation. These experiences can result in...